Organisational Development

The organisation values staff and has a commitment to ongoing training and professional development to ensure they are competent and experienced in the field. In addition, the organisation places a lot of emphasis on the development of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Staff Members to ensure high levels of retention and future sustainability of the organisation.

Training

NPA Family and Community Services have an annual Core Training calendar to ensure compliance for staff. Over the past 12 months, the following core training was provided. Over the past year, the following core training was provided:

• First Aid & CPR
• Fire Warden
• Chief Warden Training
• Test & Tag Training
• Orientation & Cultural Awareness
• Online Privacy Training
• Food Handling
• Introduction to Care Coordination
• Child Protection Training
• Trauma Training
• Online Safetyhub Training Modules

On top of Core Training, the organisation supported staff with professional development including conferences, workshops and in-services.

Staff attended the following workshops and conferences:

• Dare to Lead (Leadership) Training
• Communicare Training
• QLD Youth AOD Services Forum (Dovetail)
• Young People & Drugs Training (Dovetail)
• NIAA CDP Provider Forum
• Deadly Sex Congress
• Torres Strait & NPA Regional Healthy Communities Forum
• RADIO Training - YETI
• NACCHO Maternal & Child Health Social and Emotional Wellbeing Forum
• NAPLAN Love Bite Workshop
• Artist Workshop Intermediate to Advanced Drawing Tech
• Workup ATSI Mentoring Program
• QAAMS Workshop Darwin
• ATSIFWS Wellbeing Domain Workshop
• Early Childhood Workforce Forum
• Communicable Diseases & Immunisation Conference
• Growing Deadly Families Showcase

In addition, we have supported 16 staff to work towards the following qualifications.

• Certificate III in ATSI Primary Health Care
• Certificate IV in ATSI Primary Health Care (Practice)
• Diploma of Children Services
• Certificate III in Children Services
• Diploma of Counselling
• Certificate III in Business Administration