Aboriginal Allied Health Network (AAHN)
Bringing together Aboriginal staff who are allied health professionals, assistants, technicians and cadets from across NSW Health.
"Connecting, yarning, and sharing our stories"
The Aboriginal Allied Health Network provides culturally safe peer networking, support, information exchange, leadership and professional development.
The Aboriginal Allied Health Network is a collaboration between the Health Education and Training Institute (HETI), the Ministry of Health (Workforce Planning & Talent Development Branch) and Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA).
The Network runs two forums per year. The aim of the forum is to support the education, cultural and career development needs of the existing and emerging Aboriginal allied health workforce.
The forum is open to NSW Health:
- Aboriginal Allied Health Professionals
- Aboriginal Allied Health Assistants
- Aboriginal Allied Health technicians
- Aboriginal Allied Health Cadets
As part of the partnership agreement with IAHA, the Network also includes Aboriginal mental health trainees / clinicians.
To join the Aboriginal Allied Health Network and attend the forums, participants must meet the following eligibility criteria.
Be employed as a NSW Health:
- Aboriginal allied health professional, assistant, technician or cadet; or
- Aboriginal mental health trainee / clinician.
| Art therapy | Orthoptics |
| Audiology | Orthotics & Prosthetics |
| Child Life Therapy | Pharmacy |
| Counselling | Physiotherapy |
| Diversional Therapy | Podiatry |
| Exercise Physiology | Psychology |
| Genetic Counselling | Radiography |
| Music Therapy | Sexual Assault |
| Nuclear Medicine Technology | Social Work |
| Nutrition & Dietetics | Speech Pathology |
| Occupational Therapy | Welfare |
| Radiation Therapy |
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/workforce/alliedhealth/Pages/default.aspx
To be eligible to join the Network, Aboriginal Mental Health Trainees / Clinicians must be enrolled in or graduates of the Aboriginal Mental Health Workforce Program (Djirruwang program). For example, Aboriginal mental health trainees who are in an active training pathway and Aboriginal mental health clinicians who have successfully completed the Djirruwang program and employed as clinicians within NSW Health are eligible to join.
The Network meets twice per year via a forum designed to provide culturally safe peer networking, support, information exchange, leadership and professional development.
The forums are externally facilitated by Mr Justin Noel, a Dunghutti man and principal consultant, Origin Communications Australia.
The forum agenda is set by the Network members and by the Aboriginal Allied Health Network Steering Committee. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to leadership, career development, intergenerational trauma, lateral violence, social and emotional wellbeing.
The next forum will be held on 1 November 2023, 9am - 3:45pm at the Prince Henry Centre, located at Little Bay near La Perouse on the land of the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples. Forum details will be shared with the network members closer to the date.
Contact:
Daniella Pfeiffer
Senior Program Manager, Allied Health
Professional Practice and Interprofessional Collaboration, HETI