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A voice for Victorian AHA’s

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• November 2018 an EOI was circulated for an AHA 

network for Victoria with an overwhelming show of 

support.

• Application forms were then circulated for committee 

membership. 

• March 2019 AHAVN Committee met 

   TOR developed and AHAVN was formed.

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Over the course  of 2019

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Media/public relations team

v Development of AHAVN website

v Development of brochure and media releases

v Implementation of zoom meetings for committee 

members and

v Implementation of live streaming Q&A technology for 

network meeting

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www.AHAVN.net

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Career teamv  Grading system: interstate, overseas, Victorian.

v Career progression- is there opportunity/need for a Grade 4 role or do we better utilise the current grading system? 

v Exploring if there is a need for further education options for career development and progression, if so what would this look like?

v Where to from here:

v Professional Development- making links with other associations          and supporting the development of AHA specific PD.v Uploading PD links to our website.v Working on developing a better understanding of       the AHA scope of practice especially on how this        relates to our grading system.

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Education teamv Compiled a list of all RTO’s that offer cert III and IV, including online.

v Conducted survey on Cert III and IV courses (due for review soon).     *Top 3 suggestions for improvement for the AHA courses:

• Increase clinical placement hours ( increase to 160 hours)• More AHA’s teaching AHA’s • All disciplines to be covered in core units (PT/OT/SP/DT/SW)

v Surveyed network on the development and implementation of further study:• 84% supported an AHA Diploma or further education/upskilling. 

v Posting Professional Development opportunities for AHA’s on  AHAVN website.

v Represented network on a steering committee for the development      of a Cross skilling course (NDIS) for AHA’s and disability field

*due for release in 2020.Where to from here:The Education team has now been combined with the career team  and we will continue to look at AHA specific professional 

development opportunities.

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Networking teamCurrently on our database/mailing list:

• 250 AHA’s• 42 managers• 40 interstate contacts

There are over 1000 AHA’s in public health in Victoria and an unknown number in private health.

We are working on reaching you all

To get involved, have your say and strengthen the voice of Victorian AHA’s please join AHAVN as a member by emailing your name and email address to [email protected]

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EBA/Union team

v Newly formed September meeting in response to upcoming EBA review

v Benchmarking EBA’s across Australia

v Preparing for union meeting and EBA consultation

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AHAVN meeting

v Todays lunch time meeting will be for AHAVN members and AHAs wanting to become members.

v This is an opportunity to meet the committee and ask questions

v We look forward to seeing you there

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Email: [email protected]

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