Central TAFE is helping aged care providers access vital funding by providing training in a new Federal Government program to efficiently allocate $5billion worth of subsidies to the sector.
The College was recently appointed as the sole Western Australian training provider for the Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI), which focuses on the care needs among residents of aged care facilities, and assesses core care needs as a basis for allocating funding.
Kate Baxter, Director of Educational Delivery at TAFE NSW Western Institute, who coordinated the ACFI, worked in collaboration with Central TAFE to ensure that it was ready for roll out.
“Given the potential impacts on funding recipients in the aged care sector, it was important that the training was delivered in a timely, effective and collaborative manner,” she said.
“In delivering this training, we developed a close relationship with Central TAFE through ‘train-the-trainer’ sessions. To date, in excess of 600 aged care staff have been trained to implement ACFI in WA,” she said.
“It’s a great example of educational institutions working in collaboration to deliver an effective and efficient transfer of knowledge and information to industry”.
Margaret Antonucci, Manager, Training and Development at Uniting Church Homes has been responsible for coordinating the training of 60 staff to use the program.
For more information on ACFI please contact Kathryn Clews, Children's and Community Services on 9427 3769 or email kathryn.clews@central.wa.edu.au