Community & Indigenous Services - Rural Solutions SA - SA.Gov.au

Communication,
Consultation and
Engagement
Community engagement and facilitation
Good community engagement can be achieved
by using a wide range of tools and techniques
tailored to individual situations.
Rural Solutions SA has extensive experience
in the engagement of diverse communities
and provides services across the spectrum
of engagement methodologies from basic
information provision through to full community
engagement in decision making. We can
provide on-ground services or advice about
the development or review of an effective
engagement strategy for each unique set of
circumstances.
Indigenous engagement
Our team has specialist technical, business
and project management skills to support
Indigenous communities, groups and agencies.
With extensive experience working with
Indigenous people across Australia, our team
are highly skilled and understand the cultural
sensitivities required when working with
Indigenous people.
Community and
Strategic Planning
Facilitation of community planning processes
Planning is fundamental when assisting
communities facing change. Identifying achievable
goals and developing long-term community plans
that consider social, economic, environmental
and cultural issues is critical to strengthening
communities.
We have extensive experience working with
Indigenous and non Indigenous groups and
communities to develop sustainable enterprises
and outcomes. Our strength in collaborative
planning can assist communities to communicate
and achieve their aspirations in a realistic and
planned manner.
Asset mapping
Asset mapping assists communities to self-assess
their capacity as individuals, organisations and
institutions, including identification of community
strengths and opportunities for development.
We facilitate this process with the use of an
innovative electronic tool that provides extensive
reporting back to participants of both quantitative
and qualitative data. This data can be used
to provide insights for community planning,
government policy and can also be used as
indicators of success for community initiatives.
Land use planning
Land systems and the community that is
supported by them require extensive expertise for
planning and development purposes.
Our team employs qualified urban and regional
planners able to deliver planning consultancy
services. Our planners draw on the wide range
of expertise across Rural Solutions SA (including
economists, scientists, sociologists, and
agronomists) to deliver integrated and sustainable
land use planning.
Training and
Capacity Building
Training and e-learning
Rural Solutions SA is a Registered Training
Organisation and delivers a number of nationally
accredited training packages under the Vocational
Education Training (VET) System. We can assess
individual competencies within training packages
or help people achieve competencies through
recognition of prior learning (RPL). Our services
are available as online packages via our e-learning
network and can meet personal training needs
with individual times and locations.
Development of training strategies
Training is important for individual and team
growth, keeping abreast of new information and
techniques. We design and provide customised
training to meet your needs. We offer Certificate
III in Rural Operations and Certificate II, III, IV and
Diploma in Business. We also offer Smart Train,
which is a chemical user’s course for primary
producers.
Governance training
A fundamental requirement for groups is to
increase skills and capacity in the areas of
management and corporate governance.
We have a governance training program to
meet your needs, ranging from a tailored halfday
workshop to a structured six-day corporate
governance workshop. All training is linked to the
Business Services Training package. To assist with
on-going governance issues we can offer follow
up mentoring for your Board or Committee.
Cultural awareness training
Indigenous people have a long association with
the land and coastal areas of this country; this
relationship is still as strong today as it was
hundreds of years ago. Often the complex social
and cultural relationships are unknown, confused
or misinterpreted. Understanding these differences
can assist participants to engage and achieve
greater outcomes into the future.
Our two day course uses informative, proactive
and interactive approaches aimed at making
participants feel comfortable and safe using
adult learning principles and methods. We have
developed a course aimed at raising awareness
of issues and promoting greater understanding
at all levels of government. The course is aligned
to training packages. All participants receive
resource manuals and certificates of attendance.
Planning for the future
Planning for the Future is a training process
developed to assist organisations and
communities build sustainable enterprise
opportunities and become equitable partners in
the economic marketplace across South Australia.
We deliver workshops using an interactive
approach based on adult learning principles and
modern extension methods. Succession planning
assists participants to establish realistic goals
in an economic, environmental and personal
perspective for a viable business future.
Innovation skills training
Keeping ahead and competitive is critical to
success, often the best ideas are generated from
those within the business. How to tap into this
and grow from the inside requires a thorough and
rigorous process.
Innovation skills’ training provides both individuals
and businesses the opportunity to learn how
to be innovative. As the only licensed deliverer
of the innovation works framework in SA
we provide a range of services to support and
develop innovation within business. Innovation
works delivers a 4 stage proprietary framework
to achieve business innovation. The focus of this
is on identification of priority areas, education
and training, leadership and integration in
the organisation. Undertaking the innovation
framework assists in developing and growing
potential and opportunity for continued success
and viability.