ARIIA: Innovator Training Program in Australia

Deadline: 13-Jan-23

Are you working in the aged care sector and have a problem in your workplace? Do you need support in finding a solution? Then apply now Innovator Training Program is designed to provide you with tools and skills to use available knowledge and evidence to solve a problem you have identified in your workplace. The program will support you to make change based on the best evidence available to make an improvement.

Why become an Innovator?

• By joining the Innovator Training Program, aged care workforce ‘Innovators’ will receive dedicated training to implement changes to practice and services based on available research evidence, and shape a solution that is appropriate for local settings and organisations.
• As an Innovator, the training program will provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to:
  • Understand the components of a problem
  • Find best-practice evidence to solve the problem
  • Manage change and innovation within your workplace
  • Measure if the change has made a difference.
• You will learn and develop skills in a range of topics from change management, stakeholder engagement, and project management, through to understanding evidence, how to adopt it, and how to adapt it in the context of your workplace setting.

Funding Information

• You will receive financial support of $2,000 per participant to contribute to staffing costs, and multiple staff can apply.

Make Brave Changes to Aged Care And Services

• For Managers
  • How will the ITP benefit my staff and organisation?
    • Empower your staff to think differently about how they critically assess and solve problems, and equip them with skills to embed evidence-based solutions.
    • The free ITP provides an ideal opportunity to engage and develop your staff professionally, while solving organisational problems. Gaining new skills and having access to ongoing learning opportunities is a way to retain and build a successful team.
    • You will receive financial support of $2,000 per participant to contribute to staffing costs, and multiple staff can apply.
    • Participants are eligible to progress to ARIIA’s Aged Care Partnering Program if the project is scalable and has broad sector relevance, where they will be supported to submit an ARIIA Grant application.
• For Individuals
  • Why should I apply for the ITP?
    • If you are passionate about improving aged care and services and want to learn new skills to make a difference, then the Innovator Training Program is for you.
    • The training is 100% online, where you will learn alongside a cohort of peers who work in the aged care sector across Australia.
    • After the training, you will recieve a certificate of completion. Your ARIIA journey then continues with the Innovator Network, where you can stay connected and supported, and access free continuous learning opportunities as part of the ARIIA Alumni.

Eligibility Criteria

• If you are delivering care services to the aged care sector as part of the aged care workforce, and have identified a problem, challenge or idea related to one of our priority aged care topics that you would like to solve, the Innovator Training Program may be a good pathway to creating real change in your workplace and help us shape the future of aged care in Australia.

For more information, visit ARIIA.