Regional Support Worker Conference – Gosford 16-17 October: REGISTER NOW, PLACES FILLING FAST

12 September 2012

Registration for the Conference is open and places are filling fast. Organisations are reminded to take advantage of this professional development opportunity for frontline staff to access this quality and well-priced training relevant to their work.

The Hunter Regional Support Worker Conference will be held at Central Coast Leagues Club, Gosford on 16 - 17 October 2012.

Over 250 frontline workers attended the first two conferences for 2012, held in Ballina and Parramatta. NDS received very positive feedback from delegates, who valued the opportunity to gain additional knowledge and skills in dealing with the range of issues and situations that frontline disability support workers encounter.

The theme of the Regional Support Worker Conference for 2012 is 'Building the Frontline'. The program will feature sessions on ethical dilemmas, complaints handling, challenging behaviours and person-centred service delivery. An updated conference program [PDF 228KB], [RTF 700KB] is now available, along with session detail [PDF 110KB], [RTF 70KB] and dinner flyer [PDF 350KB].

The cost of the Regional Support Worker Conference is:

• NDS Members: $150

• Non-Members: $170

This cost includes all conference sessions over the two days, all catering, materials and the conference dinner on Tuesday evening.

Please note ADHC staff are included in the NDS Member price.

Registrations close COB 5pm Friday 5October 2012.

To register, please complete the registration form [PDF 287KB], [RTF 39KB] and return it to Zoe Brissett at NDS NSW by:

Fax: 02 9256 3123

Email: zoe.brissett@nds.org.au

Post: GPO Box 2687 Sydney NSW 2001

Contact Information:

Katherine Orr, Sector Development Officer NDS NSW, Ph 02 9256 3167 katherine.orr@nds.org.au