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WSCF Training Session Details
Click on interested sessions hereafter to view detailed descriptions and / or register online.
Note:
If a session is closed earlier and you are still interested, please download and fill out the Mail/Rego Form and send back to us. We will then put you in the waiting list.Roles and Responsibilities of Management Committees
This information session will provide members of Boards or Management Committees with opportunities to understand the difference between Governance and Management, their roles and responsibilities and the role of the executive committee.
Facilitator: Miguel Ferrero
Date & Time: THUR 18 February 5:30pm - 7:00pm (Please register by 3rd February 2010)
Venue: Western Sydney Community Forum, Level 4, 146 Marsden Street, Parramatta
Cost: Member - $10, Non Member - $10Closed
Have you recently joined a Board or a Management Committee?
Do you want to know more about your roles and responsibilities?
This session will provide information on these issues, especially if you do not have much previous knowledge and experience with Management Committees.
At the information session participants will have the opportunity to:
• Understand the difference between governance and management
• Find out more about the basic roles of Chairperson, Vice-chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer
• Find out more about subcommittees and roles of Management Committee membersTypes / Models of Partnerships
This session will explore the concept of partnership and the innovative and flexible ways in which a partnership can achieve outcomes beneficial to both partners and the wider community.
Facilitator: Margot Richardson
Date & Time: WED 24 February 9:30am - 4:30pm (Please register by 10th February 2010)
Venue: Western Sydney Community Forum, Level 4, 146 Marsden Street, Parramatta
Cost: Member - $35, Non Member - $75Closed
This session will explore the concept of partnership and the innovative and flexible ways in which a partnership can achieve outcomes beneficial to both partners and the wider community. It will cover:
• Introduction to Corporate Responsibility
• Difference between partnerships and philanthropy
• Definitions of what a community business partnership is
• Common points of partnership – team work & the achievement of outcomes
• What is a true community business partnerships about
• Grounds for a successful community partnership
• Why should my organisation by involved – benefits
• Local focus – why should you look locally for business partners
• Why should you look beyond partnerships with big business
• How to get started
• Finding the best partnership model – exploring different models
• Approaching a business – developing that winning pitch, cover letter, supporting material
• Examples of written partnership approaches
• Maintaining the partnership
• Ending a partnershipLegal Responsibilities of Management Committees
This session will explore in more details issues on incorporation, the role of the constitution, insurance, Awards and other industrial instruments, funding agreements, leases, permits and other licences.
Facilitator: Miguel Ferrero
Date & Time: TUES 2 March 5:30pm - 7:00pm (Please register by 16th February 2010)
Venue: Western Sydney Community Forum, Level 4, 146 Marsden Street, Parramatta
Cost: Member - $10, Non Member - $10Closed
If you have already attended the session on “Roles and Responsibilities of Management Committee members”, this session will help you expand your knowledge on the legal responsibilities of management committee members.
This session will explore in more details issues of incorporation, the role of the constitution, insurance, Awards and other industrial instruments, funding agreements, leases, permits and other licences.Working Safely in Private Dwellings and External Locations – For Manager/Coordinators
This day program has been designed to introduce or refresh managers’ knowledge in the elements of OHS Risk Management & contribute to the implementation of OHS strategies & initiatives to ensure compliance with OHS legislation.
Facilitator: Bridge The Gap Training & Assessment
Date & Time: TUES 9 March 9:30am - 4:30pm (Please register by 23rd February 2010)
Venue: Western Sydney Community Forum, Level 4, 146 Marsden Street, Parramatta
Cost: Member - $35, Non Member - $75Closed
This workshop is a full day program which has been designed to introduce or refresh managers’ knowledge in the elements of OHS Risk Management and contribute to the implementation of OHS strategies and initiatives in order to ensure compliance with OHS legislation.
This interactive workshop will provide participants with opportunity to discuss and understand the delicate balance between the standards within the Disability Services Act and the obligation of the OHS Act. You will have to opportunity to explore what is reasonable practice and weigh up risks in providing a service directly or indirectly in non-vocational and community settings.
