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From the CEO's desk
Grand Plan Campaign – federal election final week
Saturday's election result is unlikely to generate urgently needed assistance for older Australians and the organisations and individuals who provide aged care services. Overall the ALP and Coalition aged care policies do not measure up to CCOA’s Grand Plan for caring for older Australians.
“They have acknowledged some of the challenges in meeting the needs of older Australians without committing to policies that will fix aged care services to deliver what older people need and expect. At best they have proposed more trials, timelimited funding measures and deferred major decisions,” CCOA Chair Greg Mundy said. “The Greens’ policy demonstrates a sound understanding of the issues and reforms needed in aged care and their influence in the Senate will be vital. “However, the winner of Saturday’s election will determine the direction for aged care in the short and long term.
View our report card on how the party policies address The Grand Plan.
In this last week of the election campaign we have:
- Written to ALP and Liberal party directors outlining how important aged care is and the level of community support it has;
- Ensured that candidates for the major parties are receiving The Grand Plan (TGP) emails;
- Sent all TGP supporters a recommended response email to forward on to the politicians that replied to their initial correspondence – this should help keep it on the agenda right to the end of the election.
The tally of emails to politicians keeps growing and is likely to touch 30,000 by the end of the election campaign.
Grand Plan - feedback on your engagement
To gain a fuller appreciation of the extent of activities undertaken by members we need your help.
Can you please let us know whether you held events at facilities, wrote letters to your local member and/or the Minister, started your Facebook or created a Twitter site or anything else. We need to establish the extent of engagement by SA/NT members to inform us about the campaign and prepare us for future activities.
Can you please drop a quick email to Gretta Koch, Communications Officer
Common issues resulting in reduced Section 1 – Safety scores for Certification Inspections
Please click here for a list of areas which have been identified as common areas in which services receive reduced scores in the Certification Inspection. This information is also included in all letters to Approved Providers when a Review of Certification is to be conducted.
Reminder: ACS Board Nominations
ACS Board nominations are now open, and we encourage members who have a desire to serve the aged and community services sector to please consider nominating for the ACS Board. Nominations close on Friday 27 August 2010.
While nominations are open to all financial members to nominate within their Region, we would very much like to hear from individuals with skills around the following areas, to help compliment existing skills within the Board:
- Legal background
- Federal/State Government Intelligence background/knowledge
- Public Relations/Marketing/Promotions background
The nomination form is available to download and complete, and please ensure that this is returned to the ACS office no later than Friday 27 August 2010.
ACSA National Conference Twenty 10 – Explore the Possibilities
Next month (20 to 22 September) our Tasmanian colleagues host the ACS National Conference. To date, including speakers, 65 SA/NT delegates have registered.
South Australia and the Northern Territory have a reputation for supporting the annual conference and we don’t want this year to be any different. So if you haven’t got round to registering as yet or are debating whether to go or not can I suggest that you have a look at the program. There are a host of excellent (and different) plenary speakers along with a wide array of subject matter that will be covered in the concurrent sessions. It augurs well for an informative couple of days. So please reconsider and explore the possibility(ies).
Randstad News
For over 20 years, Randstad has been supporting the needs of employers and the careers of jobseekers right across South Australia.
Are your holidays losing you friends in the office?
Ski season, school holidays, Easter and Christmas – the most booked-out dates on the annual leave calendar – but are your grand plans to schedule your long-awaited leave causing upset in your workplace?
It is inevitable that some parts of the year will have higher numbers of people on leave than others. Times like Christmas, school holidays, and long weekends often mean that businesses of all sizes, will be subjected to operation on skeleton staff, as opposed to the buzzing of a full office. While those of us planning to hit the slopes, soak up the sun, or revel in three-days off, may be at the height of happiness, we often forget to leave enough time to organise our workload for colleagues left behind.
The Q2 Workmonitor Report, released by recruitment and HR services provider, Randstad, gives valuable insight into the impact of annual leave on employees remaining in the workplace, revealing over half of Australian workers become stressed, believing they have to work harder when colleagues are on leave.
