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National Quality and Safeguarding Community of Practice

Event start date: 14/11/2024

NDS invites members to join the National Quality and Safeguarding CoP, a peer-led forum covering all areas of providing quality safe services for people with a disability.

National Employment Community of Practice

Event start date: 19/11/2024

NDS invites members to join the National Employment Community of Practice (CoP), a combined session for providers of NDIS Employment Supports and Disability Employment Services across Australia.

National Housing and Support Community of Practice

Event start date: 27/11/2024

NDS invites members to join the National Housing and Support Community of Practice (CoP) to discuss their support of people in SIL, SDA, ILO and other in-home models of intensive support.

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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.

Right on Board – Practice Governance for Disability Service Providers: Governing and Managing for Human Rights, Quality and Safeguarding - Online Series

Event start date: 1/08/2024

Right on Board answers the need as highlighted by the Disability Royal Commission for greater awareness of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

National Quality and Safeguarding Community of Practice

Event start date: 13/08/2024

NDS invites members to join the National Quality and Safeguarding CoP, a peer-led forum covering all areas of providing quality safe services for people with a disability.

Mental Health Recognition and Response for Support Workers

A man stands on a balcony overlooking some trees. He is grasping his hands, leaning on the railing.

Location: National

Date: 31/12/2099

Available now - secure your booking for 2024.

This workshop is in partnership with and facilitated by Linda Rowley.

This six-hour workshop, in partnership with NDS and facilitated by Linda Rowley, will help disability support workers to identify and manage psycho-social risks that are often complex.

Across Australia, WHS/OHS authorities are giving increased attention to psychosocial/psychological risks in the workplace. Mental Health response and Recognition will assist support staff to identify the signs and symptoms of common mental health conditions and how to respond in a crisis situation.The training covers the following key areas:

The NDIS Context including definitions of psychosocial disability and mental health conditions
Prevalence of mental health conditions (general population and people with disabilities)
Impact of common mental health conditions on day-to-day functioning
Recognise, Respond and Report framework
Signs and symptoms of common Mental Health Problems: Depression, anxiety, substance use, psychosis, non–suicidal self-injury, suicidal self-injury. Mental health crises covered are: Suicidal thoughts and behaviours, panic attacks, traumatic events
How to recognise and effectively respond to each of the mental health problems and what/when to report

Who should attend?

NDS recommends that Support Workers and their Team Leaders and Managers within disability service organisations are most suited to attend.

Cost

Member: $2910 plus GST
Non-member: $3885 plus GST

This training can be done online, or at your organisation (travel and accommodation are charged at-cost).

Linda Rowley provides tailored training in workplace wellbeing, creating mentally healthy workplaces, team and leadership development including individual profiling and workshop and facilitation skills, to create better functioning workplaces that strengthen individual wellbeing. Linda uses evidence-based techniques and training to achieve optimal wellbeing, performance and productivity in the workplace. 

Contact information

For any enquiries, please contact Alicia Perry, Partnership Liaison Officer, alicia.perry@nds.org.au, 03 8341 4307