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Defensible Documentation

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Location: National (online)
Date: 12/04/2023
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Usually offered as an in-house workshop or training and 1:1 coaching, this virtual workshop is an opportunity for organisations to send staff to discuss effective methods of record keeping, and learn the leading method to document professional, legal and competent progress notes. Each workshop is limited to 20 participants.

This workshop covers:

  • Legal requirements of progress note documentation
  • Correct language and words to communicate factual information respectfully
  • Tips for simplifying documentation and ensuring it's relevant and reader-friendly
  • Duty of care - what it means and how to evidence it
  • The recommended format for documenting care and support, risks, incidents, complaints and informed risk taking
  • The 2 'C's of consent to defensibly document choice and refusal of care
  • Practice writing defensible notes

This workshop is in partnership with Preventing Harm Initiative (PHI) and facilitated by Donny Raets. Donny's expertise is in creating manageable ways to identify, report, investigate and most importantly, how to prevent or reduce the likelihood of incident recurrence. 

Donny holds a Diploma of Teaching, Cert IV Training and Assessment, Cert IV Aged and Community Care and has 30 plus years’ experience in education, ranging from Primary through to Tertiary (Vocational Education and Training), remote Indigenous Communities and the Corporate sector. Her CALD background and training in the Arts support her creation and delivery of meaningful learning experiences.

Event Details

Date: Wednesday, 12 April
Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm AEST
Location: Online 

Who is this for?

Open to all disability and allied health staff in the disability sector.

Cost

Member: $215 plus GST per person
Non-Member: $305 plus GST per person

Please note tickets are not to be shared - one ticket per attendee.

Contact information

For any enquiries, please contact Alicia Perry, Learn and Develop Coordinator, 03 8341 4307, submit enquiry/feedback