“Results of the report show organisations may not be adequately planning for employee leave, meaning the impact on business can be considerable, particularly as it starts to pick up in more promising times,” says Randstad’s CEO, Deb Loveridge.
“An increase in workload and subsequent stress levels, as well as a lack of resources will not only impact your employees in terms of their health and wellbeing, but can also impact morale and productivity. The effects of lower morale, decreased productivity and less time for employee interaction, can mean that the happiest times of the year are actually the busiest and most challenging for many employees.”
With people feeling the burden of increased pressure in the workplace how can we continue to sip cocktails on sandy beaches without feeling any guilt? Randstad’s Workmonitor reveals we can’t.
“Workmonitor clearly shows that Australians don’t actually leave their work behind when they take a break,” says Deb. “In fact, a significant number admit they think about work while on their break, and thirty-nine percent receive emails and phone calls while on holidays.”
While our annual leave allowances are envied by the likes of America and other countries, Australians are renowned for building up annual leave and rarely taking it. A third of respondents to this Quarter’s Workmonitor identified they feel uncomfortable taking time off, and 41% feel their workload doesn’t allow them to take the amount of time off they need.
“Despite the pressure we may feel immediately before or after a short break – and we’ve all experienced long evenings at work before we leave to go on holiday – Workmonitor has shown that a break actually does everyone the world of good. Sixty-four percent of respondents to the survey said they perform noticeably better after a few days off.”
“Taking some time off to refresh and clear our minds can be a positive experience for all. To really help people get the most out of their leave, managers should have open, two-way communication with their employees, so they can accurately assess whether a leave request at a particular time can be managed by the entire team. Carefully scheduled and timed annual leave across the business can ensure that productivity and morale is maintained and there is a positive contribution to the bottom line.”
When choosing your next fabulous holiday destination – sure the pool, the view and nightlife may rate high on the list of important considerations – but perhaps the most important thing is timing. Ensure you have plenty of time to complete projects and tasks and hand over to colleagues. This will mean everyone is happier during your break, and when you return, you may even be able to ease back in to work.
General News
ACSA National Report - Issue 236
Articles in the latest edition include:
- Election Report;
- The Grand Debate - and How You Can See and Hear It;
Aged Care at What Cost?; - Politicians Receive 26,000 Letters Calling for Aged Care Reforms;
Policies, Programs and Promises:
- Labor Action
- Coalition Promises
- Greens; - Responses to Aged Care Policies as Announced;
- Other Comments on Election Promises;
- Aged Care Building Deferrals to Put More Pressure on Hospitals and Families;
- Dementia Drives Aged Care Crisis;
- Explore the Possibilities - ACSA twenty10 National Conference Hobart:
- Important Offer to Rural and Remote Delegates
- Do You Have What It Takes? The Best of Aged Care Cook-off;
Draft National Disability Strategy 2010
The Commonwealth, State and Territory governments have developed this Strategy in partnership under the auspices of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). The Australian Local Government Association has assisted in the development of the Strategy and there will be a strong role for local governments in its implementation.
Click here for a copy of the Strategy
Yarning about depression in Indigenous communities
beyondblue: the national depression initiative has developed a FREE DVD - Depression Yarns: Tackling depression and related disorders - designed to assist health professionals working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Depression Yarns provides practical strategies, advice and guidance on recognising the signs and symptoms of depression and anxiety disorders in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The DVD delivers culturally-appropriate information, realistic advice and professional guidance.
To order Depression Yarns or to find out more about depression/anxiety and related disorders call 1300 22 4636 or visit www.beyondblue.org.au .
Information required to prepare for the bushfire season in risk areas
The Department of Health and Ageing will soon request information from some facilities to help prepare for the forthcoming fire season. The Mt Lofty, Clare and Port Lincoln fire districts have been identified as higher risk areas.
The Department is specifically interested in, and would like copies of:
- emergency and evacuation plan
- plans for managing catastrophic days
Please note this is not about ‘checking up’ or taking punitive action, but rather a chance to understand what each facility has in place and the level of preparedness. This will ensure good early planning by the Department!
