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SARRAH recently announced their latest online professional education module in partnership with the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation: the SARRAH Leadership Program. 

This 6-week program provides an introduction to concepts of leadership with a unique focus on the rural context, for those AHPs with a genuine commitment to the prosperity and well-being of their communities. 

It provides an opportunity for allied health professionals to :

• explore the concept of leadership as distinct from management;

• explore their own strengths in relation to leadership and discover areas for development; and

• explore how to build a network and create opportunities to promote the broader industry while achieving positive outcomes for your community.

Details:

Commencing June 22, 2021 this course will be facilitated via an online learning platform. You will have 4 interactive sessions as well as a number of activities to complete over the 6 week period. This course is approximately 20 hours of online learning, completion of activities including attendance at live webinar presentations is required within the 6 week timeframe to meet course requirements. 

Key dates: June 22 @3pm (requirement for course completion), June 29 @3pm, July 13 @3pm, July 27 @3pm. 

You will need to attend the first session at the scheduled time, following this the sessions will be recorded if you are unable to attend the live session. 

The program will cover the following four topics:

Leadership vs management, this module introduces the concept of leadership as being different to management, supporting self-reflection on the type of skills that the individual might need to develop.

‘being’ leadership, this module supports the individual to explore their own strengths in relation to leadership and discover which areas they can focus on developing.

‘doing’ leadership, this module explores how to be a part of leadership action, how to build a network and how to create opportunities to promote the broader industry and achieve positive outcomes.

‘maintaining’ leadership, the final module concentrates on the skills needed to ensure that individuals have the ability to maintain a leadership position within the sector. Focusing on challenges like compassion fatigue, burnout and bullying and how to develop strategies to manage these common issues without impacting on personal or team wellbeing.

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For any questions, please contact rhiannon@sarrah.org.au