2 part NESA Coaching Program
Managing Challenging and Aggressive Client Behaviour
Thursday 6 June 2019
2pm AEST (1:30pm in SA & NT and 12 noon in WA)
Target Group
Team leaders, managers, all frontline staff
Summary
When working with people from different walks of life on a daily basis, and often requesting them to undertake activities they may not be enthusiastic about, some level of challenging behaviour is inevitable. This is a two session on line coaching program designed to build skills in dealing effectively with challenging behaviour from an employment service industry perspective.
The coaching program aims to provide you with all the skills to help you understand and deal with the challenges of a modern-day client-centred employment service. Participants will acquire knowledge on how to enhance their communication techniques and to avoid conflict in the workplace. Participants are expected to contribute to the discussion of techniques and to consider alternative and innovative approaches.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
Session one: Self-management, resilience, and communication & listening skills: Thursday 6 June 2019 at 2pm AEST (1:30pn in SA & NT and 12 noon in WA)
Understand the principles of how to self-manage and remain resilient in confronting situations.
How to maintain safe limits and set client expectations.
Understand how good communication can influence people.
Learn how to develop effective listening skills and assist clients to develop new skills in communication
Session two: Barriers and limiting client behaviour, responding effectively, and maintaining personal and others’ safety: Thursday 13 June 2019 at 2pm AEST (1:30pn in SA & NT and 12 noon in WA)
Understand the barriers to effective communication and how to maintain limits on client behaviour
How to recognise and deal with clients effectively when you feel like you are being provoked.
Have opportunities through case examples to link theory to practice and application for a safe environment.
FACILITATOR
Nicole Roy
Nicole has a Masters in Human Services, and specialises in psychology and rehabilitation counselling. She is a member of the Australian Society of Rehabilitation Counsellors (ASORC) and has extensive experience within employment and occupational counselling settings, as well as 20 years of experience in health education, stress and wellbeing management.
Nicole’s areas of specialisation include working with clients with complex mental health issues, crisis intervention for clients and staff, staff and client training for Employment Services, staff peer supervision and counselling, employment assistance counselling and management support.
COST
NESA Workshop
Emotional Intelligence Self – Awareness
Sydney NESA office
Wednesday 12 June 2019
9am to 4:30pm
DETAILS
DATE: Wednesday 12 June 2019
TIME: 9am tea & coffee for a 9:30am commencement. Finishes around 4:30pm
LOCATION: NESA's Sydney Office
Target Group
All staff
Summary
If your emotional abilities aren’t up to scratch; if you lack self-awareness; if you are not able to manage your confronting emotions; if you lack empathy and have difficulty forging effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far. During this one day workshop, participants will learn the attributes of an emotionally intelligent person. They will leave with knowledge on how to engender and maintain positive relationships, how to foster success and how to remove obstacles to achieving professional and business results. Emotional Intelligence Self – Awareness will help you and your team go to the next performance level.
In this workshop you will explore
- Understanding Yourself: your strengths and your weaknesses
- Self-perception: identifying your own self-image and perceptions of others, recognising blind spots
- Communication Skills: understanding your communication style and the communication styles of others
- Managing Emotions: understanding how thoughts and emotions drive your behaviour, and learning mindfulness techniques to diffuse negative emotions
- Positive Thinking: gaining clarity on your consistent beliefs and how they impact you every day
- Motivators: discovering the top 5 key motivators in your career
- Developing Empathy: how to recognise people’s emotions and show empathy at work
- Building Resilience: strategies to help you navigate through organisational change and restructuring
- Continuous improvement: strategies to increase your self-awareness and advance your career
FACILITATOR
Leonie Lam
Leonie has been recognised as a leader in Career Development, leading and empowering individuals and teams to enhance their performance at work. Leonie is a qualified Trainer, Speaker, HR Consultant and Career Coach. She has previously held Training and HR positions at Westpac, Commonwealth Bank, Veolia Water and Western Sydney University. She is also the Director of a training and coaching business.
In 2017, she was nominated for the Australian Leadership Excellence Awards, out of 42 nominations, she achieved 6th place in the category of Owner/Entrepreneur Leader of the Year.
As a Trainer, she is passionate about delivering training to help individuals and organisations maximise their performance and make an impact at work. As a Career Coach, she has helped more than 200 people secure employment in Australia. She consistently receives outstanding feedback in her training programs.
