eChat December 2009

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Welcome to the final edition of eChat for 2009. This edition focuses on some Careerforce highlights from 2009.

Innovations Programme

The Workplace Training Innovations Programme has been established to encourage innovative workplace training solutions in the health and disability sector. For more information, and to sign up for updates on the Fund, click here

Mental Health  and Addiction Pathway

It has been an interesting year in the development of the mental health and addiction pathway. We have debated important issues that impact on training and thoroughly scoped out the role of the mental health and addiction support worker. The role if anything is diverse and multi-faceted. Trying to build a new range of unit standards that will be common to all staff working in the mental health and addiction sector has been a challenge. We have been fortunate to have some excellent input from our reference group and sector panel.

The bulk of the work in 2010 will focus on qualifications or unit standards in specialist mental health and addiction areas. We will be again calling on employer groups to provide us with panel members to give expert input into these specialist areas. Thanks again to everyone who has supported this project in 2009.

2009 Statistics

• 893 health and disability workplaces actively training with Careerforce
• 13,461 trainee enrolments in Careerforce qualifications
• 2,565 qualifications completed
• 128,927 credits submitted to NZQA

National Qualifications Registered in 2009 and Now Available

• National Certificate in Community Support Services (Vision and Hearing Screening) (Level 3)
• National Certificate in Diversional Therapy (Level 4) (Version 5)    

2009 Milestones

• Release of independent qualitative research on health and disability workplaces that have embedded workplace training
• First trainees complete the following qualifications: Intellectual Disability (Level 3), Residential (Level 3), Human Services (Level 3) and Vision and Hearing Screening (Level 3)
• eChat launched!
• Over 200 responses received to Careerforce’s Inaugural Future Skills and Training Needs Scan
• Financial assistance arranged for 340 National Certificate in Mental Health Support Work (Level 4) trainees and over 50 National Diploma in Mental Health Support Work (Level 6) trainees
• The Workplace Training Innovations Programme established
• Careerforce Coverage redefined to better reflect the health and disability sector
• Rollout of Careerforce’s first ‘elearning’ online learning resources
• Foundation Skills Educator Support CD is now available to workplaces. Contact your Careerforce Workplace Advisor to order yours.

Merry Christmas!

From all the staff at Careerforce, we hope you have a great Christmas full of fun, family, and friends. Thank you for all your support this year, and we look forward to working with you in the New Year.

Please note that the Careerforce Office will be closed from noon 23 December to 5 January.