Annual Report 2005 - UnitingCare Ageing

Our PeopleWe are committed to attracting, developing, rewarding andretaining skilled and passionate staff.The staff employed by UnitingCare Ageing are motivatedby the personal reward and strong sense of ‘caring’culture. Each day our staff show genuine identificationwith and respect for older people. To deliver quality careUnitingCare Ageing is committed to attracting, engaging,developing, rewarding and retaining people who areskilled at what they do, passionate about caring for olderpeople, and who are committed to our Mission.A consistent set of Human Resources policies has beendeveloped by the Human Resources Leadership Groupand implementation across Regions has commenced. Aspart of the CommIT project, investigations into theselection of a new Human Resources, Rostering andPayroll system are almost complete. Regions have begunwork on introducing new ‘person centred’ staffing modelsbased around teams of care staff trained in Certificate IIIand IV with appropriate training in medication management.Professional development days are regularly held acrossNSW and the ACT. During the year the Ku-ring-gai Regionestablished the Professional Aged Care EducationResource (PACER) – a Registered Training Organisation.PACER is our second RTO – the other being operated byWesley Mission Region.In the Hunter, a detailed consultative process across theRegion’s facilities resulted in the introduction of newsystems and more education and training programs forstaff. In recognition of the importance of people theHunter, Central Coast and New England Region appointeda Director of People Development. In several other Regions,such as Sydney and Western, an Employee of the Monthprogram has been established. Across the organisationthe focus in 2006 will be on increased professionaldevelopment opportunities and introducing commonsystems and procedures.Total Staff NumbersRegion Under 20 21-30 31-40 41-50 Over 51 TotalHunter, Central Coast and New England 14 124 214 377 379 1,108Ku-ring-gai 66 85 87 165 208 611South-Eastern 41 125 141 286 282 875Sydney 10 63 92 177 194 536Sydney North 32 119 92 128 157 528North Coast 3 42 61 136 89 331Wesley Mission 22 74 76 112 135 419Western 40 148 227 341 467 1,223TOTALS 228 780 990 1,722 1,911 5,631Full Time Equivalent UnitingCare Ageing NSW.ACTRegion Full Time Part Time Casual TotalHunter, Central Coast and New England 156 742 256 1,154Ku-ring-gai 90 173 25 288North Coast 79 132 21 232South East 170 296 82 548Sydney 57 251 44 352Sydney North 86 138 36 260Wesley Mission 65 164 16 245Western 74 401 154 629TOTALS 777 2297 634 3,70824 UnitingCare Ageing Annual Repor t 2005 25