Leonie has a Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, a Master of Commerce, Human Resources and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
COST
OTHER
All participants that complete the workshop will receive a Certificate of Completion
NESA 3 part on-line coaching Program
Introduction to the DES Mutual Obligation, Job Plans and the Targeted Compliance Framework
Starts Thursday 11 July 2019
2pm AEST (1:30pm SA & NT and 12 noon in WA)
Target Group
Frontline staff
Summary
Mutual Obligation and the Targeted Compliance Framework are two of the more complex aspects of employment services policy. There are 21 modules in the Learning Centre. You will learn the policy and build the skills to deliver it. This will be an engaging and entertaining learning experience, and you will come away with some great learning aids.
The model of delivery for this coaching program requires learners to “learn by doing”, which is an active learning approach in which learners will be given work-based activities to be completed as part of the series.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
Session one: Introduction to Mutual Obligation and the Target Compliance Framework: – Thursday 11 July 2019 at 2pm AEST (1:30pm SA & NT and 12noon WA)
- Mutual Obligation and the Targeted Compliance Framework: What is it? Why do we have it? How do we explain it?
- Scenarios: Meet Dennis, he’s your newest client.
- Assessment is the Key
- Learn by doing work-based activity: Complete a strengths based assessment
Session two: Negotiating the Job Plan and managing risk: – Thursday 18 July 2019 at 2pm AEST (1:30pm SA & NT and 12noon WA)
- A Job Plan for Dennis
- Reducing the Risk of Non-Compliance
- Learn by doing work based-activity: Prepare a Compliance Risk Management Plan for Dennis
Session three: Demystifying the Targeted Compliance Framework: – Thursday 25 July 2019 at 2pm AEST (1:30pm SA & NT and 12noon WA)
- Setting up Requirements
- Rules for Notification
- “This Says I’ve Been Cut Off!” Investigating Non-Compliance and Demerits – How Does it Work?
o Provider and Third Party Interviews
o Activities
o Job Referrals and Interviews
o Job Search Requirements
o Unemployment and Work Refusal failures - Innovation time: Minister, I Have an Idea!
Other
Each webinar session is expected to run for approximately 60 minutes including ample Q&A and discussion time.
A workbook will be distributed to all registrants.
Once the series has been completed, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion.
FACILITATOR
Damien Opolski
Many of you will know Damien from his time as the director of the Department’s Learning Centre. Over the years he’s played a key role in the delivery of both policy and systems information and training. If you’ve been in the sector for a while you’ve most likely seen him at an information session or heard him via webinar.
Earlier in his career he spent a number of years on the ‘front line; Damien estimates that he has conducted over 10.000 job seeker interviews and worked with hundreds of employers.
Damien has a Bachelor of Economics from Adelaide University, as well as Diplomas in Training and Assessment, and Project Management. He’s also a qualified Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages.”
COST
NESA Workshop
Motivating Resistant Clients
NESA Melbourne office
Friday 26 July 2019
Tea & Coffee at 9am, for a 9:30am sharp commencement. Finishes around 4:30pm
Target Group
All staff
Summary
Resistant clients require a different level of investment to get them motivated and change their mindsets. Specifically designed for the employment services sector, this workshop takes a close look at why clients may be resistant, reluctant or suspicious.
This one-day workshop provides employment consultants and practitioners with the skills to positively engage mandated clients and develop workable relationships. It will enable practitioners to confidently deliver effective services and achieve outstanding and sustainable results. Focusing on client accountability, the skills learnt will enable consultants to encourage clients to take personal responsibility whilst creating motivation. Instead of struggling when confronted by resistant clients, practitioners can adopt a more constructive method to achieving outcomes.
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a communication method intended to move a person toward change, focusing on exploring and resolving ambivalence as a key to eliciting that change. MI facilitates and engages the client’s own personal motivations as a means to change their behaviour. The practitioner seeks to elicit “change talk” (participant-initiated discussion about the idea of changing), utilising the Stages of Change Model. A client’s readiness for change may be assessed and Motivational Interviewing can be provided to suit the client’s stage of change.
This workshop allows participants to:
- Identify resistant clients
- Understand the reasons for reluctance, including complex barriers
- Learn the importance of deliberate and collaborative conversations about change using the Stages of Change model.
