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Workforce Development in Focus: Skills to COPE at Work

By 2018, one in four jobs will be in the community services and health sectors. That’s an estimated 229,400 new jobs to be created in these industries over the next three years. These are some of the latest statistics to come out of the Community Services & Health Industry Skills Council’s 2015 EScan. With such rapid growth set to occur, it is more important than ever for community organisations to ensure they are recruiting and maintaining an effective workforce.  Continue Reading

Student Profile: Rosalie O’Connor

After a 14 year career as a primary school teacher, Rosalie O’Connor felt that her life needed to take a new direction. She returned to university to pursue her PhD, but ultimately felt she needed to be doing something more practical rather than theoretical. Her interest in community services developed after volunteering for a project that worked with families experiencing domestic and family violence issues, and she looked for a way to continue that work professionally. Here’s her story… Continue Reading

New Qualification: Mental Health Peer Work

Starting in July 2015, the Australian Institute of Social Relations will offer a Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work. Peer work is a vital role within the mental health workforce. It involves the delivery of services by workers who have a lived experience of mental illness as a consumer or carer who are living well and wish to use their lived experience to assist others towards recovery and improve service delivery. Continue Reading

COPE Workforce Development courses now offered at Berri

Our COPE Workforce Development courses will now be offered in the Riverland at Berri. COPE courses are for those who need to build on their skills as part of their work or community contributions. Mainly focused on the community and health services sector, these courses are also applicable for the other sectors as well as for volunteer positions. Continue Reading

Feature Course: Mental Health First Aid

Would you know what to do if you encountered someone experiencing a mental health crisis? Like any type of crisis, being able to offer practical and timely assistance is critical. Our Mental Health First Aid course provides participants with knowledge and strategies that show you how to assist anyone suffering from a mental illness to get the help they need… Continue Reading