Are you having problems attracting and retaining skilled staff? These learning modules will help you address your staffing problems by introducing proven, person-centred attraction and retention strategies with instructions on how to implement them within your business.

The Community Connector Program (CCP) is a collaboration between Greater Shepparton City Council and Committee for Greater Shepparton and was developed to assist new-to-area residents with a relocation concierge service supporting all aspects of their relocation and assisting those people considering relocating who need the extra reassurance and support at the decision-making end.

The CCP was established using Dr. Cath Cosgrave’s Whole-of-Person Retention Improvement Framework — a person-centred and holistic approach aimed at tackling the long-standing health workforce shortages facing rural communities — as well The Health Workforce Recruiter Connector Model that Dr. Cosgrave identified on a Churchill Fellowship to Canada investigating effective approaches to strengthen the settlement and social connections of newly-arrived health workers in rural Australia

Dr Cosgrave has identified three key phases in attracting and retaining skilled professionals to rural jobs and places:

This section contains the advice from Dr Cosgrave about how to implement the strategies identified in the three identified phases to strengthen the recruitment and retention of skilled professionals.