This on-demand online seminar provides social work-specific information on what is required to engage in the area of Functional Capacity Assessment (FCA) in the NDIS sector. Once you purchase your ticket and follow the links in your initial registration email, you would be able to access the pre-recorded training and watch it right away or at the time that is convenient for you. Your virtual access to trailing materials would be valid for 60 days from the date of your purchase.

The on-demand prerecorded training consists of Part 1 and Part 2 videos and training information resources that include the presentation slides. After completing this training, participants will be able to define a rationale behind Functional Capacity Assessments, demonstrate practical knowledge for conducting Functional Capacity Assessments, and become familiar with the NDIS and profession-specific guidelines and knowledge base that guide and supports our practice in this area. The participants will also be able to demonstrate practical knowledge about functional domains. and apply a holistic framework for assessing and organising functional capacity information, and writing comprehensive FCA reports.

Functional Capacity Assessments are conducted to assist NDIS in understanding the needs of NDIS participants, so that appropriate supports and services can be funded, allowing the participants to live a more fulfilling life. The NDIS website lists a number of preferred treating health professionals that can provide functional evidence to NDIS and social workers are especially named as one of these professional groups.

An average FCA by social workers consists of 16-25 pages and encompasses discipline-specific psychosocial assessment, strength assessment as well as the assessment of presenting risks and challenges. Accordingly, functional capacity assessment reports by social workers present information about health, physical, cognitive, mental health, social, interpersonal, cultural, and environmental areas that are analysed from a variety of perspectives The completion of the FCA report also requires both discipline-specific and multidisciplinary skills and knowledge of assessment domains and tools.

H-L Therapy Functional Capacity Assessment Training provides a comprehensive framework, knowledge, and insight from the practitioner’s perspective. It covers the types of functional capacity assessments, assessment domains, and indicators for Functional Capacity Assessments by social workers, professional and NDIS guidelines that inform our practice in this area, and discipline-specific and multidisciplinary assessment instruments that may be used for cross-validation of results. To increase the validity of the functional capacity data, it is recommended that the assessment information is cross-validated by a range of standardised, evidence-based assessment instruments that are recommended by the NDIS as the best practice in evidence. This functional capacity data can be further strengthened by using a range of other discipline-specific and mental health assessment instruments, information about which would be provided in the training.

Following the training, all participants will be provided with the information package, which includes a copy of the presentation slides, a list of FCA resources, references, and easily modified FCA template.

PLEASE NOTE that this training is specially designed for social workers. If your professional background is different from social work or developmental education, please consult with your professional board or association to confirm if NDIS functional capacity assessments are within your scope of practice. Please do this prior to registering for our Multidisciplinary Training (see the turquoise banner on the bottom of this page where all our training events are listed).

If you would like to purchase online live training for social workers, please click on the purple banner on the bottom of this page.

You can also have a look at the bottom of this page for information about other training events currently provided by H-L Therapy.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ATTENDEES OF ON-DEMAND TRAINING

*** Please note that the date of this training is not related to the time when you can access the training. The training is accessible any time after you purchase your registration and for 60 days from the date of your registration.

Please follow the steps below to access your training materials:

Once you register you will receive a confirmation of your registration via email
If the pictures in this email are not showing, please click on the picture icon to download them
The link that says 'view access info' would then become clearly visible
Click on this link and it will lead you to your electronic ticket.
Once you access your ticket click the button that says 'Access online event.'
This will lead you to a virtual hub which is only accessible to people who have purchased this training
From the virtual hub, you will be able to find a link to the training video as well as the information package (this can be downloaded) and the link to our evaluation survey.
Once you complete the training and evaluation survey, please contact us via our email to receive a certificate of attendance. We will send this to you within 5-15 working days of receiving your email.

THE ATTENDEES' FEEDBACK

This is what our training attendees said about this event:

"I loved that it was social worker specific and highlighted the strengths of a social work perspective - and potential challenges. I loved how well it was referenced and the links to the other training that people may need if they are operating in this space. The resources provided are awesome. A very valuable training - thank you."

"I enjoyed the recordings and the wealth of information presented, thank you."

"I've just watched the first video. Thankyou! I had no idea there were so many tools available to assist us. I'm looking forward to engaging with some of them. (..) I enjoyed the flow and how you repeatedly linked general assessment tools back to the NDIS context. It was easy to follow and the sequence order was good. The range of tools was comprehensive and I appreciated the explanation on them all."

"The training was awesome, thanks."

INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Alicja Weidner is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker/ Principal Therapist and Director at H-L Therapy. She has over 20 years of experience conducting a wide range of multidisciplinary, psychosocial, mental health, and functional assessments during her employment in a range of government and private health, mental health, disability, rehabilitation, and aged care services (i.e. Aged Care Assessment Teams). In 2016, Alicja established H-L Therapy where she continues to provide therapeutic services and conduct discipline-specific, interdisciplinary, and mental health assessments using up-to-date, evidence-based assessment instruments. The assessments which are commonly conducted by H-L Therapy include outcome assessments, functional capacity assessments, biopsychosocial assessments, risk assessments, and mental health assessments.