Our core business is to increase the Aboriginal Health Workforce across NSW Health services, develop policy and strategies that support Aboriginal workforce growth, capability, supply, and to develop and manage strategic relationships with stakeholders.
Respecting the Difference aims to significantly improve the health status of Aboriginal people and reverse the impact of racism as there is an immediate and ongoing need for organisations to provide more respectful, responsive and culturally sensitive services.
Aboriginal Health Workers work within multidisciplinary healthcare teams to achieve better health outcomes for Aboriginal people and communities, and play a key role in facilitating relationships between Aboriginal patients and other health professionals.
In 2019, NSW Health asked the Sax Institute to conduct a rapid review on Lateral Violence. Peter Lewis and Richard Frankland on behalf of the Sax institute delivered the Evidence Check Lateral Violence: Report.
NSW Health offers a range of cadetships and scholarships for Aboriginal applicants in Allied Health, nursing and midwifery, and rural postgraduate placements.
NSW Health offers a range of training programs specifically developed to support the career development of its Aboriginal staff, including traineeships and career pathways.
Stepping Up is NSW Health's recruitment resource for Aboriginal people. It aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants understand how to apply for roles in NSW Health, and hiring managers to more effectively structure the recruitment to roles within NSW Health.
Aboriginal Workforce has collated and reviewed various publications, information bulletins, and resources related to Aboriginal initiatives.