Closing date
Applications close Thursday 24 April 2025, 5pm ACST.
The Aged Care Collaborative Flagship Projects, funded by the Department of Health and Aged Care through ARIIA, provide a unique opportunity for aged care providers to work together to address complex issues and enact meaningful change across the sector. In a time of unprecedented transformation, the Flagship Projects have been designed to empower aged care providers and workers with the structures and capabilities to be flexible, agile and innovative in response to change.
The Flagship Projects have been scoped to address two key workforce challenges by embracing co-design, building workforce capability and implementing evidence-based interventions. The projects will be led by ARIIA as the evaluation and project implementation partner, supported by embedded subject matter experts and the Aged Care Collaborative Advisory Group.
Spanning twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026, both Flagship Projects will begin with six months of workshops, consultation and co-design to identify challenges and opportunities, and to plan an evidence-based intervention that is specifically tailored to each participating site. In the following six months, each site will implement and evaluate its tailored intervention with ongoing support from ARIIA and subject matter experts.
Throughout the projects, participating organisations will come together in a series of facilitated online sessions and workshops to learn together, discuss progress and challenges, and share outcomes.
On completion, the Flagship Projects will provide valuable evidence and learnings for the broader sector on how to implement evidence-based solutions in a variety of aged care contexts at scale, and provide the sector with an understanding of the factors that influence acceptability, adaptability and sustainability.
Flagship Project 1: Enhancing Role Clarity, Communication and Career Pathways with a Flexible Leadership Model
Flagship Project 2: Empowering Data Literacy and Capability to Drive Quality Care
If you’re an aged care provider that is excited by this unique opportunity to implement a workforce solution while collaborating with like-minded organisations, apply now!
A recording of ARIIA’s Flagship Project online information session is available to watch here.
The recording is divided into chapters so you can easily navigate to the information most relevant to you.
ARIIA is seeking applications from Australian aged care providers who would like one of their residential aged care facilities or home care regions to participate as an implementation site.
- Applications will be accepted from aged care providers to be a participating implementation site only. Applications from pre-formed consortia or partnerships will not be accepted.
- There is a separate application process for each Flagship Project.
- Providers can apply for both Flagship Projects but will be required to submit a separate application for each.
- Up to 6 providers will be selected to participate in Flagship Project 1, and up to 8 providers will be selected to participate in Flagship Project 2.
- Applications will be assessed with an emphasis on ensuring representation across diverse aged care contexts, including residential and home care; metropolitan and regional, rural and remote; small and large; for-profit and not-for-profit organisations.
- The selected providers will receive up to $120,000 ex GST to implement the 12-month project in defined project stages. Matched co-contribution is required (cash and/or in-kind).
- Applications close Thursday 24 April 2025, 5pm ACST.
Find out more about each project and download the application documents at the links below:
Flagship Project 1: Enhancing Role Clarity, Communication and Career Pathways with a Flexible Leadership Model
Flagship Project 2: Empowering Data Literacy and Capability to Drive Quality Care
Collaborating, sharing knowledge and learning together are fundamental to the success of the Flagship Projects. Participating organisations will need to share this commitment to collaborate and be active participants in regular meetings with project participants and subject matter experts. All Flagship Project participants will be expected to follow these Collaboration Principles:
- Trust - Foster mutual trust through open communication and respecting confidentiality.
- Courage - Embrace new approaches and balance risks.
- Inclusive - Seek and value diverse perspectives, keep an open mind.
- Person-centred – Align the approach with person-centred principles.
- Collective learning – Openly share best practices and lessons learned.
- Measurable national impact – Be proactive and inquisitive in measuring results and unpacking learnings beyond an individual organisation’s context.
- Purpose driven – Contribute towards a better future for aged care.
