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Indigenous Financial CounsellingMentorship Program 2017Diploma of Financial Counselling - CHC51115
“The mentorship program gave me the skills and confindence to better assist my clients.” 2016 Graduate
Scholarships now open!Do you want to increase your organisation’s financial counselling skill base? Enhance your workers’ competencies through expert professional development? Develop a can-do environment, through encouraging education and learning?
The award winning Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship Program provides essential support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders primarily working in the financial counselling/capability fields to undertake accredited training in the Diploma of Financial Counselling - CHC51115 and work as financial counsellors.
** UP SKILL TODAY **Scholarship Applications Close
Friday 30th June 2017
About the program
The Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship Program (IFCMP) has an 8 year history with 34 participants from across Australia successfully graduating with a Diploma of Community Services (Financial Counselling).
ICAN Learn is now rolling out the new Diploma of Financial Counselling program for agencies across Australia delivering Financial Counselling and Capability services. The IFCMP is targeted at Indigenous people working in the financial counselling/capability sectors and features dedicated support services to ensure ongoing mentorship, support and assistance. With a 95% graduate succes rate, employers can be confident of positive outcomes for their Indigenous staff and organisation.
In 2017 ICAN Learn will add the opportunity to undertake the Skill Set in Financial Literacy Education - CHCSS00077, a requirement to work as a financial capability worker creating further options for team integration.
The course will be co-ordinated by ICAN Learn, including the scholarship/enrolment process, block training and student Abstudy applications for student travel, accommodation and meals.
How do I get on the program?
Indigenous staff applying for a place in the program will need to demonstrate a commitment to learning and completing the Diploma of Financial Counselling through participation in the IFCMP.
Agencies supporting their Indigenous staff to
A proven pathway for training Indigenous Financial Counsellors
undertake the IFCMP will need to demonstrate a commitment to ongoing support, mentoring and career pathway development.
Applications can be downloaded at http://ican.org.au/programs or by contacting the team at ICAN Learn, details back page.
About the course
The Diploma of Financial Counselling is delivered through ICAN Learn, a registered training organisation devoted to the professional training and development of the financial counsellind/capability sector.
The Diploma of Financial Counselling is run over 18 months and will commence in July/August 2017. Learning will take place through classroom style block training in Cairns, weekly online group training sessions and one to one contact with trainers.
It is a requiremnet that participants will attend six residential block training sessions, for 5 days per block. The residential block training sessions are spaced approximately 2.5 - 3 months apart.
The course provides practical skills and knowledge, so that graduates can assist their clients with a wide range of financial difficulties.
Through this program, participants will learn how to support clients in decision making, facilitate the financial counselling process, develop and use financial counselling tools and techniques to address credit and debt issues. Participants will also gain a full understanding of a client’s financial/consumer rights and responsibilities.
The Diploma of Financial Counselling is a customised course that recognises both prior learning and work experience.
About ICAN Learn
ICAN Learn is a registered training organisation and a division of the Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network Ltd (ICAN). ICAN Learn was established in 2016 to provide specialised training and professional development for the Financial Counselling,Capability and Resilience sectors.
The Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship Program is made possible through a visionary partnership between the Commonwealth Bank and the Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network Ltd (ICAN).
The program is successfully addressing the under representation of Indigenous financial counsellors throughout Australia.
For more information contact:
Majella [email protected]
Bernadette Pasco [email protected]
Call: (07) 40311073 or1300 369 878 (local call cost Australia wide)
or visit the ICAN Learn page at: http://icanlearn.edu.au
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