Important changes to your Home Care Package budget

The Australian Government is funding a 15% increase to aged care worker wages from 1 July 2023. If you receive a Home Care Package, this will mean an increase to your package budget to ensure your services (including hours of service) are not impacted.

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Tools and promotional resources for your clinic

Tools to assist your dementia diagnosis conversations with your patients.

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Formulating a Workforce Attraction and Recruitment Plan; facilitated by Tash Edwards from Enkindle.
29/05/2023/

With an increased demand for Aged Care services, there is a need to effectively recruit and attract new workers to the sector. We know aged care providers are dealing with workforce supply issues, and sector reports have also highlighted how undervalued Aged Care workers are in our society and how we can play a role in changing the narrative for the better.In this webinar, Tash Edwards will present up-to-date recruitment attraction trends and strategies to help you better retain your workforce. Providing practical recommendations and tactics to enhance your organisational approach towards sourcing and attracting skilled talent into your team.

This 2-hour webinar (incl. Q & A) hosted by Tash Edwards, Aged Care and Workforce Specialist,
will cover the following topics:
• Government-funded Initiatives to support planning, attraction, and Recruitment
• Employment Alliances, Partnerships and Training Pathway for Aged Care Workers
• Supporting and Supervising new recruits as they navigate their way through their new role
• Free and Affordable resources to assist in orientating your new workforce

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Webinar – New regulatory approach to aged care

A new model for regulating aged care – 9 May 2023

We’re developing a new model for regulating aged care as part of the changes to improve the quality and safety of aged care in Australia. We’re hosting this webinar to share the details and seek your views on the changes we’re proposing.

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Beyond Blue’s Professional Education to Aged Care (PEAC) e-learning program

Explanation of training:

To improve the detection and management of anxiety and depression experienced by older adults in residential and community aged care settings. The modules in the program include:

– Understanding anxiety and depression
– Anxiety and depression in older people
– Promoting the mental health of community aged care clients
– Promoting the mental health of aged care residents
– Identifying and responding to suicide in aged care settings (new)
– Managing anxiety and depression in aged care clients and residents
– Looking after your mental health at work (new).

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Mapping Social Cohesion 2019: Summary Video

Explanation of training:

Key findings of 2019 Scanlon mapping report; how changing demographics impact social cohesion

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All One Together

Explanation of training:

Anti-racism – ECCV campaign: How do we want to be together ?what is racism? What is the experience of being othered? What does a successful multi-cultrualism look like?

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Pure Magic Workshop Series

SESSION 1:  (Wednesday 26th April 2023)
Keep your Cool – Never miss a Beat in Business

SESSION 2: (Wednesday 17th May 2023)
Creating a great workplace culture for all of us

SESSION 3: (Wednesday 31st May 2023)
Engage in your Role, Love your Job

SESSION 4: (Wednesday 7th June 2023)
The Power of Positive Influencing others

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Responding to suspected elder abuse: Professional education workshops

This interactive professional education workshop is designed to assist health and aged care practitioners to respond when elder abuse is suspected or disclosed.

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Understanding and responding to Diversity – “Connecting the Pieces”

The Connecting the Pieces video (and accompanying Guide) articulates the unique aspects of diversity and person centred care and importantly, the relationship between these approaches, how they influence each other and the need for diversity and person centred care to be understood throughout the continuum of the client’s journey.

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Addressing Diversity within the Aged Care Quality Standards

Overview of the session:

• Introduce the theories of power, privilege and intersectionality, and their relationship with meeting consumers expectations, preferences and needs;
• Support service providers to understand how to address consumers’ diversity within the Aged Care Quality Standards
• Use case studies to highlight how diversity considerations apply to each standard

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Inclusive Service Standards

Explanation of training:

The Inclusive Service Standards: A resource for aged care providers was developed by the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing to assist aged care providers in the development and the delivery of inclusive services to all consumers. These standards inform the Aged Care Standards.

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Inner West Sydney and Central West regions aged care services capacity building interchange meeting.

Topic: Aged Care Reform Agenda – A Workforce Perspective

TUESDAY: 4 Apr 2023. 2:00PM – 3:30PM:

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Diversity and the Aged Care Standards

Explanation of training:

Talk about how diversity is embedded in the Aged Care Quality Standards.

How does your organisation embed diversity in line with new Aged Care Quality Standards?

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Home care leaders masterclass

As the home care sector moves towards this transition, members of boards and executive management will be required to have a clear understanding of their obligations across a range of key issues and challenges. This not only includes learning and adapting to policy changes for governance requirements but also strategic leadership, in order to successfully navigate organisational reforms in a customer-driven, competitive marketplace

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Aged care service capacity building interchange meeting.

Topic: Update on Aged Care Reforms.

Tuesday, 14th February 2023. 2pm-3:30pm.

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Webinar Invitation – ‘Site audits in residential aged care’ 

Approved residential aged care providers and services are invited to attend a webinar, ‘Site audits in residential aged care’, hosted by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. 

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National Sector Support Development Network ACCPA Update

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Consultation on an exposure draft of the Inspector – General of Aged Care Bill

The Australian Government is seeking feedback on a draft Inspector-General of Aged Care Bill (the Bill) to establish a new independent statutory office – the Inspector-General of Aged Care (Inspector-General) – to provide oversight of, and to drive improvements in the aged care system.

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Alternate Operation Models

The training has been developed to assist CHSP providers to consider alternate business models in home care. This is to assist the home care sector to prepare for the In Home Aged Care program.

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The Australian Government is putting security, dignity, quality and humanity back into aged care. This is in response to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s final report.

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Preparing for the new in-home aged care program – Service Provider Fact Sheet No.1

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Summary A New Program for In-HomeAged Care
Discussion Paper

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A New Program for In-HomeAged Care
Discussion Paper

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Understanding Unit Costing for CHSP Providers.

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In-Home Care Financial Management & Reform.

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Serious Incident Response Strategy Training.

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Supporting home care reforms among CHSP providers – Update.

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Aged care reforms – an overview.

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CHSP Transition Support Grant Opportunity

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Summary of changes to the CHSP manual 2022- 2023.

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National Guide to the CHSP Client Contribution Framework

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Home Care Packages
Program Operational Manual
A guide for home care providers

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CHSP COVID-19 Emergency Support

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CHSP Grant Opportunity Guidelines

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CHSP Manual 2022

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CHSP Unit Costing Tool Template

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Quality and safety in home services. 5 key areas of risk.

Guidance for governing bodies of home service providers

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Get involved with the in-home aged care consultations visit the Ageing and Aged Care Engagement Hub.

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Reforming in-home aged care and regulation update

The Australian Government is determined to deliver reforms to Australia’s aged care system that improve the care delivered to older Australians.

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