INCREASING INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION - INDIGENOUS CULTURAL AWARENESS
Friday 16 & 23 July 2021
Starts 2.00pm AEST (1.30pm SA & NT, and 12 noon in WA)
EVENT REGISTRATION
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.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
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.
Session one: Friday 16 July 2021 at 2.00pm AEST
- 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: Friday 23 July 2021 at 2.00pm AEST
- 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
Facilitator
JODI SAMPSON
Jodi 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
OTHER
CONTACT US
For further information on NESA PD training events please contact Max Croft: +61 3 9624 2311 | EMAIL
NESA Webinar
Time and Energy Management Strategies for People Working in Employment Services
Thursday 12 August 2021
2.00pm AEST (1.30pm in SA & NT, and 12 noon in WA)
EVENT REGISTRATION
TARGET GROUP
All staff
SUMMARY
Managing your time and energy is important when working in a fast paced work environment, such as the Employment services sector. Satisfaction, success and sanity results from how you plan and prioritise your time. Managing your energy is also important when delivering excellence in the customer service experience.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
- Time management techniques that will help you focus on the key priorities of your meetings and workload.
- Energy management techniques that will help you preserve your energy and have more energy in your day.
- Examples of high performing individuals – How they manage their time and energy.
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.
Leonie has been nominated for the Australian Leadership Excellence Awards, where she achieved a place in the category of Owner/Entrepreneur Leader of the Year.
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
This live broadcast will include ample Q&A time. It is expected to run for no more than an hour.
A PDF copy of the presentation will be distributed to all registrants, and a certificate to participants
CONTACT US
For further information on NESA PD training events please contact Max Croft: +61 3 9624 2311 | EMAIL
NESA Webinar
SUPPORTIVE DEBRIEFING STRATEGIES FOR STAFF
Friday 20 August 2021
12 noon AEST ( 11.30am SA & NT and 10.00am WA)
TARGET GROUP
SUMMARY
This webinar session is not intended to replace the important and crucial role of Employee assistance programs, on site OH&S, other support staff or allied professional help. The session is to provide information to staff that might find themselves in a situation where they are supporting a colleague or a client following an incident or after receiving distressing news. The aim of this session is to provide you with a few tools on how to listen and respond to a person talking about the feelings they experienced at the time.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
- The Myths
- Seven Supportive debriefing strategies for staff
- The Healthy workspace
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 almost 10 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
EVENT REGISTRATION
OTHER
This live broadcast will include ample Q&A time. It is expected to run for no more than an hour.
A PDF copy of the presentation will be distributed to all registrants and a certificate to all participants.
CONTACT US
For further information on NESA PD training events please contact Max Croft: +61 3 9624 2311 | EMAIL
NESA Coaching Program
Managing Challenging and Aggressive Client Behaviour
ONLINE | 2 PARTS
Friday 8 & 15 October 2021
Starts 12 noon AEDT (11.30am SA, 11.00am QLD, 10.30am NT and 9.00am WA)
TARGET GROUP
All industry 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. The model of delivery for this coaching program requires ‘learning by doing’, an active learning approach, whereby 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: Friday 8 October 2021 at 12 noon AEDT.
- 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: Friday 15 October 2021 at 12 noon AEDT.
- 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
Linda Pierson
Linda Pierson is a highly skilled and well-regarded coach & trainer in the employment services sector. Her coaching, training, management and leadership experience includes seven years as a trainer (with NESA training partner BOUNCE Australia) and ten years in project & senior management roles with Australia Post and Major Change.
Linda’s strengths as a coach come from her diverse lived-experiences and professional qualifications and training. Her passion for helping people and unique skills have seen her deliver the Bounce Program within employment services across the country in face-to-face training rooms and online through virtual classrooms for many years. She is a dynamic change-agent, with a talent for leading people through change with positivity and courage. Her ability to effortlessly and elegantly influence and motivate people to achieve peak performance makes her highly sort-after as a coach. Linda is a member of the International Coaches Guild. She has several qualifications, including Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, NLP, Human Behaviour Profiling (EDISC), and Mental Health First Aid, and she also speaks fluent French.
cost
EVENT REGISTRATION
OTHER
CONTACT US
For further information on NESA PD training events please contact Max Croft: +61 3 9624 2311 | EMAIL
NESA Webinar
Time and Energy Management Strategies for people working in Employment Services
Monday 15 November 2021
3.00pm AEDT (2.30pm in SA, 2.00pm in QLD, 1.30pm in NT and 12 noon in WA)
EVENT REGISTRATION
TARGET GROUP
All staff
SUMMARY
Managing your time and energy is important when working in a fast paced work environment, such as the Employment services sector. Satisfaction, success and sanity results from how you plan and prioritise your time. Managing your energy is also important when delivering excellence in the customer service experience.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
- Time management techniques that will help you focus on the key priorities of your meetings and workload.