Please click here for further information regarding Risk Management for Emergency Events.
Creative mix of ‘grand people’ and teenagers
The gifts of youth and age were colourfully combined in an art exhibition entitled ‘Our Garden’ which formed part of the South Australian Living Artists (SALA) festival at Pembroke School this month. A group of year 10 students from the school assisted a group of older people attending the ECH Walkerville Day Program to express their creativity in a series of artworks created during an eleven week Arts Inclusion Project.
Benefits of the collaboration were mutual. “Participants in our Dementia Day Program, who experience varying degrees of memory loss, enjoyed the opportunity for creative expression as well as the camaraderie provided by artists young and old” Rob Hankins, ECH Chief Executive said. At the same time, the year 10 students, through their Community Care studies, “were given a rare insight into the lives and skills of some of our valued older people”, commented Michael Ferrier, Director of Visual Arts, Pembroke.
The Arts Inclusion Project exemplifies the two-way learning that both enables our older people and takes advantage of the incredible gifts, gained from a lifetime of experiences, they can offer. It is the richness of these life stories which is behind ACSA’s national ‘Grand Plan’ to recognise our aged population.
“As providers, we should aim not only to provide care but also recognition of the wealth of experience that our residents and clients have and seek opportunities to introduce the broader community to them through collaborative projects. Our Grand People need our support but they also have much to give … you just have to ask the year 10 students at Pembroke,” Mr Hankins said.
Artist in residence Katie Harten, assisted by the students, provided the artistic guidance for this ECH project, which successfully promoted community inclusion by developing a relationship with Pembroke School. Given the great success of this initiative for both organisations, the relationship with Pembroke will be continuing in the future.
For further information contact Marianne Zanelli 0458 226 571
New Resources
Facilitating a Coordinated Multidisciplinary approach to MND Care in Australia through ‘one stop shop' e- resources
www.mndcare.net.au is a new ‘one-stop shop' website about motor neurone disease for primary, allied, palliative, aged, disability and community care professionals. No matter where a professional works MNDcare provides access to latest evidence based and best practice MND symptom management and support information.
The website includes state specific referral pathways to assist in identifying providers and services to meet the identified needs of patients with MND. The aim of the website is to facilitate and promote best practice coordinated, multidisciplinary MND care for all people with a diagnosis of MND in Australia.
Coming Events
Institute of Hospitality in HealthCare Ltd 29th National Conference: “Don`t make HealthCare Panda-monium”
8–10 September 2010, Hilton Hotel Adelaide
If you are employed in the Hotel and Support Services Departments of a Hospital, Aged Care or other Health Care Facility and would like to gain some new ideas, enhance your people management or problem solving skills then this conference is for you.
International guest speakers and local experts will be presenting on a variety of interesting and informative subjects including nutrition, infection control, management skills and waste management and an array of other topics relevant to our industry.
This will be a great opportunity to network and form or renew friendships with industry leaders and supporters from Australia and overseas.
The support we receive from our members and industry supporters for our Conferences enables the IHHC to continue the steady growth we have experienced over the years. We look forward to seeing you in Adelaide in September 2010.
For further Information, Conference Programme and Online Registration go to www.ihhc.org.au
Mindful of Dementia Day - 14 September 2010, 10 am–3 pm
Free admission – Public welcome at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Level 2 Lecture Theatre
Level 2 staff café
GEM Unit day room and garden
Learn more about dementia care and support:
- Talks by national dementia experts
- Information stands
- Lunch and entertainment
Click here for further information.
ACSA National Conference, 19-22 September in Hobart; New Master Chef Challenge!
The ACSA twenty 10 National Conference will be the most important aged and community care event this year. The Conference will be held at the Hotel Grand Chancellor on Hobart’s beautiful waterfront from Sunday 19 September to Wednesday 22 September, 2010.
Registration is now available online – this is your opportunity to participate in discussion and debate about the future of aged care in Australia.
If you have any queries about the conference please don’t hesitate to contact Conference Design on 03 6231 2999.
