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Deadly Start - Education2Employment

in 2023 Seed were excited to announce the Deadly Start Education2Employment program which was hosted in partnership with the Queensland Hospital and Health Service and partners across all of Queensland.

This amazing pathway program provides an opportunity for 143 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island students interested in a career in Health to undertake studies and employment through Year 11 and Year 12 whilst being fully supported.

Traineeship positions became available in 2023 across nine Hospital and Health Services in Queensland from the Gold Coast to Mt Isa and Cairns.

The Students journey commenced in Year 11 2023 with students studying the Certificate II in Health Services Assistances one day per week from a Health Hub for 6 months, before transitioning into a School Based traineeship studying a Certificate III in Health Services Assistances for an additional 12 months in year 11 and 12.

Seed Foundation Australia have been supporting our students through this journey and as a collective, Queensland Health, Deadly Start team, Seed Foundation Australia and Connect 'n' Grow, our aim is to ensure our students are fully supported throughout Year 11 and Year 12 with the ultimate goal of students' continuing with ongoing employment and or further education in Health.

Growing the Health Workforce of Australia's First People

Seed is the lead entity in a collaborative effort to provide career pathways and wraparound support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from rural and remote communities.

Seed's model is designed to unearth and support future community leaders who can ultimately relieve

the endemic intergenerational poverty and destitution that pervades many remote Indigenous communities.

Centred around the First Peoples Health Program, activities include:

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Access to further training, internships and employment opportunities through our cross-sector partnerships

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Individualised youth mentoring and career guidance

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Nationally recognised health training and Community engagement

"This traineeship has made me become more confident speaking to people and voicing my opinions and ideas to as growing up I wasn’t the type of person who spoke out and stood forward to learn new things especially teach new things... I can now put my skills towards helping the community as it is something I have always wanted to do in my future" (Miller, 2022).

Sha-Kia Miller

"I chose the health industry because of my interest in the sciences but also due to my Indigenous heritage, and as a young Aboriginal man I value providing more Indigenous representation in the industry and gaining a clearer understanding of how to “close the gap” regarding health, wellbeing, education, and employment, and what I personally will be able to do to achieve that goal" (Baker, 2022).

Caleb Baker

"Seed Foundation Australia has aligned me to apply for the Mater Education diploma by completing a Certificate ll in Health Support Services, Community Services and Certificate lll in Health Services Assistance. By doing these it gave me credits on areas such as hand hygiene and infection control so I didn’t have to redo them when I started the diploma" (Barrett, 2022).