August 2024

Your monthly update from The Grampians Sector Development Team!

AGED CARE SECTOR

The Grampians Sector Development Team is pleased to offer Innovate for Impact Training facilitated by Impacto Consulting. This session is suitable for Executive Management, Managers (Program, P&C, Quality) and Team Leaders from CHSP Service Providers within the Grampians Region only.   

Innovate for Impact Training follows the Innovate for Impact framework helping organisations to understand the 4 areas they need to focus on to drive person-centred innovation.

This training will cover:

• What is innovation and how it relates to the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards?
• Why innovation is critical in aged care.
• An understanding of the 4 Innovate For Impact pillars. 
• Workshop exercises for each area of the framework to help you produce new ideas.
• Planning and Guidance to implement the framework.

Tuesday 10 September 2024 @ 10am - 3pm

HYBRID EVENT:

In Person @ Horsham Golf Course

304 Golf Course Road, Haven, Horsham

or

Virtual on Zoom

Book HERE

Aged Care Quality & Safety Commission

Regulatory Bulletin RB2024-25 Infringement notices

The latest Regulatory Bulletin explains what the Aged Care Quality & Safety Commission consider and how they issue an infringement notice to a provider or person that has not complied with their aged care obligations, what is included and how to respond if you receive a notice. 

Click here - to download the Regulatory Bulletin

Translating and interpreting services

Providers and people working in aged care can access free translating and interpreting services to communicate with older people in different languages.

A good place to start for information about these services is the translating and interpreting webinar. You can watch the webinar recording, download the slides and read the questions and answers from the session.

More information and resources:

• Explainer video – Free aged care translation service
• Explainer video – How to register to use TIS National interpreting services
• Explainer video – How to use the TIS National Automated Telephone Interpreting Service
• Flyer – Free aged care translation service
• Flyer – TIS National interpreting services for aged care
• Request a translation
• Order/download TIS National promotional materials
• Sign language and captioning through the National Sign Language Program

AGED CARE REFORM

Aged Care Reform Roadmap – 2022-2025

The aged care reform roadmap has been updated as of 29 July 2024. The roadmap represents a point in time overview of major reform activities.

View Here: Aged care reform roadmap – 2022 to 2025 | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

WELLNESS & REABLEMENT

KeepAble - Bitesize sessions

KeepAble offer bitesize sessions which are designed to be delivered face to face when it best suits the organisation. For example, in a team meeting or during a dedicated training session. The accompanying activities encourage group discussion and problem-solving enhancing the shared learning of participants. 

Find out more info HERE

DIVERSITY

Free online training: Working with a diverse workforce

The Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra (Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care NSW/ACT) is hosting a free online training course for people working in aged care.

The short and informative course will help you learn about leadership and management in a culturally and linguistically diverse team.

Making services culturally inclusive is a requirement of the Aged Care Quality Standards.

Enrol now.

The course can be done anytime and is part of the CALDWays courses series. You can also watch recordings of previous CALDWays webinars.

Cultural Diversity in Ageing Webinar Series 2024-25

The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing (Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care Victoria) is running an informative and free webinar series on cultural diversity for aged care providers.

The series will help train your people working in aged care on how to engage effectively with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. 

The new series includes topics requested by the aged care sector. Attending sessions is counted as Continuing Professional Development for nurses. 

Making services culturally inclusive is a requirement of the Aged Care Quality Standards.  

For more information and to register visit the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing website.

Join the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissions, culturally and linguistically diverse communications project

The Commission is seeking expressions of interest from providers, workers and older people and their communities to take part in our culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communications project.  

This is part of the national communications, engagement and education program to support providers, workers and older Australians receiving care to understand the upcoming legislative and regulatory changes. These changes include a new Aged Care Act, strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards and a new regulatory model.  

These reforms respond to recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s final report. For CALD communities, the report found that people who come from diverse backgrounds and have had varied life experiences have unique challenges in accessing aged care services that meet their particular needs.  

In the months ahead, the Commission will consult with key stakeholders, sector peaks, providers, workers and CALD older people and their communities to make sure that the resources we co-design are meaningful and relevant.

To get involved and find out more information about our CALD communications project, please email agedcarecommunications@agedcarequality.gov.au

GENERAL INFORMATION

SAVE THE DATE!!

Upcoming Grampians Service Providers Network Meeting

Thursday 5th September 2024 - 11am - 1pm AEDT

Please find link to register HERE

TRAINING

HACC-PYP ASSESSMENT & PLANNING WORKSHOP

17^th September and 8^th October

The Sector Development Team are pleased to advise that we are hosting a workshop for staff undertaking HACC PYP Assessment & Planning.

This interactive workshop will support staff to build on their assessment and planning skills and consider ways to conduct more meaningful, person centred assessments with HACC PYP clients, and create care plans that add value for staff, clients and carers.  Staff will have an opportunity to review examples of their own work, seek feedback and discuss their experiences with colleagues.

The workshop is aimed at staff new to HACC PYP or those who may want more comprehensive training.  The training will comprise of a full day in person workshop (17^th September) at the Ararat RSL, 74-76 High Street Ararat, and will be followed up with a 3-hour online workshop (8^th October) to support the implementation of skills and knowledge.

(Please note - it is a requirement to attend both the in person and online workshops)

The workshops will be facilitated by Kate Pascale and are available to all staff who are conducting assessments (LAHA and Service Specific) within HACC PYP Organisations operating in the Grampians region.

A separate workshop will be held in November for experienced HACC PYP staff.

Register for the workshop HERE

Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter.

If you have any feedback, questions or concerns regarding any of the information above, please reach out to us on the contact details below.

Melanie Perks

Sector Support & Development Manager

0409 945 301

melaniep@bchc.org.au

Sector Development Team

sectordevelopment@bchc.org.au

www.csdgrampians.org.au

Jimmy Driscoll

Aboriginal Development Officer

0491 176 010

jimmyd@bchc.org.au

Natalie Millar

Regional Advisor - Sector Support & Development

0491 091 699

nataliem@bchc.org.au

Debra Giles

Administration Officer

0493 682 540

debrag@bchc.org.au