UNE Partnerships has welcomed leaders and managers of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations from all around NSW to the UNE Armidale campus last week. 

Supported through the Indigenous Remote Service Delivery traineeship program, which is funded by the Department of Health, the participants studied either a Diploma or Advanced Diploma of Leadership and Management.

The training is the outcome of UNE Partnerships’ strong strategic focus on building capacity and capability in Aboriginal organisations across NSW, Victoria, Queensland and the Northern Territory.

 Participating organisations included:

• Coonamble, Coonamble Aboriginal Health Service Limited;
• Broken Hill, Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation;
• Nowra, South Coast Women’s Health and Welfare Aboriginal Corporation (Waminda);
• Walgett, Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service;
• Wellington, Wellington Aboriginal Corporation Health Service;
• Albury, Albury Wodonga Aboriginal Health Service Incorporated;
• Echuca, Njernda Aboriginal Corporation; and
• Armidale, Oorala Aboriginal Centre.

The group is the first of two to receive tailored training through UNE Partnerships. A second group, with participants drawn from Queensland and the Northern Territory, will complete similar programs in Brisbane over the next 18-24 months.

Additional blended online programs, workshops and coaching in medical business administration and leadership and management are also scheduled for delivery at UNE’s Armidale and Tamworth campuses over the next two years.

UNE Partnerships thank Oorala Aboriginal Centre for their support in welcoming the group to Country and use of their facility to host a BBQ. Some of the participants have previous connections to Armidale, or are alumni of UNE, and were very excited to be back in Armidale.