Will I have to sell my house? Understanding aged care admissions
Tuesday 12 October, 6.15–8.15 pm Adelaide Pavilion, Veale Gardens, Park View Room, Cnr South Tce & Peacock Road, Adelaide
An invaluable free information session for older people and their families to learn more about applying to, and living in, a residential aged care facility
This information session is designed for people needing information on aged care residential admissions and individuals on a residential facility waiting list and their family members, to learn more about living in low level care (hostel) or high level care (nursing home) and to help make the admission process smoother. It will add to the information you already have from your aged care provider.
Topics will include:
- Applying to an aged care facility – important hints and tips, how different residential facilities manage their waiting list, policies and keeping applications current
- What to expect when moving into residential care – preparation required, rights of residents and accepting an offer
- The financial implications – costs involved, pension/DVA impact and will I have to sell my home
- Information displays from not-for-profit aged care providers
News for Residential Providers
Psychogeriatric Service in the Northern Territory
The Psychogeriatric Service in the Northern Territory has the goal of promoting mental health wellbeing in older people.
Anyone can make a referral to the Psychogeriatric Service if there is a concern that an older person is experiencing symptoms that are placing them at risk of harm or that are decreasing their ability to manage at home.
The service is available to provide comprehensive assessment in the home, hospital and residential care using a collaborative model and shared care with General Practitioners.
Contact Details (Mon-Fri, 8 am-4.30 pm):
Alice Springs: Ph 08 8951 6744
Darwin: PH 08 8922 5501
www.healthynt.nt.gov.au
The Centre for Remote Health is a joint centre of Flinders University and Charles Darwin University.
The Centre offers a range of Health Practice and Health Management Courses as well as short courses including the following:
- Working with people with a Disability in Remote & Indigenous Communities
- Recognising & Responding to Dementia in Indigenous Communities
- Remote health Management
- Public Health Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Pharmacotherapeutics for Remote Area Nurses
- Health Promotion
- Learning and Teaching in Clinical Practice
For further information visit; www.crh.org.au or email crh.studentadmin@flinders.edu.au
Master of Health Practice (Nurse Practitioner)
Charles Darwin University has a two-year part time mixed mode Nurse Practitioner course.
Admission Requirements:
- Current registration as a RN or RM with an Australian Nursing and Midwifery regulatory authority
- A minimum of 3 years clinical practice in your speciality area
- A Graduate Diploma or equivalent in nursing or midwifery
- Please note that students not in the NT employed model are required to arrange their own clinical practice in consultation with staff at the Graduate School for Health Practice before applying for this course.
For further information contact the School of Health: PH: 08 8946 7179, E: gshp@cdu.edu.au, W: www.cdu.edu.au
For enrolment procedures, closing dates and other administrative issues please contact Student Services: PH: 1800 061 963, E: courses@cdu.edu.au, W: www.cdu.edu.au
Is a free publication by the Northern Territory Government which highlights Consumer Affairs issues including Seniors and Online fraud, Product Safety Website and changes to Australian Consumer laws.
To receive your free electronic or paper copy of The Consumer please contact Consumer Affairs:E: consumer@nt.gov.au SMS: 04 111 6801 and ask to be placed on mailing list PH: 08 8935 7720 or 1800 019 319 W: www.consumeraffairs.nt.gov.au
Waikerie Visit – 31 August 2010
The Residential Services Manager and a representative from the Housing Committee will be visiting Waikerie on 31 August 2010. Warrawee Lodge and Sue Andrew have generously provided a venue for the visit.
The Proposed Program for the Visit:
Venue: Warrawee Lodge Waikerie
53a Elders Way Waikerie SA 5330
Proposed Program:
10 am–10.30 am: Housing Committee Update / Issues
10.30 – 11am: Morning Tea
11am – 11.30: ACS Update & Residential Issues Update
11.30 – 1pm: Advance Directives Presentation
RSVP: 24 August 2010: Sue Andrews: admin@warrawee.org.au / 08 8541 3655 Carolanne Barkla: residential@agedcommunity.asn.au /08 8338 7111.
COTA – Australia’s Federal Election Platform: Taking Older People Seriously
Please click here for the document.
