Aboriginal Population Health Training Initiative
Traineeships for the NSW Health Aboriginal Population Health Training Initiative are available for suitable Aboriginal candidates who have a tertiary qualification which meets the requirements for enrolment in a Master of Public Health.
Candidates of the program are recruited by Health Services (Local Health Districts and Speciality Networks). Trainees undertake three years of full-time population health work while undertaking part-time study (one day a week) towards a Master of Public Health, funded at a NSW university of their choice.
Funded by the NSW Government, this Initiative is part of the commitment to the National Partnership Agreement on Closing the Gap in Indigenous Health.
More about APHTI trainees and their work:
Paramedic: Ambulance Service of NSW
A range of paramedic career and training opportunities are available on the NSW Ambulance Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates website.
A designated pathway is available for Aboriginal people to apply for employment as a Trainee Paramedic, Qualified Paramedic, Trainee Patient Transport Officer or Trainee Control Centre Officer.
For more information visit Ambulance Service of NSW or contact the Aboriginal Employment Coordinator by phone: (02) 9320 7644.
Aboriginal Environmental Health Officer Training Program
Aboriginal people in this program are employed full-time by a Public Health Unit or Local Council as a Trainee Environmental Health Officer.
While employed, Trainees are given study leave to undertake a six-year Bachelor of Science (Environmental Health) part-time by distance learning through Western Sydney University.
Course fees (HECS) and other associated costs (including textbooks, travel, tutors and graduation costs) are covered by NSW Health and the partner Council or Public Health Unit.
Find out more information visit the website on becoming an Aboriginal Trainee Environmental Health Officer or phone (02) 9391 9790.
Financial support is also available for Aboriginal people to study a Bachelor of Science (Environmental Health) who are not part of the traineeship through the NSW Health Aboriginal Environmental Health Scholarships.
NSW Aboriginal Mental Health Workforce Training Program
The NSW Health mental health traineeship program for Aboriginal people is an important workforce development strategy that aims to employ and train Aboriginal people as mental health professionals. Trainees work throughout the Local Health Districts and Specialty Health Networks to support the needs of Aboriginal communities across NSW.
The program is made up of three elements:
- Workplace training and support
- Undertaking a recognised University Bachelor of Health Science Mental Health Degree
- Undertaking mandatory clinical placements and potential workplace rotations
To find out more contact contact Kristen Ella, Statewide Coordinator, Aboriginal Mental Health
Workforce Program, Mental Health Branch. Phone: 0438 213
508 or
email: kristen.ella@health.nsw.gov.au.
NSW Aboriginal Mental Health Leadership Group
The NSW Aboriginal Mental Health Leadership Group (AMHLG) is made up of Aboriginal Mental Health Leaders from each Local Health Districts and Specialty Health Networks, who continue to support the Aboriginal Mental Health Workforce Training Program. The AMHLG also supports the Aboriginal mental health workforce in general, contributing to NSW Health's goals of growing the Aboriginal workforce across the state and salary bands, and increasing the cultural safety and accessibility of mental health services.
For more information visit the NSW Health Aboriginal Mental Health Workforce Program website, or contact Kristen Ella, Statewide Coordinator, Aboriginal Mental Health Workforce Program, Mental Health Branch on phone: 0438 213 508 or email: kristen.ella@health.nsw.gov.au.