Yarrawonga Wyndham Community and House Education Rural Blended Centre Wyndham Delivery Humanitarian Aged Care and Network HACC Established in 2005, the Wyndham Humanitarian Network has evolved Yarrawonga Neighbourhood House over the years to become a dynamic, (YNH) recognised that there was a structured organisation, working growing skills shortage of aged care towards creating local solutions. Over workers across the Hume region, and that the past two years it has demonstrated a large percentage of graduates from their real outcomes for the communities it Aged Care and Home and Community supports, which include Care courses had been successful in people from Sudan and the Horn of obtaining employment. In Africa. It has been identified as a best an effort to provide more skilled aged care practice model, known for its collegiate, workers, (YNH) partnered with professional and impactful humanitarian Health Care and a number of community work. The City centres in the region to develop a of Wyndham has seen an influx of sustainable model for a blended delivery. migrants, refugees and asylum seekers This would increase opportunities for new 2005. The network caters to the learners who would otherwise be unable needs of this diverse community. Given to access training. (YNH) identified a the trauma that many have suffered number of specific target groups isolated through displacement and loss, the task from traditional training delivery. These of re-building their lives in Australia is included women on farms helped by the successful delivery of wishing to work off-farm, people in the programs that are personalised, culturally CALD sensitive communities in Cobram and district, and and adopt a approach. men in smaller rural communities. ‘whole-of-person’ Wyndham Community and Education Working with this range of people Centre is able to identify the educational allowed them to respond to the needs that are essential to settlement and employment opportunities in the area, integration. including the demand for male aged care workers.
Wyndham Community and Education Centre Wyndham Humanitarian Network Established in 2005, the Wyndham Humanitarian Network has evolved over the years to become a dynamic, structured organisation, working towards creating local solutions. Over the past two years it has demonstrated real outcomes for the communities it supports, which include people from Sudan and the Horn of Africa. It has been identified as a best practice model, known for its collegiate, professional and impactful humanitarian work. The City of Wyndham has seen an influx of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers 2005. The network caters to the needs of this diverse community. Given the trauma that many have suffered through displacement and loss, the task of re-building their lives in Australia is helped by the successful delivery of programs that are personalised, culturally sensitive and adopt a ‘whole-of-person’ approach. Wyndham Community and Education Centre is able to identify the educational needs that are essential to settlement and integration. Yarrawonga House Rural Blended Delivery Aged Care and HACC Yarrawonga Neighbourhood House (YNH) recognised that there was a growing skills shortage of aged care workers across the Hume region, and that a large percentage of graduates from their Aged Care and Home and Community Care courses had been successful in obtaining employment. In an effort to provide more skilled aged care workers, (YNH) partnered with Health Care and a number of community centres in the region to develop a sustainable model for a blended delivery. This would increase opportunities for new learners who would otherwise be unable to access training. (YNH) identified a number of specific target groups isolated from traditional training delivery. These included women on farms wishing to work off-farm, people in the CALD communities in Cobram and district, and men in smaller rural communities. Working with this range of people allowed them to respond to the employment opportunities in the area, including the demand for male aged care workers.
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