- Learn Motivational Interviewing techniques for employment services
- Learn effective ways to resolve discrepancy and ambivalence
- Acquire skills in effective goal setting and change measurement
- Learn skills to apply a solution-focused problem solving approach
FACILITATOR
Sharon Mamo
Sharon is a qualified human services program designer and lecturer with many years of experience in Human Resources. For the last 5 years she has focused on researching and working with disengaged job seekers and their complex needs. Sharon combines clinical psychotherapy and professionalism with a natural and down-to-earth approach. Sharon is a qualified Drug and Alcohol Facilitator, Psychotherapist & Social Sciences Professional. She has worked as a psychotherapist in employment services for 8 years. As an expert in encouraging mandated and resistant clients to change, she keynotes at national conferences on topics of behavioural change, AOD, mental health and neuropsychotherapy
COST
OTHER
You will learn new strategies and skills to motivate resistant clients, acquired and practiced in a role-play environment All participants will be emailed a Certificate of Attendance after completion. This workshop can be delivered in-house, where it will be contextualised to reflect your organisational procedures and systems.
NESA 3 part on-line Coaching Program
Introduction to the jobactive Mutual Obligation, Job Plans and the Targeted Compliance Framework
Starts Thursday 8 August 2019
2pm AEST (1:30pm SA & NT and 12 noon in WA)
Target Group
All frontline staff
Summary
Build your jobactive skills and knowledge. We have it covered from Mutual Obligation, to Job Plans, to the Targeted Compliance Framework.
Mutual Obligation and the Targeted Compliance Framework are two of the more complex aspects of employment services policy. There are 21 modules in the Learning Centre. In this coaching program you will learn the policy and build the skills to deliver it. This is an engaging and entertaining learning experience, and you will come away with some great pragmatic learning aids.
The model of delivery for this coaching program requires learners to “learn by doing” where participants are expected to contribute to scenarios / solutions and real time discussion.
Each of the three webinar sessions is expected to run for approximately 90 minutes including ample Q&A and discussion time.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
Session one: Introduction to Mutual Obligation and the Target Compliance Framework: – Thursday 8 August 2019 at 2pm AEST (1:30pm SA & NT and 12noon WA)
- Mutual Obligation and the Targeted Compliance Framework: What is it? Why do we have it? How do we explain it?
- Scenarios: Meet Alex, he’s your newest client.
- Assessment is the Key
- Learn by doing work-based activity: Complete a strengths based assessment
Session two: Negotiating the Job Plan and managing risk: – Thursday 15 August 2019 at 2pm AEST (1:30pm SA & NT and 12noon WA)
- A Job Plan for Alex
- Reducing the Risk of Non-Compliance
- Learn by doing work based-activity: Prepare a Compliance Risk Management Plan for Dennis
Session three: Demystifying the Targeted Compliance Framework: – Thursday 22 August 2019 at 2pm AEST (1:30pm SA & NT and 12noon WA)
- Setting up Requirements
- Rules for Notification
- “This Says I’ve Been Cut Off!” Investigating Non-Compliance and Demerits – How Does it Work?
o Provider and Third Party Interviews
o Activities
o Job Referrals and Interviews
o Job Search Requirements
o Unemployment and Work Refusal failures - Innovation time: Minister, I Have an Idea!
Other
Once the series has been completed, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion.
FACILITATOR
Damien Opolski
Many of you will know Damien from his time as the director of the Department’s Learning Centre. Over the years he’s played a key role in the delivery of both policy and systems information and training. If you’ve been in the sector for a while you’ve most likely seen him at an information session or heard him via webinar.
Earlier in his career he spent a number of years on the ‘front line; Damien estimates that he has conducted over 10.000 job seeker interviews and worked with hundreds of employers.
Damien has a Bachelor of Economics from Adelaide University, as well as Diplomas in Training and Assessment, and Project Management. He’s also a qualified Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages.”
COST
2 part NESA Coaching Program
Effective Case Management within the Employment Services Sector
starts Friday 9 August 2019
2pm AEST (1:30pm in SA & NT and 12 noon in WA)
Target Group
Fontline staff
Summary
Delivery of effective case management is an essential component of the employment services contract delivery. A successful case management framework requires a comprehensive understanding of employment services practices, job seeker barriers and perceptions coupled with a solution-focused, client-centred approach.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
Session one: Effective Case Management – Friday 9 August 2019 at 2pm AEST (1:30pm SA & NT and 12noon WA)
- Work within the Employment Services
- Case Management framework Improving participant engagement
Session two: Working with Clients and their Barriers – Friday 16 August 2019 at 3:30pm AEST (3pm SA & NT and 1:30pm WA)
- Addressing participant barriers and perceptions
- Strategies to enhance performance levels
Further details
The coaching program aims to help you to understand and deal with the challenges of a modern-day client-centred employment service. Participants will acquire knowledge on how to engage with clients and to address their barriers within a pragmatic and easy to apply case management framework. Participants are expected to contribute to the discussion and to consider alternative and innovative approaches. The delivery of this coaching program requires “learning by doing”, and participants will be encouraged to offer scenarios for discussion.
