Volunteers in Aged Care Sector

Free Online training in 2025 for Volunteers

Latrobe Community Health Service are offering free online training to CHSP Volunteers across Australia. This is an opportunity for your volunteers to gain skills and knowledge in the following topics.

To register please send your volunteers details to adriana.pezzutto@lchs.com.au

Name:

Email Address:

Organisation:

Volunteer role:

Training courses you wish to complete:

Your volunteer will be registered with our Training software ‘Litmos’ and a login will be sent to them directly to complete the training. If they have any difficulties with logging in, to please contact Team Leader Volunteers Adriana Pezzutto on (03) 5131 5464

Victorian Child Safe Standards – We All Have a Role to Play 6.0 (AU)

This course covers how to recognise signs of child abuse, follow correct reporting procedure and, ultimately, model the behaviours that foster a child safe environment. It covers important information about Victoria’s compulsory minimum standards that apply to organisations that provide services for children to help protect them from abuse. These child safe standards are compulsory for all organisations in scope, but not prescriptive. They encourage and guide a diverse range of organisations and individuals to how they can help implement the required child safe standards.

Learning objectives –
• Identify factors that may indicate a child is being abused or may be abused in the future
• Identify the types of child abuse that can occur
• Recognise the 11 Victorian child safe standards

Duration – 30 minutes

Manual Handling 7.0 (AU)

This course covers important information about safe manual handling in the workplace. It describes the dangers associated with lifting, and more seemingly innocuous manual tasks, such as typing or sitting for extended periods. The course looks at ways to reduce risk when performing manual tasks, by identifying hazards and removing them through a risk assessment process. This course is responsive.

Learning objectives –
• Describe what is meant by manual handling
• Explain the importance of safe manual handling and the risks associated
• Explain your and your organisation’s responsibilities under health and safety laws

Duration – 25 minutes

The SAFE Files – Workplace Bullying 7.0 (AU)

This course outlines how certain behaviours can constitute workplace bullying and may be against the law. It also explains some of the causes and impacts of bullying, how to respond to it and get help, and ways to prevent bullying occurring in the workplace.

Duration: 25 minutes

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Safety 3.0 (AU)

Many Indigenous employees report being challenged about their identity or expected to educate non-Indigenous colleagues about racism and Indigenous issues. This course looks at how you and your organisation can take steps to make your workplace more culturally safe for First Nations people – and why this is so important.

Learning objectives –
• Describe cultural safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• Recognise why workplace inclusion and cultural safety are so important
• Acknowledge the historical and cultural significance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and the impact of injustice and exclusion

Duration – 35 minutes

These training modules are completed online and are free for volunteers involved in CHSP programs across Australia.

Please contact Team Leader Volunteers Adriana Pezzutto on (03) 5131 5464 if you have any questions.
If you would like a face to face session at one of our offices in Regional Victoria or Metropolitain Melbourne please contcat me to make a booking

Psychosocial Safety for CHSP Providers and Volunteers

Volunteers and their managers are invited to this one hour session explaining the importance of psychosocial safety and how it applies to everyone in our workplaces, including volunteers. We explore Safe Work Australia’s framework to identify, assess, control and review psychosocial hazards in a CHSP context.

This session is part of a SSD Volunteer Working Party collaboration with Volunteering SA&NT, Macarthur Disability Services SSD, and Meals on Wheels NSW.
2pm Tuesday 4th March

Psychosocial Safety PNG.pdf 

Grief and Loss webinar

Swinburne University’s Wellbeing Clinic is holding a webinar on grief and loss.

The webinar will explore the losses associated with ageing and practical ways to support the grieving older person.

This webinar is for people working in aged care, as well as psychologists, social workers, counsellors and volunteers who work with older people.

When: Friday 20 September, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (AEST)

Register now 6.

For more information, see Swinburne University’s webinar schedule 6

AUSLAN (Australian Sign Language) Training for CHSP Volunteers

Key points:

Training is fully online with Lisa Mills

Access is for 12 months

One enrolment is for course 1 & 2

Licenses are not transferable so please do not enrol if you do not intend to complete the training

You can read more about Lisa and the courses here: Lisa Mills Online 8

In these courses you will learn:

• About Auslan (Australian Sign Language)

• About deafness, Deaf Community and Culture

• Auslan vocabulary & how to sign short Auslan sentences or phrases

• Learn how to communicate with deaf people in Auslan without voice

• Develop an appreciation for Auslan & develop practical Auslan skills

• Access genuine Auslan with a deaf teacher

• Learn through fun and informal online video tutorials & a student handbook

• Receive a good introduction before committing to accredited course.

If you wish to enrol please email Adriana Pezzutto with your name, the organisation you volunteer for and your volunteer position title, information about enrolment will then be sent to you

adriana.pezzutto@lchs.com.au 

CHSP Provider Information for Volunteers

Community Connect Northern Beaches has created the following document:
Volunteer Information.pdf (198.1 KB)

It is distributed to volunteers and aims to improve understanding and awareness of the importance of CHSP service delivery – to help older people to live independently and safely at home.

Feedback is welcome on this document, either by contacting Tom Beeh at Community Connect Northern Beaches on 0426 933 133 or email Tom at tomb@lets-connect.com.au or by completing the attached questionnaire and forwarding it to Community Connect (Email: info@lets-connect.com.au).

NSW Ageing and Disability – Elder Abuse for professionals

This introductory online training course will improve your detection and response to abuse, neglect and exploitation.

Module one (nsw.gov.au)

Mental Health Support (Staff and Volunteers) (1hr)

Poor mental health and mental health conditions are one of the number one reasons that people visit their GP, but do you and your staff know how to support someone with a mental health concern? In this workshop we look at signs that someone requires help, we explore empathy and what it means to be a good listener. We also look at how you can support and talk to someone to manage their mental health.

Learning outcomes:

• What are the reasons people need support?
• When should I be concerned?
• The importance of listening.
• Ways to support someone whilst maintaining our boundaries.

Facilitated by: Adam Holstein

Date: Tuesday 30th April
Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm AEST

Mental Health Support Training | Humanitix