Free Education for Palliative Care
The Palliative Care Council of South Australia / Resthaven is running FREE Education for Palliation monthly on Tuesdays at 2.30 pm–4.30 pm. The aim of the education sessions is improving Residential Care Workforce awareness about palliative care.
The Program includes:
- Palliative Care is not just Terminal Care. What is a palliative approach and how it differs to palliative care?
- What is unique about delivering end of life care in a residential aged care facility?
- Why advanced care planning improves multiple outcomes at the end of life?
- Why have a palliative care case conference?
- How an End of Life Care pathway can help improve outcomes for all stakeholders, not just the resident.
- Why should RACF’s have a palliative care link nurse?
- Background on the cebparac project.
Venue: 202 Greenhill Rd, Eastwood SA 5063
To review all the dates of the training offered until July 2011 contact: PH: 08 8291 4137, E: pallcare@pallcare.asn.au or W: www.pallcare.asn.au
Therapeutic Goods Administration Safety Notice
The July Safety Notice informs Health Services of medical device recalls and product corrections that have been issued by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
News for Community Providers
Community Care Advocacy Update August
In June Minister Rankine’s Adviser and Liaison Officer attended the ACS Community Care Committee where a number of matters were discussed including access points, Community Care Common Standards and HACC contracts. The Adviser to the Minister has responded in writing to the issues raised. Click here to read the response.
In March 2010 ACSA wrote to Minister Elliot seeking clarification on a number of issues raised by ACS Community Care Committee and the National Community Care Advisory Committee regarding the quality reporting framework for community programs. A copy of the Minister’s response is available here.
ACS Community Care Committee has discussed with ACSA its concern about the future of DTC Program. ACSA wrote to Minister Elliot in May 2010 and the Minister’s response is available here.
Housing
Better understanding the ILU sector
ACSA has been lobbying for some time to get Government interested in the demise of ILUs. In 2002, researchers at AHURI undertook a data collection to better identify the scale and scope of the problems confronting ILUs and to articulate their importance to the overall aged care sector’s role in housing older people. At the time they identified about 34,000 ILUs which is 27% of the social housing for older people. ACSA and State associations were vital in assisting Sean McNelis to circulate the survey.
FAHCSIA has now agreed to fund the first stage of a project to develop a better understanding of the ILU sector, in particular the numbers of ILUs there are across Australia, the condition of the stock, characteristics of tenants, and the future plans of the provider organisations. This first stage will focus on establishing a data base that can then be used for future research for stage 2 of the project.
Please click here for further Information about the project.
The latest research and policy bulletin of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) highlights the important role of Service Integrated Housing (SIH) in providing not just housing, but also care and support for older Australians.
The “Housing, support and care for older Australians: the role of service integrated housing” report identified retirement villages as the main form of SIH. The 2006 Census reported close to 130,000 older Australians living in retirement villages, making SIH the third component in aged care in Australia.
The report also highlights how SIH providers were constantly evolving to address different groups with innovative projects. It also identified SIHs to be offering three key types of services: lifestyle and recreation, support and support and care. The report also called for additional stock in housing geared towards SIH to address the ageing population. It also called for policies to address the trends in SIH as well as enhancing the roles of retirement village operators providing SIH. There was also a need to address low-income and low-asset older people’s accommodation needs, expand the geographic spread of SIH and for government to develop guidelines of good practice for SIH.
The full report can be viewed from the AHURI website.
Business @ Breakfast: Green Rating for Aged Care Facilities (early September, further details TBA)
Housing Forum: ‘Breaking the Mould’, Thursday 2 December (further details TBA)
Northern Territory News
Psychogeriatric Service in the Northern Territory
The Psychogeriatric Service in the Northern Territory has the goal of promoting mental health wellbeing in older people.
Anyone can make a referral to the Psychogeriatric Service if there is a concern that an older person is experiencing symptoms that are placing them at risk of harm or that are decreasing their ability to manage at home.
The service is available to provide comprehensive assessment in the home, hospital and residential care using a collaborative model and shared care with General Practitioners.
