Dementia and Culture Education Project
The training package on " Dementia and Culture" has
been designed to strengthen the capacity /skills of aged care
service providers in the EMR to work successfully with people
with dementia from CALD backgrounds and their family members.
Please click here
to read the evaluation results
South Sudanese Families-A Cross Cultural Training Program
for Service Providers
The aim of the training is to increase understanding of
-Relationships within families
-Cultural values and parental expectations of their children
-Cultural conflicts between generations
-Appropriate work practices
EMPLOYMENT SEMINAR
The MIC held a forum for the Iranian and Afganistan community
on how to find work, where to look for jobs and employee rights
and obligations in the workforce. The speaker was Mike Layne from
Spectrum Employment.
1)
FOR THE AFGHAN COMMUNITY-30 May 2003
2)
FOR THE IRANIAN COMMUNITY-3 June 2003
MIC TRAINING NEEDS ANALYSIS AND TRAINING EVALUATION OF ETHNO
SPECIFIC AGENCIES
The Migrant Information Centre (MIC) received funding from Department
of Human Services Eastern Region to manage a project, which would
promote access and equity to HACC services by people from Culturally
and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds in the Eastern Region.
The objectives of the project were:
-To enhance the capacity of agencies to access funding
-To assist agencies to understand the Home And Community Care
sector
-To assist agencies build networks and partnerships in the region
HACC
Training Needs Analysis and Training Evaluation of Ethno Specific
Agencies
Health Information Forums
The objectives of the Health Information Forums was to:
-Provide information on health related issues for people from
culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
-Promote healthy lives and healthy diet.
1)
Chinese Diabetes Program-October 2002
2)
Health Information Forum on Stress-November 2002
3)
Chinese
Diabetes Program-April 2003
Cross-Cultural Training
The objectives of the Cross-Cultural Training Program were:
-To increase cultural awareness in service planning and delivery.
-To improve knowledge about diverse cultures.
1)Milgate
Primary School (Understanding Chinese Culture)-August 2002
2)Sherbrooke
Cottage (Cultural Awareness Training) -August 2002
Multicultural Recruitment Information Day at Whitehorse
The objectives of the Information Day was to:
- Provide information on employment and volunteer opportunities
for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD)
backgrounds in the delivery of Home and Community Care (HACC)
services.
- Link HACC service providers with potential CALD workers and/or
volunteers.
- Promote culturally appropriate HACC services.
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