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Support Services for Indigenous Australians (Aged Care) and Co-Design of Indigenous Assessment Workforce Strategy
Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart
The Department of Health is seeking expressions of interest from Indigenous organisations to participate in the co-design and implementation approach of a national service to support older Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to access and receive the care they need and an Indigenous assessment workforce to ensure the workforce reflects the diversity of circumstance and need of Indigenous people across Australia in metropolitan, regional, rural and remote areas.
In 2021, the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (Royal Commission) released recommendations to systematically improve aged care services in Australia. Recommendation 47 specifically looks to support Indigenous Australians to access aged care services with an understanding of cultural and community needs.
In response to Recommendation 47, the Australian Government committed funding in the 2021-22 Budget to develop an Indigenous workforce to support older Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
The Department of Health is seeking expressions of interest from Indigenous organisations across two elements.
Element A – Co-design and Delivery of a National Indigenous Support Service
Participate in the co-design and implementation approach of a national service to support older Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to access and receive the care they need. Although it has an aged care focus, the service will assist people across multiple service systems.
Shortlisted organisations from this REOI will be invited to tender to deliver the service which includes:
• Establishing a skilled Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander workforce to deliver a national support services to older Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to access and receive the care they need; and
• Managing and delivering the national support service for older Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
Element B - Co-design of the Indigenous aged care assessment workforce
Participate in the co-design of an Indigenous assessment workforce to ensure the workforce reflects the diversity of circumstance and need of Indigenous people across Australia in metropolitan, regional, rural and remote areas.
• The Department will be conducting an Industry Briefing on this Request for Expression of Interest on Tuesday 24 August 2021 commencing at 2pm via Webex. Tenderers who wish to attend this event must register via email to IndigenousSupportPrograms@health.gov.au by 2pm on Friday 20 August 2021.
• Attendance will be limited to two registrations per Tenderer organisation. Failing to pre-register for this event may result in exclusion from the Industry Briefing. Attendance at the Industry Briefing is not compulsory.
• The Industry Briefing will provide a summary of the Request for Expression of Interest objectives, outcomes and timeframes. No questions will be solicited from prospective Tenderers during this Industry Briefing.
The Tenderer must be an Aboriginal Community-controlled Health Organisation or Indigenous organisation who deliver aged and/or disability care services (Element A).
and/or
The Tenderer must be an Indigenous organisation or have expertise in health or aged care assessments for Indigenous people (Element B).
Stage 1- 15 September 2021 to January 2022