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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 Children, Young People and their Families Community of Practice

Event start date: 7/08/2024

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...

Communicating for Safety: Recognising and Communicating Change

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Location: National (online)

Date: 31/12/2099

Available now - secure your booking for 2024.

This workshop is in partnership with and facilitated by Preventing Harm Initiative (PHI).

Build confidence in recognising changes and deterioration in the health, behaviour or abilities of the people you support. Understand what to look for and how to effectively communicate any changes.

This course will show you an easy way to remember what changes to look and listen for to protect yourself, and maintain the safety and wellbeing of the person you support.

Instructor Led Training (ILT) via zoom

Duration: One hour Course outcomes:

Be aware of the benefits of identifying change in the person you support
Know what to look and listen for when identifying change
Use a simple method to remember what changes to be aware of
Case study practice in small groups
Instructor feedback on communicating change for safety

Who should attend?

NDS recommends that Care and Support Staff within disability service organisations are most suited to attend.

Cost

Member: $1225 plus GST
Non-member: $1620 plus GST

Contact information

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

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