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Partnerships in Ethnic Aged Care. By Kate Ling, HACC Project Officer, ECCV. Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria. A peak body that was established in 1975 eccv advocates and lobbies all levels of government for ethno-specific welfare and community- based agencies
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Partnerships in Ethnic Aged Care By Kate Ling, HACC Project Officer, ECCV
Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria A peak body that was establishedin 1975 eccv advocatesand lobbies • all levels of government • for ethno-specific welfare and community- based agencies • for multicultural communities • on improved aged care for seniors with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
What is working together? “a relationship where two or more organisations with compatible goals, have a formal or informal agreement to work together in order to strengthen service delivery for older CALD community members” Forthcoming report: Karunatathna, Y, Radermacher, H and Feldman, S. August 2010 Practising Positive Partnerships in the Ethnic and Multicultural Community – Networking, Coordinating, Cooperating, Collaborating? Produced for ECCV by the Healthy Ageing Research Unit of Monash University
Benefits of working together 1. Combination of expertise 2. Community relationship 3. Partnerships = less duplication Cultural Linguistic Aged Care
Supporting access Pilot Project • Pilot project – 2 years to December 2010 • 8 ethnic and multicultural organisations • Supported Access workers provide support to CALD seniors in: • referral • assessment • care planning • service delivery • Improves • culturally responsive services • client outcomes.
Key issues in partnerships • Embedding at all levels of organisation • Creating a sense of equity and trust • Clear roles and responsibilities • Working with limited resources PPP Research: • Benefits • Strategies • Definitions • Working with smaller ethnic groups
Practising Positive Partnerships • Research report into partnerships in the ethnic and multicultural sector • Healthy Ageing Research Unit, Monash University (HARU) • In collaboration with ECCV & SCDN • Launch 26 August, 2010 • Networking, Coordinating, Cooperating, Collaborating?
Thank you! Multicultural Aged Care Services Directory www.eccv.org.au