Our short courses include:

Aged Care Specific:

• Using Specialist Communication Skills to Build Strong Relationships
• Individual Services Development, Design and Delivery
• Professionalism and Workplace Responsibilities within the Aged Care Sector
• Support for the Older Person to meet their Emotional and Psychosocial Needs
• Working with Aged People with Complex Needs
• Providing Physical Assistance with Medication
• Professional Contingency Management for the Aged Care Worker

Home and Community Care Specific:

• Importance of Effective Communication for the HACC Worker
• Food Safety Considerations within the HACC Work Environment
• Cultural Awareness for the HACC Worker
• Manual Handling within the HACC Environment
• Volunteers and their Significance
• Roles and Responsibilities of the Volunteer and the Organisation

Management Specific across the Community Services Sector:

• Developing a Learning Organisation
• Developing Positive Workload Management Systems
• Supporting Workplace Relationships
• Occupational Planning and Service Systems
• Quality Assurance in Action
• Internal Audits
• Managing Accreditation Process

Disability Specific:

• Dual Diagnosis
• Programming for Skills Development
• Positive Programming
• Behaviour Assessment and Intervention Design
• Challenging Behaviour
• Advanced Behaviour Management
• Working as a Practitioner within the Disability Sector
• Medication Management
• Communication Support
• Autism
• Legal and Ethical Issues
• Working with People with Disabilities who are Ageing

Children Services Specific:

• Inclusion Practices
• Child Protection and Mandatory Reporting
• Children’s Music, Movement and Drama
• Positive Practice in Guiding Challenging Behaviour
• Manual Handling Techniques for Child Care Workers
• Food Safety for Staff

Youth Services Specific:

• Youth Suicide Prevention
• Professional Contingency Management for Youth Workers
• Managing Challenging Behaviour in The Youth Work Environment
• Case Work and Case Planning for Young People
  
• Understanding the History and Principles of Out of Home Care Service Provision
• An Overview of Clinical and Intervention Models in Youth Work
• Working as a Practitioner within Youth Services

Generic Courses:

• Report Writing
• Team Building
• Stress Management
• Conflict Management
• Time Management and Workload Planning
• Supervision and Mentoring
• Staff Appraisal and Performance Management
• Strategic and Business Planning
• Quality Assurance