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Industry and workforce development programs

Industry Workforce Advisors

The Industry Workforce Advisor program supports small to medium health and community services businesses to address workforce challenges, diversify their workforces, and support workforce and productivity growth.

CheckUP serves as the Industry Workforce Advisor organisation for the following sectors:

First Nations healthcare and social assistance
Health
Community services

Established by the Queensland Government, the program enables our Industry Workforce Advisors to provide free, tailored workforce planning assistance to Queensland businesses in these sectors.

The Industry Workforce Advisor program is supported and funded by the Queensland Government.

CheckUP’s Industry Workforce Advisors can work directly with your business to:

identify workforce challenges, develop a workforce plan and suggest options to address the challenges including accessing grants and incentives

assist in development of strategies to recruit and attract people, including from diverse cohorts, and other potential labour supply, such as skilled migration

connect you with the department’s programs including grants and initiatives, the Business Queensland website and available Australian Government programs and incentives.

How to get involved

We are inviting Expressions of Interest from small to medium health and community service businesses across Queensland to access workforce planning assistance and services, through the Industry Workforce Advisors.

To learn more about how CheckUP’s Industry Workforce Advisors can support your business, please contact our team by submitting an EOI or through the contact details listed below.

Health or First Nations healthcare & social assistance businesses

Expression of interest

Community service Businesses

Expression of interest

Carissa McAllister

Sector: First Nations health care and social assistance
Email: cmcallister@checkup.org.au

Carissa McAllister is a proud Wiradjuri woman, now residing on Gubbi Gubbi Country. She has a diverse professional background, having worked in the health sector, legal and business fields.

Carissa is deeply passionate on health equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and has a thorough understanding of the social and cultural determinants of health.

Carissa is a strong advocate for holistic health and wellbeing, has a Bachelor of Health Science and a Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion. Carissa and her family use Aboriginal Medical Services for their health and wellbeing care and she has a thorough understanding of the ACCHO Model of Care.

Carissa enjoys connecting with people and teams and exploring their specific challenges to identifying unique solutions to have a positive impact on health and wellbeing. Carissa views the First

Nations Health and Social Assistance Workforce Advisory role as an important opportunity to strengthen the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce as they are best placed to provide care to their peers.

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Alina Khalid

Sector: Health
Email: Akhalid@checkup.org.au

Alina Khalid joins CheckUP as the Industry Workforce Advisor for the Health sector, bringing a diverse background in clinical care and health management consulting. With a Bachelor of Dental Surgery and a Master of Health Management specialising in Quality and Patient Safety, she combines frontline healthcare experience with a strong understanding of health systems improvement.

Alina is passionate about supporting small-to-medium health businesses to develop practical, scalable workforce solutions that enhance care quality, access, and sustainability across Queensland communities.

Prior to joining CheckUP, Alina worked as a management consultant delivering projects for public and private health clients. Her work spanned health reform, enterprise risk, compliance, digital health, and service improvement. This experience gave her a strong understanding of both systemic and day-to-day challenges faced by health providers, and highlighted the value of tailored, locally driven solutions that support service delivery and long-term sustainability.

Alina sees workforce planning as a key enabler of value-based care—supporting not just staffing needs, but also driving better health outcomes, continuity, and equity.

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Jane Newton

Sector: Community services
Email: jnewton@checkup.org.au

Jane Newton joins CheckUP as the Industry Workforce Advisor for the Community Services sector She has over 20 years of experience in vocational education and training.

She has held a variety of roles including as a trainer in community services and a clinical facilitator with Griffith University. Prior to joining CheckUP, Jane led a variety of research and workforce planning projects at Job Queensland, including the ‘Future work, future jobs’ suite of projects and the Advancing Manufacturing Workforce Strategy.

Jane has a Bachelor in Nursing and worked as a surgical nurse for 20 years, she furthered her education by completing a Masters of Adult Education.

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Andrew Hamilton

Sector: Community services

Email: workforceadvisory@checkup.org.au

Andrew Hamilton has joined CheckUP as a Consultant from Social Scaffolding to provide free one-on-one Workforce Planning support to community services organisations.

Andrew had a career in sales, marketing and management roles, before commercial roles for Australia’s largest ‘profit for purpose’ childcare provider (Goodstart) and Australia’s largest ‘intermediary’ (Social Ventures Australia).

Working now in the NFP, community and profit-for-purpose sectors, Andrew specialises in growth, development and commercially-focused strategies for organisations.

With more than 15 years in commercial BDM and marketing roles, combined with 25 years direct experience with NFP service providers. Experience in the NFP sectors, includes:

· Marketing and Sales strategy

· Workforce design and

· Culture Change management

· Strategic planning

· Outcomes Measurement

· Innovation mentoring

· Financial literacy and modelling

· Governance

Contact Andrew for Workforce Planning Support

Resources

“How to Build The Right Workforce Onboarding techniques: attracting and retaining the right staff” by Electus People.

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National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce Strategic Framework and Implementation Plan 2021–2031

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QAIHC Workforce Strategy 2025

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WorkUP Workforce Planning – domestic and family violence, sexual violence, women’s health and wellbeing sectors

Workforce Planning – WorkUP Queensland

Grow the Workforce Project – WorkUP Queensland

Workforce Planning Toolkit – micro business to small enterprises

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Workforce Planning Toolkit – Small to medium enterprises

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Workforce Planning Toolkit – Disability Sector

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Harrison’s Employee retention tool – values and strengths based questionnairePlanning Toolkit – Disability Sector

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Workforce Evolve – free workforce online training, coaching and resourcesEmployee retention tool – values and strengths based questionnairePlanning Toolkit – Disability Sector

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Priority Skills List

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Queensland Indigenous Business Network – QIBN

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TAFE One Business – First Nations program to increase participation in Queensland’s economy

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Indigenous Job Match – building workplaces that honour culture

Indigenous Job Match

Articles and Resources — Indigenous Job Match

NDIS Business Connect -CheckUP

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Disability Friendly Microcreditionals – CheckUP

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Health Industry Skills and Jobs Advisors

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Health Gateway to Industry Schools Program – CheckUP

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Regional Jobs Committees – place based workforce and skilling solutions

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Business Concierge – place based support for small and family business

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Back to Work – supports jobseekers and employers to address workforce challenges

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