Health Workforce Ministerial issues with other Workforce Principle Council that consideration also be Australian Health Committee. As per given to including skill sets and Ministers. recommendation 60. professional development on recognising and responding to child harm into accreditation standards and professional development programs. 63 The Minister for Health The Minister for Health The National Code of recommends to the Standing will provide a paper to Conduct for Health Care Council on Health that a the COAG Health Workers is being requirement to be familiar with Council. implemented by each the indicators of domestic and jurisdiction. The Code of family violence and child harm Conduct in Queensland will and to appropriately intervene be be in effect from 1 October included into the draft National 2015. Code of Conduct for Health Care Jurisdictions have identified Workers. appropriate and sufficient mechanisms currently in place to address matters identified in the recommendation. The Code of Conduct is to be reviewed in three years. 64 The Queensland Minister for The Minister for The Minister for Education Education recommends to the Education will raise this took this recommendation to Education Council that the matter with the the Education Council in Australian Institute for Teaching Education Council. September 2015 for and School Leadership includes in consideration. This the Australian Professional recommendation is now Standards for Teachers, specific being considered by a new skill sets to recognise and national Respectful respond to incidents of domestic Relationships Education and family violence and child Working Group established harm. through the Education Council. 65 The Queensland Government The Queensland The Queensland Government works with universities to identify Government will work worked with the Queensland suitable ways to incorporate into with universities to College of Teachers, the professional undergraduate explore how pre-service school sector and courses, education and training teachers can be better universities to include the on how to identify when educated to recognise requirement for all domestic and family violence is and appropriately Queensland Initial Teacher Education Programs to include education and
Health Workforce Ministerial Council that consideration also be given to including skill sets and professional development on recognising and responding to child harm into accreditation standards and professional development programs. issues with other Australian Health Ministers. Workforce Principle Committee. As per recommendation 60. 63 The Minister for Health recommends to the Standing Council on Health that a requirement to be familiar with the indicators of domestic and family violence and child harm and to appropriately intervene be included into the draft National Code of Conduct for Health Care Workers. The Minister for Health will provide a paper to the COAG Health Council. The National Code of Conduct for Health Care Workers is being implemented by each jurisdiction. The Code of Conduct in Queensland will be in effect from 1 October 2015. Jurisdictions have identified appropriate and sufficient mechanisms currently in place to address matters identified in the recommendation. The Code of Conduct is to be reviewed in three years. 64 The Queensland Minister for Education recommends to the Education Council that the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership includes in the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, specific skill sets to recognise and respond to incidents of domestic and family violence and child harm. The Minister for Education will raise this matter with the Education Council. The Minister for Education took this recommendation to the Education Council in September 2015 for consideration. This recommendation is now being considered by a new national Respectful Relationships Education Working Group established through the Education Council. 65 The Queensland Government works with universities to identify suitable ways to incorporate into professional undergraduate courses, education and training on how to identify when domestic and family violence is The Queensland Government will work with universities to explore how pre-service teachers can be better educated to recognise and appropriately The Queensland Government worked with the Queensland College of Teachers, the school sector and universities to include the requirement for all Queensland Initial Teacher Education Programs to include education and
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