Aged Care & Rehabilitation Clinical Services Plan 2007 – 2012

Aged Care & Rehabilitation Clinical Service Plan 2007 - 20125. Non Aged Care staff (excluding maternity/paediatrics) receive mandatory training in Aged Care.(Note: There are inherent difficulties in mandating education to staff. Any solutions need to beconsidered in the light of the work being done by the Working Group (see Issue IV above); and incollaboration with staff responsible for education / training within their clinical discipline and theCentre for Education and Workforce Development (CEWD).)Existing SSWAHS workforce plansThe Director of Workforce Planning advised that SSWAHS has developed a Workforce StrategicPlan (Draft) in which Aged Care is identified as a vulnerable workforce group. Also that thedifficulties in providing incentives, especially financial, are acknowledged and alternative incentiveoptions for vulnerable workforce groups will be explored.Further, revision of Human Resources functions / infrastructure has resulted in the recentestablishment of a SSWAHS central Recruitment Unit and the rolling out of an electronic recruitmentsystem (EziSuite).Recommendations:1. Aged Care Services Senior Personnel/Managers be engaged in workforce planning discussions(point 2 – Potential Solution Areas above.2. Recruitment policy/practices across the recruitment process (ie. initiation of request to recruitthrough to commencement of individual) are revised in light of staff suggestions concerningimproving recruitments by Aged Care Service Managers and HR Management (point 1- PotentialSolutions above).3. Senior Aged Care Services personnel (clinicians/managers) develop an evidence basedbusiness case for the Area Executive that identifies best practice, and the necessary level ofresources to provide services consistent with the identified service level and standard (points 3and 4 - Potential Solutions above).4. Collaboration occur between CEWD and relevant multidisciplinary clinical staff responsible foreducation and training, to explore and develop appropriate education programs and deliverymodes, for non aged care services personnel. (Point 5 – Potential Solutions above).Prepared by the Older People and Aged Care Health Services Clinical Redesign Project Team17/01/2007Page 104