Training & Events Calendar - Bellarine Community Health

Dignity of Risk Framework and Decision-Making Tools

Wednesday 27 May 2026, 10.00AM-12.00PM
Tuesday 2 June 2026, 1.00PM-3.00PM

Introduction
Dignity of Risk is a key element in modern aged care, as outlined in the Aged Care Act 2024 and the Strengthened Quality Standards. However, providers often find it challenging to apply this concept consistently in practice.

Developed by the National Sector Support and Development Dignity of Risk Working Group, the Dignity of Risk Framework offers a practical, person-centred approach to assist CHSP providers in confidently balancing client choice, duty of care, and appropriate documentation in daily practice

Approach
This session is:

Practical and scenario-based
Aligned with current legislation and standards
Focused on real challenges faced by the providers
Designed to build confidence, not just knowledge

Why attend
This workshop translates the Dignity of Risk Framework for providers into practical, actionable steps you can use immediately

Key takeaways
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

Confidently support clients to take positive risks
Demonstrate compliance with rights-based care requirements
Use clear, proportionate documentation approaches
Embed Dignitary of Risk into everyday practice, not just policy

What you will learn

What Dignity of Risk really means in day-to-day practice
How to balance the duty of care with client autonomy
How to support informed decision-making (not risk avoidance)
When and how to involve supporters, family and professionals
How to apply a proportionate risk approach (not over-documentation)
Practical strategies to build staff confidence and consistency

Interactive case studies
Apply learning to realistic scenarios, including:

Lifestyle choices and independence
Refusal of services or supports
Falls risk and mobility decisions
Social isolation and community access

Who should attend
CHSP and Support at Home providers, care managers, team leaders, care coordinators, quality staff, support workers

When
Wednesday 27 May 2026, 10.00AM-12.00PM
Tuesday 2 June 2026, 1.00PM-3.00PM

Where Online

Facilitator Kate Pascale, KPA

Cost FREE

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Please note: These sessions are not going to be recorded

Working With, Not Doing for Wellness and Reablement in Aged Care Webinar Series

Presented by: Bellarine Community Health, West Gippsland Healthcare Group, Grampians, Hume and COTA (QLD) Sector Support and Development.

This series of four 90-minute webinars supports your organisation to embed a wellness and reablement approach across your services.

Background

What is Wellness and Reablement?

Wellness and reablement is about helping older people stay independent, confident and in control – by working with, not doing for.

The Australian Government requires CHSP-funded aged care providers to embed a wellness and reablement approach into all services.

Why this matters

A wellness and reablement approach:

Supports better outcomes for older people

Reduces the need for long-term services

Aligns with aged care reforms and consumer expectations

Strengthens dignity, choice and control

Webinar 1: Introduction to Wellness and Reablement (Completed)

Wednesday 25 March11:00 am to 12:30 pm AEDT

In this 90-minute webinar, you’ll gain a solid grounding in implementing a wellness and reablement approach.

Through practical examples, you’ll discover ways to help older people see and welcome the real benefits of this approach in their daily lives.

Webinar 2: Wellness and Reablement for Group Social Support

Wednesday 13 May | 2:00 to 3:30 pm AEST

This 90-minute session focuses on how to apply wellness and reablement principles in group social support services.

You’ll:

Explore what wellness and reablement looks like in group social support

Build your knowledge and skills to support older people using these principles

Improve your reporting by capturing wellness and reablement outcomes

Strengthen how your services are described on My Aged Care by clearly reflecting a wellness and reablement approach

Work through group social support scenarios and real client stories

Who should attend

This session is suitable for anyone working in CHSP-funded aged care who is involved

in delivering or supporting group social support services.

Register: Working With, Not Doing For Webinar 2: Wellness Reablement & Social Support Tickets, Wed, May 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM | Eventbrite

Webinar 3: Wellness and Reablement for Intake

Wednesday 10 June | 10:00 to 11:30 am AEST

This 90-minute webinar focuses on how to apply wellness and reablement principles during intake, including first contact, screening and assessment.

You’ll:

Explore what wellness and reablement looks like at intake

Enhance your knowledge and skills to support older people using wellness and reablement principles from the start

Enhance your knowledge on how to identify reablement referrals within My Aged Care

Review intake-specific scenarios and real client stories

Who should attend

This session is suitable for anyone working in CHSP-funded aged care who is involved in intake, screening, assessment or referrals.

Register: Working With, Not Doing For Webinar 3: Wellness and Reablement in Intake Tickets, Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

Webinar 4: Wellness and Reablement for Direct Care Staff

Wednesday 10 June | 2:00 to 3:30 pm AEST

This 90-minute webinar focuses on how to apply wellness and reablement principles in direct care delivered in people’s homes.

You’ll:

Explore what “working with, not doing for” looks like in day-to-day direct care

Learn practical ways to support older people to stay active while receiving support

Build confidence to have conversations with older people about shared responsibility and independence

Improve your reporting by capturing wellness and reablement outcomes

Review direct care-specific scenarios and real client stories

Who should attend

This session is suitable for team leaders, coordinators and direct care workers who are

delivering domestic assistance, personal care and individual social support in CHSP funded aged care.

Register: Working With, Not Doing For Webinar 4: Wellness, Reablement for Direct Care Tickets, Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM | Eventbrite

Trauma‑Aware and Healing‑Informed Practice.

Please share this invitation with relevant staff at your organisation.

This series supports services to strengthen person‑centred, culturally safe and rights‑based care, aligned with the Royal Commission, the Aged Care Act and Statement of Rights, and the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards.

Older people bring diverse life experiences into aged care, including trauma, loss, discrimination, exclusion and institutional harm. These experiences can shape how people engage with services, communicate their needs, and experience safety, trust and control.

This series supports staff to respond in practical and respectful ways that uphold dignity, choice and connection.

Across three interactive online sessions, participants will:

Build a shared understanding of trauma‑aware and healing‑informed practice
• Explore the role of cultural safety, inclusion, and diversity
• Apply trauma‑aware principles across the client journey
• Learn through case studies, discussion, and practical reflection

Module 1 – Foundations of Trauma‑Aware Practice
This session explores trauma in the context of ageing and aged care, introduces key principles such as safety, trust, choice and empowerment, and examines why trauma matters in later life.

Module 2 – Cultural Safety and Trauma‑Aware Care
This session focuses on culture, identity, and inclusion, and provides practical strategies to build trust, communicate respectfully and deliver culturally safe care.

Module 3 – Trauma‑Aware Care Across the Client Journey
This session applies learning across the client journey, from first contact to service delivery, review and feedback, and identifies opportunities to strengthen practice.

By the end of the series, participants will be able to:

Understand the foundations of trauma‑aware and healing‑informed care
• Recognise how trauma, culture, and life experience influence care
• Apply trauma‑aware principles in everyday practice
• Strengthen culturally safe, inclusive, and person‑centred care
• Identify and reduce practices that may cause distress or re‑traumatisation

Who Should Attend

Team leaders, co-ordinators, managers, and clinicians working in CHSP or Support at Home-funded aged care

This workshop is offered at no cost to CHSP and Support at Home-funded organisations

Meet Your Facilitator

Dale Park – Diversity, Training and Consulting
Diversity Training and Consulting is a trusted provider of high-impact training and consultancy services across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. They specialise in applying an intersectional lens to all aspects of their work – ensuring power, privilege and inequality are critically examined and meaningfully addressed.

Places are limited – reserve yours today!

Presented by Barwon, Gippsland and Hume Sector Support and Development