Adding value to VET training as part of health reforms in WA

1. Icing the VET cake
Responding to Community Care
Reforms in WA
Louise Forster & Elvira Caporn

2. What is the Home and Community Care
(HACC) Program?
It provides basic support so people can
continue living independently in the
community

3. Who are we at CommunityWest?

4. Elvira
Goal Setting
Resource
Louise
‘Being a HACC
Support Worker’ Training

5. Consult
Deliver
Identify
and
needs
promote
Link to
Review
reforms
Partner
Pilot with
specialists
Develop
initiative

6. The VET cake
Certificate III
Home and Community Care

8. Ingredients

9. Method

10. Method

11. Testing the cake
Pilot and review

12. Goal setting activity
S
M
A
R
T

13. I feel more I’m not a cleaner,
comfortable to Consult I’m in the
work with clients community to
and their support Deliver
Identify support clients
and
plan promote
needs
Link to
Review Consult reforms
Partner
with
Pilot
specialist
s
I feel more The activity
Develop
confident in my initiative
made me think
work about the loss
my clients feel

14. Consult
Deliver
Identify
and
needs
promote
Link to
Review
reforms
Partner
Pilot with
specialists
Develop
initiative

15. The VET cake
Certificate III
Home and Community Care

17. Ingredients

18. Method

19. Testing the cake
Pilot and review

20. Toolbox Overview
Monitor
Identify Plan Support
&
goal steps Client
Review

21. Toolbox Overview
• Information
• Activities Identify
goal
Plan Support
steps Client
Monitor
&
• Worked examples Review
• Tip sheets
• Action Plan and worksheets
• References and resources

22. Consult
Deliver
Identify
and
needs
promote
Link to
Review Consult reforms
Partner
Pilot with
specialists
Develop
initiative

23. Icing the VET cake
Our tried and tested cake

24. Have your cake and eat it too!