Graduates can then apply for the Ear Health Facilitator position(s) at the local health service, where they will be employed part time to screen children’s ears and hearing for signs of ear disease, support families of children with ear disease, work with visiting hearing services, promote healthy ears, and be the communities ear health champion. Training includes three accredited units in work readiness and primary healthcare, and four weeks of theoretical and practical training in ear disease and ear and hearing assessment. In each community, six weeks of paid, on-country training will be provided for five local, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community members. Random allocation makes it fair and helps to remove bias. The Initiative is a Phase III stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial which will roll out the ear health service enhancement in ‘clusters’ of communities, selected randomly from a pool of 20. The Initiative will assess the effect of a novel innovation (enhanced ear health services) on children’s health and education outcomes. The goal is to work with communities to establish reliable, sustainable, culturally appropriate services that ensure every ear of every child is healthy and hearing every day. Over a five-year period, the program will work with 20 communities, employ up to 40 part time ear health facilitators, and screen 5,000 children aged 0-16 years. It aims to integrate locally based Ear Health Facilitators into existing services to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with ear and hearing problems. The Hearing for Learning Initiative (HfLI, the ‘Initiative’) July 2018 – December 2023 is a $6.4m community-based service enhancement program. If left untreated ear disease can have a significant impact on a child’s development and entire life trajectory. Children with ear problems cannot hear properly – they have trouble listening and talking, and may behave badly because they misunderstand their parents, teachers, and friends. Ear disease affects speech and language development, many of life’s enjoyments, and access to culture, education, and employment. Work Experience, Traineeships & Cadetships.Centre for Child Development and Education.
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