Interim Evaluation of the Northern Territory Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Aged Care Workforce Development Projects - Attachments

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Table W1: Worker numbers (Q1, 2)

	Total	%
Number of services where staff were interviewed	34	87%
Number of services where staff were NOT interviewed	5	13%
Number of workers interviewed?	113
Number of workers in positions converted from CDEP?	86	76%

Table W2: Moving from CDEP to paid work - Changes for workers (Q3)

	Better		Same		Worse		Don’t Know		N/A		Total
	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
Hours	27	79%	2	6%	1	3%	1	3%	3	9%	34	100%
Job Responsibility	23	68%	6	18%	1	3%	1	3%	3	9%	34	100%
Job satisfaction	26	76%	3	9%	1	3%	1	3%	3	9%	34	100%
Career prospects	23	68%	0	0%	0	0%	8	24%	3	9%	34	100%

Table W3: Comments re: Moving from CDEP to paid work (Q3)

	Count	%
Find work hard	1	33%
Find hours long	1	33%
Better money	1	33%
Total	2	67%

Table W4: Who attended aged care training? (Q4)

	Count of Services	%	Count of Workers	%
Attended training.	31	91%	102	90%
Did not attend training.	3	9%	11	10%
Total	34	100%	113	100%

Table W5: Why did you not attend training? (Q5)

	Count	%
Family/community commitments	2	12%
Not interested	3	18%
New staff member	4	24%
Already trained	2	12%
Total	11	100%

Table W6: Were you supported or encouraged to do the training? (Q6)

	Count	%
Yes	31	100%
No	0	0%
Total	31	100%

Table W7: Training attended and rating of training (Q7)

	Rating
	No impact on work		Some impact		Significant impact		Total
	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
Food preparation	0	0%	12	57%	9	43%	21	33%
Domestic assistance	0	0%	4	67%	2	33%	6	10%
Personal care	1	8%	5	38%	7	54%	13	21%
First aid	0	0%	7	70%	3	30%	10	16%
Other	0	0%	2	67%	1	33%	3	5%
OH&S	0	0%	5	50%	5	50%	10	16%
Total	1	2%	35	56%	27	43%	63	100%

Table W8: Did the training meet your needs? (Q8)

	Count	%
Yes	28	90%
No	0	0%
Partly	3	10%
Total	31	100%

Table W9: In what ways did the training not meet your needs? (Q8)

	Count	%
Had to go offsite for training	1	33%
Don't know	2	67%
Total	3	100%

Table W10: Please rate the training (Q9)

	Fully met our needs		Partly met our needs		Did not meet our needs		No group consensus		Don’t know		N/A		Total
	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
Location of training	29	94%	1	3%	1	3%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	31	100%
Timing of training	25	83%	4	13%	1	3%	0	0%	1	3%	0	0%	31	100%
Delivery mode (class room / on the job)	23	74%	7	23%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	1	3%	31	100%
Length of course (time to complete cert)	24	77%	1	3%	1	3%	1	3%	3	10%	1	3%	31	100%
Frequency of training (how often did training occur)	27	87%	2	6%	1	3%	0	0%	0	0%	1	3%	31	100%
Duration of classes	26	84%	4	13%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	1	3%	31	100%

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Table W11: Comments on training (Q9)

	Count	%
Classes too long	1	3%
Trainer was wordy	3	10%
No Answer	27	87%
Total	31	100%

Table W12: Did the training help you to do your job better? (Q10)

	Count	%
Yes	26	84%
Partly	4	13%
No	0	0%
No group consensus	1	3%
Total	31	100%

Table W13: Comments (Q10)

	Count	%
More confident doing the job	3	10%
Workers understand the work better now	1	3%
Able to deliver fist aid	1	3%
No Answer	26	84%
Total Responses	31	100%

Note: This is a multiple response question – the number of responses may exceed the number of respondents. % is based on 31 respondents.

Table W14: Do you think the training has resulted in better services for the old people in the community? (Q11)

	Count	%
Yes	24	77%
Partly	4	13%
No	2	6%
No group consensus	1	3%
Total	31	100%

Table W15: Comments (Q11)

	Count	%
Old people more confident that we know how to do our job	5	16%
Provide a safer environment for clients	2	6%
Take on responsibility for work / jobs	1	3%
Other	1	3%
No Answer	23	72%
Total	32

Note: This is a multiple response question – the number of responses may exceed the number of respondents. % is based on the number of respondents (31).

Table W16: Do you think the training will keep you in this job for longer? (Q12)

	Count	%
Yes	27	87%
Partly	1	3%
No	0	0%
No group consensus	1	3%
Don't know	2	6%
Total	31	100%

Table W17: Comments (Q12)

	Count	%
We like our jobs more now – good having a real job	4	13%
Really enjoy the training	2	6%
Really happy coming to work, because we know what to do	2	6%
We like keeping up to date and to be able to do the right thing	1	3%
No Comment	23	72%
Total	32

Note: This is a multiple response question – the number of responses may exceed the number of respondents. % is based on the number of respondents (31).

Table W18: Do you think the training will help you in other jobs in the community? (Q13)

	Count	%
Yes	16	52%
Partly	8	26%
No	3	10%
Don't know	4	13%
Total	31	100%

Table W19: How? (Q13)

	Count	%
Training applicable to many other jobs	6	19%
Hygiene training useful anywhere	2	6%
Don't know	23	74%
Total	31	100%

Table W20: What has changed for you on a personal level by doing the training? (Q14)

	Count	%
Increased confidence in role in working with older people	9	19%
Increased confidence generally	9	19%
Confirmation of work skills	13	27%
Personal sense of achievement	14	29%
Chance to use/develop literacy (reading and writing)	1	2%
No change	1	2%
Don’t know	1	2%
Total	48

Note: This is a multiple response question – the number of responses may exceed the number of respondents. % is based on 31 respondents.

Table W21: What work would you like to do most in the future? (Q15)

	Count	%
Kitchen related/food preparation and meals	6	17%
Personal Care/domestic care.	2	6%
Child –related training	1	3%
Stay where I am	14	40%
We would love to do some computer skills so that our coordinator can go on holidays	2	6%
Other	1	3%
Don't know	9	26%
Total	35

Note: This is a multiple response question – the number of responses may exceed the number of respondents. % is based on 31 respondents (31).

Table W22: How could the training be made better for workers? (Q16)

	Count	%
No improvements	19	58%
More consultation re: training needs	1	3%
Content more tailored to ATSI workers	2	6%
Woman trainer for the ladies and male trainer for the blokes.	2	6%
Trainer should come out once a week for many weeks rather than big block of training.	2	6%
Training in a block rather than only once a week – will take way too long to complete Cert this way	1	3%
Interpreter needed - found it very hard to understand sometimes	1	3%
Don't know	5	15%
Total	33

Note: This is a multiple response question – the number of responses may exceed the number of respondents. % is based on 31 respondents.
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