Contact Details (Mon-Fri 8 am-4.30 pm):
Alice Springs: Ph 08 8951 6744
Darwin: PH 08 8922 5501
www.healthynt.nt.gov.au
Rural and Regional News
Rural & Remote Sponsorship for the ACSA National Conference in September
ONE FREE
- REGISTRATION
- DINNER TICKET
- AIRFARE
- ACCOMMODATION
could be yours……
The sponsorship is available for your airfare, accommodation, attendance at the conference and a ticket to the Gala Dinner.
How to apply……..
To attend as a sponsored delegate simply email the ACSA office by no later than Friday 20th August and explain in 200 words or less why you would like to attend the Conference and what you will do with the knowledge and networks you gain from attending.
ACSA will advise the successful applicant by Wednesday 25 August so travel arrangements can be made in time.If you have any questions please contact Lesley Dredge at the ACSA office on 03 9686 3460. Email applications to ldredge@agedcare.org.au.
Workplace Issues
Status of casual and part-time employees
Please click here for clarification regarding the status of casual and part-time employees – Aged Care Award 2010.
Research, Publications & Grants
Smart Technology for Healthy Longevity
The benefits of innovative technologies in improving the quality if life of elderly people were highlighted in a recent report from the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE). The Smart Technology for Healthy Longevity report reviewed research activity in gerontechnology and identified three distinct categories in the field:
- security and safety – elderly-friendly homes, prevention of falls, communication and social interaction;
- diagnosis and treatment – telehealth, coping with degenerative diseases, nanomedicine; and
- assistive technologies – biorobotics, brain/machine interaction, mobility systems.
The report also proposed nine recommendations to realise the potential of smart technology in improving the delivery of aged care and health in general. These included:
- National coordination of programs relating to gerontechnology.
- Identification of priority areas of research, including sourcing of funds and commercialisation.
- Setting up of centres of excellence in gerontechnology.
- Ageing-in-place should be recognised as an essential component of the National Strategy for an Ageing Australia.
- Establishing a taskforce to identify the training and accreditation needs of the future gerontechnology workforce.
- Recommendation for the use of technology in the homes of seniors, thus enabling them to stay and live longer independently in their own homes.
- Examine privacy issues relating to the use of technology in the aged population.
- Actively seek Australian participation in international programs and projects relating to gerontechnology.
- Encourage the application of new technologies by Medicare and other health insurers to reduce accidents and hospitalisation events amongst elderly people.
The full report can be downloaded from the ATSE website.
Mental Health Services in Australia
The latest report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) showed that an estimated $5.3 billion was spent on all mental health related services in Australia in 2007–08. The report, Mental health services in Australia 2007-08, also reported that of the $5.3 billion, about 60.5% came from state and territory governments, 36% from the Australian Government and 3.5% from private health insurance funds.
The report provided important patient demographics on the usage of key mental health services:
- Around a quarter (25.6%) of total mental health related encounters were for people aged 65 years and over.
- Depression was the number one mental health related problem managed, making antidepressants as the most common type of management for mental health related problems.
- Around 9.3% of community mental health care service contacts were for people aged 65 years and over.
- For ambulatory-equivalent mental health-related admitted patient care, 12.5% of patients were aged 65 years and over.
- Of those in residential mental health care, 10.1% were aged 65 years and over.
The full report can be downloaded from the AIHW website.
ACS Education & Training Events
The 2010 Training Program is constantly updated. Registration forms for the events will be placed on the website as they are prepared, and also sent to members. Please mark this page as a bookmark and return to it regularly to view any changes and additions.
External Reviews - Are you ready?
Thursday 2 September
Remove the stress and disruption of Accreditation. This training is designed for managers, coordinators, supervisors, quality coordinators and key staff who want to learn practical strategies and preparation steps for visits by the Accreditation Agency, Complaints Investigation Scheme and Food Safety Auditors.
Developing Resilience During Workplace Change
Monday 6 September
"Developing Resilience During Workplace Change helped me to identify a lot of things. One of the most important things was identifying my own strengths. The most useful information came in Emotional Intelligence and I can apply this to my workplace. I highly recommend this workshop." Wendy, August 2010 participant
Employees who are more highly resilient more effective and productive than employees who are stressed . . .
