
Working In Locationally Disadvantaged Communities is a learning by doing training program. Learning by doing is the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through active involvement with practical real-world experience. Participants are given the opportunity to apply theory to real life problems.
Andrew Reid
Siggi Zapart
Fiona Haigh
Locationally disadvantaged communities typically have high levels of concentrated disadvantage, unemployment, poor educational outcomes, and poor access to services and infrastructure. The material deprivation & increased stressors faced by residents living in these communities impact on their health & wellbeing which creates challenges to the public health workforce. In 2006, a needs assessment, conducted to understand the capacity of the health workforce working in locational disadvantage, found that there was a limited understanding in the workforce of how to identify & implement effective interventions. The Working in Locationally Disadvantaged Communities (WiLDC) program was developed by CHETRE to address these workforce needs with the aim of building workforce capacity and engaging communities.
To improve the knowledge and skill of health and human service workers and community groups in improving the health of people living in disadvantaged communities.
Upon successful completion of this course participants will be able to:
Education and training workshops
Mentoring
Andrew Reid Phone: 02 8738 9310 Email: Andrew.reid@health.nsw.gov.au
SWSLHD Population Health
SWSLHD Population Health