Updates from the Health Gateway to Industry Schools project
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Issue 5
10 March 2021
Gateway-2-Health is a project newsletter providing updates and key information on the Health Gateway to Industry Schools project being delivered by CheckUP. Our project team is working closely with Queensland schools and health industry employers to promote career pathways and support students' understanding of the varied and in-demand roles in the health sector. We will also help to facilitate learning and experiential opportunities for both students and teachers.
To learn more about the project or to contact the project team, click the button below!
Project Update
Given the number of schools that have applied to the Gateway program, and their far-reaching locations across the State, we have decided to allocate each school a dedicated Project Manager from our team who will be your key Gateway contact point. This allocation has been determined by the Hospital and Health Service (HHS) regions.
We would like to officially welcome Sabrina Kerr, who has joined the Health Gateway team as Project Manager for the Metro South and Gold Coast HHS regions. Sabrina will also play a key role in the development of teacher professional development resources for Health Gateway Schools. You can contact Sabrina at sabrinakerr@checkup.org.au.
Health Gateway Expands to the
Darling Downs
On Wednesday, 24 February 2021, St Saviour’s College in Toowoomba became the first school in the Darling Downs region to sign on as a Gateway School for both the Health and Community Services sectors. This engagement was formalised by Sharon Collins, College Principal signing an MoU and the official opening of the college's on-site Health Hub.
The Health Hub will be utilised by students who are undertaking a combined Certificate II in Health Support Services and Community Services. This includes St Saviour’s students, as well as students from St Mary’s College and St Joseph’s College, who will complete the practical component of their studies at the Hub.
The launch event was attended by a number of community leaders and industry representatives including Mayor Paul Antonio, staff from the Darling Downs HHS, Goolburri Aboriginal Health, UQ’s Rural Clinical School, as well as trainers from Connect ‘n’ Grow, who are delivering the dual qualification.
Gateway-2-Health Website
The Gateway-2-Health website is now live. The website will be a central resource for all Health Gateway schools and employers, and will host all relevant resources, professional development modules, updates on news and events and also a direct link to the Choose Your Own health career resource.
The team will be in touch with our current Health Gateway schools to provide access to the resources sections (which is currently password protected) and source further content and details to populate their school's page on the website.
Health Gateway Schools Network
The Health Gateway Schools project has received immense interest through 2020, and we have engaged schools at varying stages of their journey in establishing pathways to health for their students.
CheckUP is in the process of creating a Health Gateway Schools Network, with voluntary membership open to all VET staff, career guidance counsellors, Health VET trainers and interested staff from Health Gateway Schools to come together and discuss, engage and learn from one other.
The Network meetings will be held online once a term, starting Term 2 2021, and will incorporate guided discussion and planning, guest speakers, project updates and some professional development opportunities.
We will be in touch soon with the details of the first meeting.
Queensland Primary Health Care Network
CheckUP's QPHCN network is a group of almost 80 state level primary health and community care related organisations, who have come together with a common interest - to network, share information and gain a collective understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing primary healthcare in Queensland. Network members incorporate state level non-government, community, consumer and allied health organisations.
The last QPHCN meeting was held on Wednesday, 24 February 2021 online via Zoom Webinar.
The topic for this meeting was Growing Your Own Health Workforce. Organisations discussing different aspects of health workforce development included -
Jobs Queeensland
Health Jobs and the Impact of COVID-19
CheckUP
Choose Your Own Health Career
Grow Your Own Workforce
Health Gateway to Industry Schools Project
Industry Skills Advisor - Health
Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Big Dreams Small Steps - school-based traineeship program
Bentley Park College
Industry Engagement as a Gateway School
Health Workforce Queensland
Rural Immersion Programs
The event was recorded and is now available to view.
Click the link below and enter the password (g9?&CeXJ)
to access the latest QPHCN recording!
Industry and Skills Update
Queensland Training Awards 2021
The Queensland Training Awards (QTA) is an opportunity to be recognised and rewarded for one's contribution to the state's vocational education and training sector.
There are 14 award categories encompassing all areas of the training sector.
The link below provides key resources and information to consider in preparing a nomination for the 2021 Queensland Training Awards.
Student Survey - Have your say to impact national policy
The Department of Education, Skills and Employment has released a survey seeking student insights and feedback on how to improve the quality of training in the VET system, and identify what an ideal place to study looks like.
Student responses will directly contribute to shaping the future of VET training in Australia.
Click the link below to access the survey. Survey closes 9:00pm Monday, 15 March 2021.
@HealthGatewaySchools
@HealthGatewaySchools
About the Gateway Program
The Health Gateway to Industry Schools program (GISP) is a two-year project being delivered by CheckUP in partnership with Queensland’s Department of Employment, Small Business and Training (DESBT). The project aims to develop school students’ knowledge and understanding of the varied roles available in the health workforce and improve their access to learning and experiential opportunities in Queensland’s growing health sector.
The project forms part of a broader Gateway to Industry Schools initiative which currently caters to ten distinct industry sectors. Click here to read more about DESBT's GISP projects.
Want to know more about the work undertaken by CheckUP?
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This Gateway to Industry Schools program is proudly supported and funded
by the Queensland Government.
