The WA Government has handed out $1.976 million in grants for regional trainee programs around the state, including aged care traineeships in the Wheatbelt region.
The grants under the Regional Traineeship Program will support up to 52 traineeships at $38,000 each, and have gone to local governments and Community Resource Centres (CRC) to encourage people to learn and work in local communities.
According to WA Agriculture and Food Minister Alannah MacTiernan (pictured), some of these traineeships will be for aged care workers in Beacon, around 300km northeast of Perth in the Wheatbelt.
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It is great to see the breadth of vocational training supported through this program, which is tailored to suit the individual needs of the local community.
“For example, the Beacon Central CRC will partner with the local Silverchain Health Centre to support a Certificate in Aged Care Work traineeship, which will assist seniors in the Central East Aged Care Alliance housing in their community,” she said.
The program has created 225 trainee placements in the regions since it was established in 2018.