- Energy management techniques that will help you preserve your energy and have more energy in your day.
- Examples of high performing individuals – How they manage their time and energy.
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.
Leonie has been nominated for the Australian Leadership Excellence Awards, where she achieved a place in the category of Owner/Entrepreneur Leader of the Year.
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
This live broadcast will include ample Q&A time. It is expected to run for no more than an hour.
A PDF copy of the presentation will be distributed to all registrants, and a certificate to participants.
CONTACT US
For further information on NESA PD training events please contact Max Croft: +61 3 9624 2311 | EMAIL
NESA Webinar
Substance Affected – What You Should Be Aware Of
Wednesday 19 January 2022
3.00pm AEDT (2.30pm in SA, 2.00pm in QLD, 1.30pm in NT and 12 noon in WA)
EVENT REGISTRATION
TARGET GROUP
All staff
SUMMARY
Listen and interact with Sharon Mamo as she comprehensively discusses and answers your questions on substance abuse. Sharon will cover the range of and the effects of using current day illicit drugs and alcohol. Sharon will offer pragmatic tips and advice on how to work with affected clients.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
- An intriguing case Study and the Solution
- The effect on the brain
- Comparison of drugs
- Types of drugs
- The signs
- Addiction, what is it?
- The effects on health
- Your values and attitudes
Facilitator
sharon mamo
Sharon is a qualified human services program designer and lecturer with many years of experience in Human Resources. For many 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 touching on 10 years now. 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.
Psychotherapist and Social Sciences & Trauma Professional, Counselling & AOD Specialist.
cost
OTHER
This live broadcast will include ample Q&A time. It is expected to run for no more than an hour.
A PDF copy of the presentation will be distributed to all registrants, and a certificate to participants.
CONTACT US
For further information on NESA PD training events please contact Max Croft: +61 3 9624 2311 | EMAIL
NESA Webinar
SUPPORTIVE DEBRIEFING STRATEGIES FOR STAFF
Friday 21 January 2022
12 noon AEDT (11.30am in SA, 11.00am in QLD, 10.30am in NT and 9.00am in WA)
EVENT REGISTRATION
TARGET GROUP
All staff should attend this one
SUMMARY
This webinar session is not intended to replace the important and crucial role of Employee assistance programs, on site OH&S, other support staff or allied professional help. The session is to provide information to staff that might find themselves in a situation where they are supporting a colleague or a client following an incident or after receiving distressing news. The aim of this session is to provide you with a few tools on how to listen and respond to a person talking about the feelings they experienced at the time.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
- The Myths
- Seven Supportive debriefing strategies for staff
- The Healthy workspace
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 almost 10 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
This live broadcast will include ample Q&A time. It is expected to run for no more than an hour.
A PDF copy of the presentation will be distributed to all registrants and a certificate to participants.
CONTACT US
For further information on NESA PD training events please contact Max Croft: +61 3 9624 2311 | EMAIL
NESA Coaching Program
Managing Challenging and Aggressive Client Behaviour
ONLINE | 2 PARTS
Thursday 24 February and 3 March 2022
3.00pm AEDT (2.30pm in SA, 2.00pm in QLD, 1.30pm in NT and 12 noon in WA)
TARGET GROUP
All 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. The model of delivery for this coaching program requires ‘learning by doing’, an active learning approach, whereby 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 24 February 2022 at 3.00pm AEDT.
- 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 3 March 2022 at 3.00pm AEDT.
- 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
Linda Pierson
Linda is a highly skilled and well-regarded coach & trainer in the employment services sector. Her coaching, training, management and leadership experience includes seven years as a trainer (with NESA training partner BOUNCE Australia) and ten years in project & senior management roles with Australia Post and Major Change.
Linda’s strengths as a coach come from her diverse lived-experiences and professional qualifications and training. Her passion for helping people and unique skills have seen her deliver the Bounce Program within employment services across the country in face-to-face training rooms and online through virtual classrooms for many years. She is a dynamic change-agent, with a talent for leading people through change with positivity and courage. Her ability to effortlessly and elegantly influence and motivate people to achieve peak performance makes her highly sort-after as a coach. Linda is a member of the International Coaches Guild. She has several qualifications, including Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, NLP, Human Behaviour Profiling (EDISC), and Mental Health First Aid, and she also speaks fluent French.
cost
OTHER
CONTACT US
For further information on NESA PD training events please contact Max Croft: +61 3 9624 2311 | EMAIL
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NESA Coaching Program
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT FOR NEW LEADERS AND OTHER BEGINNERS COACHING PROGRAM
ONLINE | 3 PARTS
Starts Wednesday 2 March 2022
2.00pm AEDT (1.30pm in SA, 1.00pm in QLD, 12.30pm in NT and 11.00am in WA)
TARGET GROUP
All managers, team leaders and aspiring mangers
SUMMARY
The mere mention of the term ‘performance management’ is enough to send a shiver up the spine of new managers/team leaders and their staff. Many of us immediately think of nerve-wracking performance appraisals and sleepless nights prior to those underperformance discussions. It doesn’t have to be like this.