During the workshop a range of resource tools will be customized to suit your organisation, which incorporates early intervention and strengthening your safety culture.
Submission Writing for Beginners
This workshop targets those who have no knowledge or very limited knowledge on submission/grant writing. You will gain an understanding of the basic components of a submission application and the steps you need to take before writing the application.
Facilitator: Miguel Ferrero
Date & Time: TUES 16 March 5:30pm - 7:00pm (Please register by 2rd March 2010)
Venue: Western Sydney Community Forum, Level 4, 146 Marsden Street, Parramatta
Cost: Member - $10, Non Member - $10Closed
This information session/workshop targets those who have no knowledge or very limited knowledge on submission/grant writing.
This session will give you the opportunity to understand the basic components of a submission application, the steps you need to take before writing the application. The second part of the session is practical. Participants will require to bring a project idea and to produce a written document at the end of the session.Working Safely in Private Dwellings and External Locations – For Staff And Volunteers
This workshop will allow participants to explore what is reasonable practice and weigh up risks in providing a service directly or indirectly in non-vocational and community settings.
Facilitator: Bridge The Gap Training & Assessment
Date & Time: TUES 30 March 9:30am - 4:30pm (Please register by 16th March 2010)
Venue: Western Sydney Community Forum, Level 4, 146 Marsden Street, Parramatta
Cost: Member - $35, Non Member - $75This workshop is a full day program which has been designed to introduce or refresh managers’ knowledge in the elements of OHS Risk Management and contribute to the implementation of OHS strategies and initiatives in order to ensure compliance with OHS legislation.
This interactive workshop will provide participants with opportunity to discuss and understand the delicate balance between the standards within the Disability Services Act and the obligation of the OHS Act. You will have to opportunity to explore what is reasonable practice and weigh up risks in providing a service directly or indirectly in non-vocational and community settings.
During the workshop a range of resource tools will be customized to suit your organisation, which incorporates early intervention and strengthening your safety culture.Financial Responsibilities for Management Committees
This session will explore in more details issues on Treasurer’s role, financial planning, recording systems, financial monitoring and accountability.
Facilitator: Miguel Ferrero
Date & Time: TUES 6 April 5:30pm - 7:00pm (Please register by 23rd March 2010)
Venue: Western Sydney Community Forum, Level 4, 146 Marsden Street, Parramatta
Cost: Member - $10, Non Member - $10If you have already attended the session on “Role and Responsibilities of Management Committee Members”, this session will help you expand your knowledge on financial responsibilities of management committee members.
This session will explore in more details issues on Treasurer’s role, financial planning, recording systems, financial monitoring and accountability.
Tender Writing
This training session will provide a hands-on approach to writing successful tender submissions. It will explore various parts of the tender writing process beginning with assessing your options to preparing a proposal and finishing with meeting the expectations and managing the contract.
Facilitator: Lane Blume
Date & Time: TUES 13 April 9:30am - 4:30pm (Please register by 30th March 2010)
Venue: The Macarthur Sustainable Living Centre, 1 Mount Annan Drive, Mount Annan
Cost: Member - $35, Non Member - $75Written tender proposals are important documents. They need to be well written and include some important elements. This workshop will provide you with advice and guidance to writing a successful tender proposal. It will explore various parts of the tender writing process beginning with assessing your options to preparing a proposal and finishing with meeting the expectations and managing the contract. You will find out what you need to do to accommodate compliance to the published tender requirements and specification, what to read and how to ensure that you understand relevant tender documents and how to clarify details where necessary.
The training content includes:• Evaluating features and qualities of services to be offered
• Appraising organisation’s strengths
• Deciding on whether to tender
• Preparing successful tender proposal – information you need to provide
• Analysing briefs and guidelines
• Delivering outcomes
• Quality control
• Managing a contract
• Developing partnershipsBudgeting for Tenders
This workshop will present participants with simple concepts that are fundamental in preparing project budgets and give participants a foundation on which to build a solid budget structure.
