Creating Good Beginnings with Support Workers

What is this workshop about?

Increasingly, people with a disability and their families are self-managing or directing their support workers to enable a full, meaningful and inclusive life.  This often involves not only establishing and maintaining positive relationships but motivating support workers, keeping them focused on what is important and making the most of their talents.

This online workshop, facilitated by Groupwork Centre, aims to explore ways to create good beginnings with support workers and to further develop communication skills to set up and maintain positive working relationships.

Topics covered in this workshop:

• Understand your role in setting up the beginnings of effective relationships with support workers.
• Understand how the building of good relationships leads to good leadership and enhances teamwork.
• Collaboratively developing support worker's Key Work Areas.
• Develop Performance Expectations for each of these areas, in line with expectations, vision and needs.
• Apply an array of communication micro-skills to deal appropriately with and better handle underperformance and other 'tricky' issues.

Who is this event for:

Due to limited places, this workshop is only for people with a disability and their families who self-manage or direct their support workers and live in Victoria.  Unfortunately, registrations from professionals or support workers will not be accepted. Bursaries are available for people with a disability and their families who find the ticket price difficult at this time. Please email info@belongingmatters.org