This 3-part coaching program introduces new team leaders, and those looking for new ideas or to benchmark, to some of the key elements of performance management. While Most providers will have extensive HR assistance and Performance Management Frameworks, this coaching program focuses on an inclusive outcome centred approach to addressing, rewarding or re-aligning staff performance.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
Session 1 – Performance Management Framework? It’s much more than a Performance Agreement! – Wednesday 2 March 2022 at 2.00pm AEDT
In this session we’ll look at performance management and why it’s so important to the success of an organisation. Good performance management is like preventative medicine: people and organisations can thrive, and costs of solving staffing problems are reduced. What does good performance management look like? What does a good Performance Agreement look like? We’ll talk about it today.
We’ll also commence work on our coaching program project – to develop a Performance Agreement template for frontline staff.
Session 2 – Performance Appraisal and Managing Under Performance – Thursday 10 March 2022 at 2.00pm AEDT
A good Performance Management Framework allows people and organisations to flourish. Performance Appraisal is an integral part of the ongoing performance management process. Most of us are good at good news. Sometimes, however, there will be performance issues that we need to address. In a few cases we may need to work through a more formal under performance management process. In today’s session we’ll look at the Performance Appraisal process and managing under performance.
Session 3 – Over to You…. – Tuesday 15 March 2022 at 2.00pm AEDT
Over the last two weeks participants have been developing a Performance Agreement template for the ‘employment consultant role’. Today is ‘show and tell’ day! What performance indicators did you include in your template? How will you measure performance, and what will your evidence sources be?
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, training and performance management. 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. In this role he was responsible for the performance of up to 150 staff.
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 is an excellent communicator, who enjoys interacting and sharing his system expertise with his audience.
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
OTHER
Each webinar session is expected to run for approximately 90 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.
CONTACT US
For further information on NESA PD training events please contact Max Croft: +61 3 9624 2311 | EMAIL
NESA PD BOOST SUBSCRIPTION
BOOST YOUR WORKFORCE CAPABILITY
Are you looking for ways for your staff to develop skills on a regular basis?
INTRODUCING NESA’S PD BOOST SUBSCRIPTION OFFER
EXCLUSIVE TO NESA MEMBERS
NESA Webinar
Uncomfortable conversations – responding to suicidal thoughts
Wednesday 16 March 2022
3.00pm AEDT (2.30pm in SA, 2.00pm in QLD, 1.30pm in NT and 12 noon in WA)
EVENT REGISTRATION
TARGET GROUP
All staff
SUMMARY
Our conversational fears related to mental illness support, are normal experiences. Common thoughts are will I make things worse? Will I push the person over the edge? Will I destroy our relationship? On average we speak 20,000 words a day, so understanding that not only can our words change lives but saves lives, particularly in a crisis such as suicidal thoughts and behaviors and NSSI – Non-Suicidal Self Injury. You will take away an increased sense of confidence and know that we all need to get “Comfortable with the Uncomfortable” in supporting clients in this situation
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
- Understanding and responding to suicidal thoughts and behaviours
- Understanding and responding to NSSI or Non-Suicidal Self Injury
- Appreciating the gift of tears
- Navigating our responses, and conversations of confidence in providing support
- Supporting ourselves after the fact.
Facilitator
jules haddock
Jules Haddock is an expert in the Mental Health industry, and a trainer with genU Training (RTO 5553).
An accomplished conversationalist in mental health education, Jules has an engaging and creative approach in helping communities understand mental illness and how to manage the invisible learning blocks and walls often confronted, in learning expeditions. She takes the myths and fictitious beliefs about mental illness, and weaves participants into developing safe and confident based approaches that can be used in supporting and maximising confidence in “the space” for both teacher and learner.
With gaiety and passion, she introduces us into an awareness of mental health literacy, recovery, and the importance of embracing strength based and person-centred learning for each student.
- Principal Master Mental Health Instructor
- President of Not for Profit Charity Art of the Minds
- REACH Facilitator – Black Dog Institute.
- Practicing Author and Artist.
cost
OTHER
This live broadcast will include ample Q&A time. It is expected to run for no more than an hour.
A PDF copy of the presentation will be distributed to all registrants, and a certificate to participants.
CONTACT US
For further information on NESA PD training events please contact Max Croft: +61 3 9624 2311 | EMAIL