Topics discussed:
- Managing Change
- Definition of Resiliency —The Resiliency Framework
- Five Components of Emotional Intelligence (EI)
- Formal Venting Procedures
- Changing our Perspectives
- Recognise Personality Types
- From Managing Stress to Building Resiliency
- Profile of a Resilient Workplace
- Action Plan
Mid Career and Life Stage – Your Future, Your Direction
Tuesday 7 September
Mid career and mid life can be a wonderful time, but it can also be an emotional passage. A time of uncertainty, upheaval or dissatisfaction or a sense of “there must be more to life than this”. It’s often referred to as mid-career crisis when you weigh up options for your career and life direction.
Join the tribe of mid-careerers in your field of work and release a sense of courage about what you can do.
Coping with change positively
Thursday 9 September
Organisational change has become a way of life as a result of three forces: globalisation, information technology, and industry consolidation.
The problem is people resist change. It is important to understand why they resist change, and to confront change openly, and confidently. This program encourages participants to understand why they resist and how to develop positive strategies for coping with change and growing and developing as a result of it.
Industry Education & Training
Free Training Sessions on assisting vulnerable clients with bushfire preparedness
South Australian Country Fire Service (CFS) is offering a short training session on how to assist vulnerable clients in preparing their personal Bushfire Survival Plans. The session will provide up-to-date information on:
- bushfire behaviour,
- understanding the new Fire Danger Ratings (FDR),
- what to do if caught in a bushfire
- how to prepare for the bushfire season.
- how to assist vulnerable clients in preparing their personal Bushfire Survival Plans.
Cost: This session is free to all those who work with vulnerable clients in bushfire prone areas.
Bookings: Email: Rachel.Tebbett@dfc.sa.gov.au
Member Services
ACS SA&NT has entered into arrangements with a range of businesses to provide cost effective and quality services to its members. Please be advised that ACS SA&NT has entered into these arrangements with a financial benefit for the Association. Currently arrangements have been made with:
Access OCAR – Employment Assistance
Program
EMA Consulting – Industrial
Advice Service
Do you have an Employee Assistance Program?
As part of our ongoing commitment to strengthen services and opportunities for Members, ACS SA&NT is pleased to be able to provide members with access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP). ACS SA&NT has entered into an agreement with Access OCAR Workplace Consulting to provide an EAP to members at a substantially reduced rate. (Payment is made on a quartlerly basis)
An EAP is a confidential counselling service designed to offer an effective means of assisting employees with problems that may eventually affect job performance and personal well-being. Employees have access to qualified counsellors who are located outside of their workplace and are trained to help people identify and resolve their problems. It has been advised that the Unions are in favour of EAP in businesses and often quality and standards accreditation also favour EA programs.
Access
OCAR Workplace Consulting will provide the services of the EAP to members
who join this service.
Click
here to download an expression of interest form. Upon completion of this
form Access OCAR will contact you to commence
the service.
Since 1 July 2006 EMA Consulting has been providing ACS Members with Industrial Relations Assistance. EMA consultants are highly qualified, trained, experienced and are contemporary leaders in their profession. As an ACS Member, you have access to EMA for the following services:
Telephone Advisory Service
- Unlimited access to discuss any Industrial Relations topic
- Deal with IR Consultants
- No charge per call ~ generally limited to 15 minutes per issue. If it does take longer than this, it generally means the issue is complex and you need to get specific advice.
Wage Rate Summary
- Nurses (ANF ~ SA Private Sector)
- Nurses SA
- Clerks SA
- Health Service Employees
EMA will provide consulting services for all ACS Members at a discounted hourly rate of $230 per hour, which is a saving of $50 per hour. This includes access to a full range of user pays services such as AWAs, training, workers compensation, disputes and collective agreements.
Telephone (VIP toll free number) 1800
632 812
Advisory Service (08) 8221
6565
Telephone (08) 8221 6665
Facsimile (08 8221 6660
Website www.emaconsulting.com.au