Each webinar session is expected to run for approximately 60 minutes including ample Q&A and discussion time.
A PDF copy of the presentation will be distributed to all registrants. Once the series has been completed, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion.
FACILITATOR
Sharon Mamo
Sharon is a qualified human services program designer and lecturer with many years of experience in Human Resources. For the last 5 years, she has focused on researching and working with disengaged job seekers and their complex needs. Sharon combines clinical psychotherapy and professionalism with a natural and down-to-earth approach. She is a qualified Drug and Alcohol Facilitator, Psychotherapist & Social Sciences Professional and has worked as a psychotherapist in employment services for over 8 years. As an expert in encouraging mandated and resistant clients to change, she keynotes at national conferences on topics of behavioural change, AOD, mental health and neuropsychotherapy.
COST
NESA one day workshop
Emotional Intelligence Self-Awareness
NESA Melbourne office
Thursday 19 September 2019
9am for tea & coffee for a 9:30am start. Usually finished by 4:30pm
Target Group
All staff
Summary
If your emotional abilities aren’t up to scratch; if you lack self-awareness; if you are not able to manage your confronting emotions; if you lack empathy and have difficulty forging effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far. During this one day workshop, participants will learn the attributes of an emotionally intelligent leader. They will leave with knowledge on how to engender and maintain positive relationships, how to foster success and how to remove obstacles to achieving professional and business results. Emotional Intelligence Self-Awareness will help you and your team go to the next performance level.
THIS WORKSHOP WILL EXPLORE
- Understanding Yourself: your strengths and your weaknesses
- Self-perception: identifying your own self-image and perceptions of others, recognising blind spots
- Communication Skills: understanding your communication style and the communication styles of others
- Managing Emotions: understanding how thoughts and emotions drive your behaviour, and learning mindfulness techniques to diffuse negative emotions
- Positive Thinking: gaining clarity on your consistent beliefs and how they impact you every day
- Motivators: discovering the top 5 key motivators in your career
- Developing Empathy: how to recognise people’s emotions and show empathy at work
- Continuous improvement: strategies to increase your self-awareness and advance your career
FACILITATOR
Leonie Lam
Leonie has been recognised as a leader in Career Development, leading and empowering individuals and teams to enhance their performance at work. Leonie is a qualified Trainer, Speaker, HR Consultant and Career Coach. She has previously held Training and HR positions at Westpac, Commonwealth Bank, Veolia Water and Western Sydney University. She is also the Director of a training and coaching business.
In 2017, she was nominated for the Australian Leadership Excellence Awards, out of 42 nominations, she achieved 6th place in the category of Owner/Entrepreneur Leader of the Year.
As a Trainer, she is passionate about delivering training to help individuals and organisations maximise their performance and make an impact at work. As a Career Coach, she has helped more than 200 people secure employment in Australia. She consistently receives outstanding feedback in her training programs.
Leonie has a Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, a Master of Commerce, Human Resources and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
COST
OTHER
All participants will be emailed a Certificate of Attendance after completion. This workshop can be delivered in-house, where it will be contextualised to reflect your organisational procedures and systems.
2 part NESA Coaching Program
Indigenous Cultural Awareness
Thursday 19 & Monday 23 September 2019
Starts 2pm AEST (1:30pm in SA & NT and 12 noon in WA)
Target Group
All staff
Summary
Extensive cultural knowledge is not necessary in order to become culturally aware. A capacity to recognise that cultural difference exist, and to be open to learning from these differences is the bases of cultural awareness.
This Coaching Program is designed to expand thinking and understanding about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, its history and contemporary issues; and to facilitate understanding between staff and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
You will be provided with historical legislative and policy development information, as it pertains to Australian Indigenous peoples, to increase understanding of how history relates to current Indigenous Australian socio economic status and behaviours.
Over this two part series you will hear Jodi Sampson’s personal narrative and insight into people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background within the workplace, customer base and community
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
Session one: Thursday 19 September 2019 at 2pm AEST (1:30pm in SA & NT and 12 noon in WA)
Information required to better support Indigenous clients and community
knowledge and understanding of the cultural and social history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the issues they face
Session two: Monday 23 September 2019 at 2pm AEST (1:30pm in SA & NT and 12 noon in WA)
knowledge, skills and tools required for effective communication and service delivery to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Expected outcomes
Awareness and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural issues and how they relate to your business, your job seekers and your employer placement and retention.
