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NDS New South Wales Quality Network

Event start date: 2/10/2024
The New South Wales Quality network is an NDS member-exclusive network focused on quality in the disability sector.

NDS New South Wales Quality Network

Event start date: 6/11/2024
The New South Wales Quality network is an NDS member-exclusive network focused on quality in the disability sector.

National Children, Young People and their Families Community of Practice

Event start date: 7/11/2024
NDS invites members to join the National Children, Young People and their Families CoP, which seeks to promote the interests and wellbeing of children and young people with disability and...

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Sphinx debug:
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Disability at Work Conference 2024

Event start date: 23/07/2024
National Disability Services (NDS) calls on employment service providers and other professional employment specialists, to help shape and drive the program for NDS's Disability at Work Conference.

SCHADS: Know Your Award

Event start date: 21/08/2024
NDS and WorkplacePLUS are pleased to offer this SCHADS: Know Your Award half-day workshop to help ensure your HR, payroll, and office managers are getting SCHADS right.

SCHADS: Know Your Award

Event start date: 10/09/2024
NDS and WorkplacePLUS are pleased to offer this SCHADS: Know Your Award half-day workshop to help ensure your HR, payroll, and office managers are getting SCHADS right.

Defensible Documentation In-house Workshop

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Location: At your organisation/Zoom
Date: 31/12/2099

Available now - secure your booking for 2024.

This essential course will simplify the way you document and give you the skills to document the support you provide in a way which is accurate, legally defensible, and improves outcomes for the people you support.

Instructor Led Training (ILT) via Zoom or face-to-face at your organisation

Duration: Three hours
Course outcomes:

  • Understand factual objective language and how it improves care and communication
  • Know what’s relevant to document
  • Learn the FACT® method, and how to use it to improve your documentation
  • Practice writing clear and concise, defensible progress or case notes
  • Be able to put your new skills into action to document support, change, risks, goals and progress
  • Receive a Quick Reference Guide (QRG) to support ongoing documentation

This workshop is in partnership with Preventing Harm Initiative (PHI) and facilitated by Donny Raets. Donny holds a Diploma of Teaching, Cert IV Training and Assessment, Cert IV Aged and Community Care and has 30 plus years’ experience in education, ranging from Primary through to Tertiary (Vocational Education and Training), remote Indigenous Communities and the Corporate sector. Her CALD background and training in the Arts support her creation and delivery of meaningful learning experiences.

NDS recommends all Disability Support Workers, Coordinators and Team Leaders, and Operations staff attend this training.

Cost

Capped at 20 participants.

  • NDS Members: $2300 plus GST
  • Non-members: $3070 plus GST

Additional participants will be charged $65 plus GST per-person price.

Contact information

For any enquiries, please contact Learn and Develop on submit enquiry/feedback show phone number