Leadership Course 

The #ReadyToListen project aims to build the skills and capacity of aged care service providers to better respond to and prevent the sexual assault. The project includes a 12-month Leadership Course, coaching residential aged care service providers through the practical steps involved in educating their colleagues and improving services. 

The Leadership Course will be piloted from July 2021 and details of the course, and the process for Expressions of Interest will be outlined below. 

The #ReadyToListen project has been funded by the Department of Health and is being delivered by the Older Person's Advocacy Network, in partnership with Celebrate Ageing and the Older Women's Network, New South Wales. The Project Coordinator, Dr Catherine Barrett, is the Director of Celebrate Ageing and long term advocate for prevention of the sexual assault of older women. 

26 places filled - 4 remaining as of September 1st - click here for EOI

In the section below we will start sharing the projects being undertaken by the Leadership Course Participants. 

Older Women's Network NSW

The Older Women’s Network are partners in the #ReadyToListen project and are also leading a number of project activities to document and amplify the voices of older women.
 
Project title: The Voices of Older Women
Project coordinator: Yumi Lee, Manager OWN NSW
Aims:
  • to educate aged care service providers about what older women want in relation to their sexual rights
·      to raise awareness amongst older women that sexual assault is not their fault
  • to provide older women with information about services available to support them if they experience sexual assault
  • to engage the community in reflecting on cultural norms that have enabled sexual assault of older women to go largely unchecked
  • to challenge the ageism and sexism that sits behind our inaction of sexual assault of older women.
 
Activities
  1. Survey of older women: to document what information older women want about their right to be free from sexual violence and about the services that are available to support them
  2. Workshop for older women: discussion of key issues arising from the survey and identification of key principles for the education of service providers and for a social media and poster campaign that reaches out to older women
  3. Portraits of older women: 10 portraits of older women with key messages of solidarity for older women who have experienced sexual assault
  4. Social media and poster campaign: utilising portraits of older women, these campaigns will send message about support services to older women
  5. Film: produce a film with key messages from older women and community leaders about the sexual assault of older women
 
Evaluation
  1. Workshop evaluation by participants
  2. Uptake of the social media campaign – portraits, posters and film (distribution number)
  3. Aged care service providers feedback on information from older women
  4. Feedback from older women on the campaign.
 
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Project partners

The #ReadyToListen project has been funded by the Department of Health and is being delivered by the Older Person's Advocacy Network, in partnership with Celebrate Ageing and the Older Women's Network, New South Wales. The Project Coordinator, Dr Catherine Barrett, is the Director of Celebrate Ageing and long term advocate for prevention of the sexual assault of older women. 

Contact us: Project Coordinator Dr Catherine Barrett 0429582237 or email: director@celebrateageing.com ​