Workforce Development

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Introduction

• NNAPF Work Force Development Committee - Terms of Reference
• NNAPF and Workforce Development
• NNAPF Workforce Development Strategy
• NNAPF Position Paper on Aboriginal Health Human Resources

NNAPF Workforce Development Forum 2008

NNAPF’s exciting and comprehensive National Aboriginal Workforce Development Forum, intended to Bridge the Gap between Decision-Makers, Researchers, and the Front-Line Wellness/Addictions Workforce entitled Health, Addictions and Mental Health/Wellness - Joining Forces for Tomorrow took place on February 24-28, 2008 at the Ottawa Marriott Hotel.

The Forum brought together NNAPF’s Regional Working Groups, national leaders, decision-makers, program, policy and front-line workers. It provided information sharing and showcase research, best practices and promising approaches. The Forum also offered information that will better inform supervisors, managers, executive directors, community leaders and policy makers on work force development issues that contribute to the advancement of the Aboriginal wellness/addictions workforce nationwide, through the inclusion and introduction of the following themes:

1. Structural Supports for Public Policy targeting WFD Strategies
2. Workforce Recruitment, Retention and the Job Environment
3. Education, Training and Certification—Gains and Gaps
4. Information Supports—New Developments in the WFD Field
5. Research and Outcome Measures—Where’s the Evidence?

Archived Documents

• Agenda
• Registration Introduction
• Registration Form
• Applicant Sponsorship Application Form
• Corporate Sponsors' Letter
• Corporate Sponsors' Contribution Form
• Forum 2008 Poster
• Call for Abstracts (Info)
  • Call for Abstracts Form (PDF)
  • Call for Abstracts Form (DOC)

NNAPF National Aboriginal Workforce Surveys 2008

• Counsellors Survey
• Treatment Directors Survey
• National Aboriginal Workforce Survey Interim Report

Please note that this report is a draft version, and reports on data collected up to the beginning of February from the return of the Workers and Treatment Directors Surveys, . This draft version was distributed to Participants at the NNAPF 2008 Workforce development Forum. The final version, based on the analysis of all the surveys returned to NNAPF will be avalable later.

National Training

• NNAPF and National Training
• NNAPF Training Conferences

Certification

• About Certification
• NNAPF and Certification of Aboriginal Workers
• First Nations Certification Board (Presentation)
• First Nations Certification Board (Manual)