Understanding how to become a specialist CALD provider

Understanding How to Become a Specialist CALD Provider

This webinar will provide an overview of how to become a CALD specialist provider under the national Specialisation Verification Framework.

Last updated: 17 August 2024

The webinar will be presented in partnership with the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care who will outline the relevant steps to apply for Specialisation Verification.

It will provide you with the opportunity to ask questions to the Department. Furthermore, The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing will share its Practice Guide on “Specialisation Verification – People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds”.

Facilitator

Susan Kean - Acting Director, Aged Care Diversity and Inclusion Section, Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

Susan has worked across the Department for over 20 years in various roles across residential and home aged care policy, compliance and program management, health workforce. Also in the International Strategies Branch on various trade agreements and briefings for Australian delegations attending World Health Organisation (WHO) and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) meetings.

Prior to working in the Department, she worked for ACT Health as a GP Liaison Officer and as the Project and Finance Officer in Women and Children's Health at Canberra Hospital.

Her current role fulfils her passion to ensure people from diverse backgrounds with varied life experiences can access the person-centred care they need as they age.