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Careers in Health & Community Services: where are they and how do students get into them?

Health and Community Services Workforce Council. Careers in Health & Community Services: where are they and how do students get into them?. Wallis Westbrook. What are health & community services careers?. What are health & community services careers?. Advocates Aged and Disabled Carers

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Careers in Health & Community Services: where are they and how do students get into them?

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  1. Health and Community Services Workforce Council Careers in Health & Community Services:where are they and how do students get into them? Wallis Westbrook

  2. What are health & community services careers?

  3. What are health & community services careers? Advocates Aged and Disabled Carers Ambulance Officers and Paramedics Anaesthetists Archivists, Curators and Records Managers Audiologists Child Carers Educators Child Protection Officers Chiropractors and Osteopaths Clinical Coders Commercial Cleaner Community Development Workers Complementary Health Therapists Contract, Program and Project Administrators Cooks Counsellors Dental Assistants Dental Hygienists, Technicians and Therapists Dental Practitioners Dietitians Diversional Therapists Domestic Cleaners Enrolled and Mothercraft Nurses Finance Managers General Clerks Generalist Medical Practitioners Health Diagnostic & Promotion Professionals Health Technicians Health Support Officers Indigenous Health Workers Internal Medical Specialists Keyboard Operators Laundry Workers Lawyers Machine Operators Massage Therapists Medical Imaging Professionals Medical Laboratory Scientists Medical Practitioners Medical Technicians Midwives Nurses Occupational Therapists Office Managers Optometrists and Ophthalmologists Personal Service Workers Patient Care Assistants Personal Care Workers Physiotherapists Podiatrists Practice Managers Psychiatrists Psychologists Quality Officers Receptionists Registered Nurses Social Workers Special Care Workers Speech Professionals and Surgeons Technicians and Trades Workers Volunteer Co-ordinators Welfare Support Workers Welfare, Recreation and Community Arts Workers

  4. What are health & community services careers?

  5. Where are health & community services careers on the Gold Coast? • Private, government & community (non-profit) organisations • 2300+ community organisations • Hospitals, Community centres, schools, retirement homes, • general practice…

  6. Where are health & community services careers on the Gold Coast? • Population increase and reach 798,417 in 2031 ( 1.9% pa) • More young adults 24+ • More people 65+ • 20,577 people in need of assistance (4.2% of the GC population) • Employment persons 298.800 unemployment at 5.6% (June 2012)

  7. Where are the jobs on the Gold Coast • 40,800 construction • 36,800 retail • 36,000 health & community services (ABS Aug 2012)

  8. Where are health & community services careers on the Gold Coast? • Speech pathology • Occupational therapy • Dietetics & nutrition • Physiotherapy • Aged care (esp. nursing & high care roles) • Child Care (early childhood education) • Community based nursing • Medical & health assisting • Mental health • Drug & alcohol Gold Coast Health & Community Services Workforce Plan • Health promotion • Chronic disease self management • Case coordination & management • Community based delivery (inc. high level of care) • Client complexity & new models of care

  9. How can students get a career in health & community services? • Multiple entry pathways & lifelong learning • School pathways • Training & traineeships • Higher education

  10. How can students get a career in health & community services?Traineeships*

  11. Health and Community Services Workforce Council Ground Floor, 303 Adelaide Street Brisbane QLD 4000 | Unit 1, Level 2 390 Flinders Street Townsville QLD 4810 P: (07) 3234 0190 F: (07) 3234 0474 E: info@workforce.org.au W: www.workforce.org.au

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