About AMP
If the NSW public sector is to create a workforce that reflects the values and diversity of the community then it must, inter alia, develop strategies to engage Aboriginal employees with their workplaces. The Aboriginal Mentoring Program uses Web 2.0 technologies to provide a support mechanism and network for Aboriginal public sector employees.
This mentoring program will foster the exchange of wisdom between Aboriginal public servants about the opportunities and challenges they face in public sector employment.
The mentor program’s aim is to use blended learning to provide culturally sensitive support for Aboriginal people working in or entering the public sector to assist them to engage effectively with their workplace, to feel better equipped to face the challenges their workplace presents and to experience their work life as meaningful and fulfilling. The result of which is higher retention rates of Aboriginal staff by public sector agencies in the short term, and increased numbers of Aboriginal staff in senior positions in the longer term.
The program offers the opportunity for both mentors and mentorees to gain nationally recognised units of competence from the Public Sector Training Package as well as the development of skills to more effectively support their communities.
About the Program
The mentor training is provided free of charge and can give participants a nationally recognised Statement of Attainment in four competency units towards the Diploma of Government (Management) PSP51104. Recognition of prior learning (RPL) available through the program can potentially fulfil another five competency units of the eleven units required. Mentors are not paid for their participation in the program.
The mentee training can give participants a nationally recognised Statement of Attainment in two competency units towards the Diploma of Government (Management) PSP51104.
The course for mentors will include:
- setting the ground rules for the mentoring arrangement the aim of which is for all parties to clearly understand the roles in their relationship
- establishing and imparting the framework within which the mentoring relationship will take place including timeframes for mentoring contacts, the likely lifespan of the mentoring relationship and a mechanism for the important feedback/evaluation process
- advanced communication strategies.
The Team
Bernadette Harris from Harris Bromly Pty Ltd was the Team Leader and developer with Julie Moore – NSW Dept of Premier and Cabinet, Anne Rauch – IPAA (NSW), Shane Waterton – Harris Bromly, Paul Newman – NSW Dept of Aboriginal Affairs and Val Evans – Facilitator and critical friend.
For More Information
As part of our project in 2008, we created a presentation which describes the Aboriginal Mentoring Program in detail. You can view it below.
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