COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES
Health Issues Centre’s is funded by the Victorian Department of Human Services (DHS) to support the development of Community Advisory Committee (CACs) in 14 Metropolitan Health Services and six regional health services. As part of this project, Health Issues Centre delivers a number of strategies for CAC support staff which include Resources Officers, Executive Managers, CAC chairs and CAC consumer members.
Resource Officers' Network
This Network meets six times a year and provides Resource Officers with a forum for networking, problem solving, and discussion.
Resources
To assist both Community Advisory Committee members and Community Advisory Committee support staff the Health Issues Centre has compiled a resource kit which contains a number of document, tools and templates, some of which have been developed by health services. These resources have been made available by health services to avoid duplication.
Folder 1 - Contains documents about Community Advisory Committees (CAC)
CAC Evaluation and Roles and Responsibilities of the Community Advisory Committee and the Health Service
Community Advisory Committee Resource Kit-Folder 1
Folder 2 - this folder contains documents about Community Participation Plans
Community Advisory Committee Resource Kit-Folder 2
Folder 3 - This folder contains a range of documents on Consumer Participation
Community Advisory Committee Resource Kit-Folder 3
Folder 4 - This folder contains good practice examples form both the health and non health sector
Community Advisory Committee Resource Kit-Folder 4
Folder 5 - This folder contains government documents pertaining to CALD, Community Advisory Committees, Consumer Participation, EQUI and Quality of Care Reports
Community Advisory Committee Resource Kit-Folder 5
Folder 6 - Ths folder contains information about Health Issues Centre
Community Advisory Committee Resource Kit-Folder 6
Folder 7 - this folder contains documents about the Resource Officers Network Meetings
Community Advisory Committee Resource Kit-Folder 7
Community Advisory Committee Resource Kit-Folder 8
Folder 8 - This folder contains documents pertaining to reporting requirements to the Victorian Department of Health
Community Advisory Committee Resource Kit-Folder 8
Community Advisory Committee Resource Kit-Folder 9
Folder 9 -this folder contains resources for CAC Members
Community Advisory Committee Resource Kit-Folder 9
Community Advisory Committee Resource Kit-Folder 10
Folder 10 - this folder contains resources for Resource Officers who support the Community Advisory Committee and are responsible for consumer participation in their health service
Community Advisory Committee Resource Kit-Folder 10
Community Advisory Committee Resource Kit-Folder 11
Folder 11 - This folder contains other support information in relation to consumer participation and the Community Advisory Committee
Community Advisory Committee Resource Kit-Folder 11
Folder 12-Updates December 2009
This folder contains new documents added in December 2009 to the CAC resource Kit.
Community Advisory Committee Resource Kit- Folder 12-Updates December 2009
CAC Resources officers on line group
Community Advisory Committees
Health Issues Centre provides one on one support to individual Community Advisory Committees. This includes training, resources and orientation programs for new CAC members. HIC also delivers a biannual CAC conference for CAC consumers and staff.
2008 CAC Conference
An evaluation of the effectiveness of the CAC's was conducted in 2008 by Health Outcomes International
Evaluation of the effectiveness of the CAC to boards of Victorian Public Health Services Final Report
Consumers On Line
If you are Community Advisory Committee (CAC) member you can join Consumers on Line a computer mediated group set up and moderated by Health Issues Centre. See flyer for more information.
CAC members can also join the Health Issues Centre Consumer Register
For more information about the CAC project please contact Assunta Morrone on 09 3479 3520 or email
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