A practical understanding of how culture shapes our values, attitudes and behaviour.
Tools for staff who mentor, manage and work with Indigenous job seekers.
Insight into people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background within the workplace, customer base and community.
Other
Each webinar session is expected to run for approximately 60 minutes including ample Q&A and discussion time.
A PDF copy of the presentation will be distributed to all registrants.
Once the series has been completed, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion.
FACILITATOR
Jodi Sampson
Jodi Sampson is a proud Gomeroi Man from North-West NSW. Jodi was raised in “Two-Worlds” in Moree and has an entrepreneurial spirit that runs deep, provides leadership, Coaching & Mentoring and role models the cultural values of his family and ancestors.
Jodi’s career spans across all levels of Government, Non-Government, Peak Bodies and Community-Based Organisations. Jodi’s engagement has seen him hold specialised roles and conducted cutting-edge strategic activities to provide access and participation of First Nation People to programs & opportunities that seemed unreachable.
COST
NESA one day workshop
Emotional Intelligence Self – Awareness
NESA Sydney office
Thursday 26 September 2019
9am for tea & coffee for a 9:30am start. Usually finished by 4:30pm
Target Group
All staff
Summary
If your emotional abilities aren’t up to scratch; if you lack self-awareness; if you are not able to manage your confronting emotions; if you lack empathy and have difficulty forging effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far. During this one day workshop, participants will learn the attributes of an emotionally intelligent leader. They will leave with knowledge on how to engender and maintain positive relationships, how to foster success and how to remove obstacles to achieving professional and business results. Emotional Intelligence Self – Awareness will help you and your team go to the next performance level.
This workshop will explore
- Understanding Yourself: your strengths and your weaknesses
- Self-perception: identifying your own self-image and perceptions of others, recognising blind spots
- Communication Skills: understanding your communication style and the communication styles of others
- Managing Emotions: understanding how thoughts and emotions drive your behaviour, and learning mindfulness techniques to diffuse negative emotions
- Positive Thinking: gaining clarity on your consistent beliefs and how they impact you every day
- Motivators: discovering the top 5 key motivators in your career
- Developing Empathy: how to recognise people’s emotions and show empathy at work
- Continuous improvement: strategies to increase your self-awareness and advance your career
FACILITATOR
Leonie Lam
Leonie has been recognised as a leader in Career Development, leading and empowering individuals and teams to enhance their performance at work. Leonie is a qualified Trainer, Speaker, HR Consultant and Career Coach. She has previously held Training and HR positions at Westpac, Commonwealth Bank, Veolia Water and Western Sydney University. She is also the Director of a training and coaching business.
In 2017, she was nominated for the Australian Leadership Excellence Awards, out of 42 nominations, she achieved 6th place in the category of Owner/Entrepreneur Leader of the Year.
As a Trainer, she is passionate about delivering training to help individuals and organisations maximise their performance and make an impact at work. As a Career Coach, she has helped more than 200 people secure employment in Australia. She consistently receives outstanding feedback in her training programs.
Leonie has a Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, a Master of Commerce, Human Resources and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
COST
OTHER
All participants will be emailed a Certificate of Attendance after completion. This workshop can be delivered in-house, where it will be contextualised to reflect your organisational procedures and systems.
The Working Communities
Congress
Indigenous Employment Forum
2-3 October, 2019
National Centre of Indigenous Excellence, Sydney
THE FORUM
The National Employment Services Association (NESA) in partnership with the OECD Local Development Forum is proud to host The Working Communities Congress Indigenous Employment Forum bringing together experts from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the OECD to consider policy and approaches to increasing employment rates among Indigenous people.
The Forum is an opportunity to gather insights into past and current policies aimed at increasing economic participation, to look at innovative practices happening both in Australia and internationally, and to discuss the future of public policy strategies related to Indigenous employment and participation.
The OECD Local Development Forum will release its report Indigenous Employment and Skills Strategies in Australia at the Forum.
NESA CDP Members' Meeting
THURSDAY 3 OCTOBER 2019
Immediately after the Forum, on the afternoon of Thu 3 Oct, NESA will be hosting a half-day NESA CDP Members’ Meeting at the same venue.
All NESA Member CDP providers, managers and operational staff are strongly encouraged to attend to exchange ideas and best practice specific to CDP.
