Welcome
Welcome to the SA Health & Community Services Skills Board.
SA Health & Community Services Skills Board is an independent, not for profit organisation. We are one of nine Industry Skills Boards in SA and are funded predominantly by the South Australian Government. Our board of management includes employer and employee representatives from the industries we serve.
We provide information and advice on workforce development in the health and community services; we advocate for the workforce needs of industry and work collaboratively with industry bodies, employers, government and the education and training sectors to achieve our aims.
At the SA Health & Community Services Skills Board, we are determined to make a significant contribution to health and community services in South Australia through providing information, representation, advocacy and support. We see our role as being to act as a facilitator, catalyst and bridge between the health and community services industries, the government, the vocational education and training system and the community.
What's New
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The Training and Skills Commission has released its Five Year Plan for Skills and Workforce Development in the state. It includes a number of significant recommendations, including the move to a demand driven funding model and a student entitlement to a publically supported training place up to and including Certificate III. Download the plan from the Commission’s website |
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21st December 2009 |
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Under the Skilling Australia for the Future initiative the federal government has established the Productivity Places Program to increase the skill levels of Job Seekers and Existing Workers.
A new Enterprise Based Productivity Places Program (EBPPP) is being managed nationally through Industry Skills Councils. If you missed out on funding in the recent South Australian round for Existing Workers, you may be particularly interested in this program. Contact Community Services & Health Industry Skills Council for more information.
The next round of funding for both the South Australian Job Seekers and Existing Workers programs is likely to be in the first half of 2010.
Under the August 2009 funding round of the South Australian Existing Workers program 793 training places were allocated to health and community services organisations, making up 21% of the total places allocated. |
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21st December 2009 |
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The Department of Further Education, Science and Technology has released its latest labour market overview for South Australia. Based on ABS data it indicates that, averaged over the year to August 2009, health care and social assistance had the largest employment share in the state - 13% compared with 10.9 nationally. In the five years to August 2009 employment in health and community services grew by 20% - an increase of 17,600 workers. |
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21st December 2009 |
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