Facilitator: Margot Richardson
Date & Time: WED 21 April 9:30am - 4:30pm (Please register by 7th April 2010)
Venue: The Macarthur Sustainable Living Centre, 1 Mount Annan Drive, Mount Annan
Cost: Member - $35, Non Member - $75Many organisations put in tenders, win the bid and then find out that the project has cost them money. This session will provide practical steps to build a comprehensive budget for tenders which reveals all the hidden costs in the process.
The session will also look at the costing v pricing issue and what needs to be considered when putting the final figure on the application.
RBA – Results Based Accountability for Management Committees
This session will give you the opportunity to understand the basic concepts of population and performance accountability, to discover how to conduct a RBA assessment process, and to see how Management Committees can benefit from understanding RBA.
Facilitator: Miguel Ferrero
Date & Time: TUES 4 May 5:30 pm - 7:00pm (Please register by 20th April 2010)
Venue: Western Sdyney Community Forum, Level 4, 146 Marsden Street, Parramatta
Cost: Member - $10, Non Member - $10Is your organization currently using Result Based Accountability framework?
Is your agency providing written reports to funding bodies using RBA?
Do you need to find out more about what is RBA?
This session will give you the opportunity to understand the basic concept of Population and Performance accountability, how to conduct a RBA box exercise and how Management Committees can benefit from this process.Communication Skills for Frontline Workers
This day will give workers a set of strategies and skills to manage people who are demanding, aggressive, inappropriate, bad-mannered, offensive or threatening and still deliver a high quality service over the phone or in person.
Facilitator: Mark McPherson
Date & Time: FRI 7 May 9:30am - 4:30pm (Please Register by 23rd April 2010)
Venue: The Quarterdeck Function & Conference Centre, Penrith Swimming Pool, Station Street, Penrith
Cost: Member - $35, Non Member - $75Closed
More information will be provided shortly.
Advocacy Training for Community Workers
In Partnership with Cabramatta Community Centre
The training is specifically targeted for community workers in Western Sydney and covers topics such as power relations, identifying the best issues to campaign on, developing a campaign strategy, government structure; and interaction with government and the community.
Facilitator: Kerry Nettle
Date & Time: 29 April 2010 9.00am to 4.30pm (9.00am for 9.15am Start) (Please register before 23 April 2010)
Venue: Western Sydney Community Forum, Level 4, 146 Marsden St, Parramatta
Cost: $20 (includes lunch and handouts)
Queries: CCC on (02) 9727 0477 or Miguel Ferreo from WSCF on (02) 9687 9742Marketing for Youth Services
In Partnership with YAPA
Drawing on business marketing principles, this workshop will teach you how to adapt these principles to a community services framework, and give you basic skills in marketing and promotion.
Facilitator: Leah Weber - YAPA
Date & Time: WED 19 May 9:30am - 12:30pm (Please register by 5th May 2010)
Venue: Western Sydney Community Forum, Level 4, 146 Marsden Street, Parramatta
Cost: Member - $25, Non Member - $50Have you ever wondered how to market your service? Youth workers are such passionate, dedicated people with fantastic programs and services to offer young people, but it’s not often they get the chance to learn the skills to market their service effectively. Well, now is your chance.
Drawing on business marketing principles, this workshop will teach you how to adapt these principles to a community services framework, and give you basic skills in marketing and promotion.Gangari – Understanding Reconciliation
This workshop targets non-Indigenous Australians, in particular those working with Aboriginal children and families. It will provide participants with a better understanding of Aboriginal Australia leading to building new relationships based on trust and respect.
Facilitator: Maria Bamford & Kerri Maguire - Gangari
Date & Time: THUR 27 May 9:30am - 4:30pm (Please register by 13th May 2010)
Venue:
TAFE NSW – Western Sydney Institute
Mount Druitt College – Building A
Corner Mount Street and North Parade
Mount Druitt 2770
Cost: Member - $35, Non Member - $75This workshop targets non-Indigenous Australians, in particular those working with Aboriginal children and families. It will provide participants with a better understanding of Aboriginal Australia leading to building new relationships based on trust and respect.
A meaningful and interactive workshop designed to proved participants with a starting point to:
• Understand the key issues of reconciliation, particularly our shared history
• Learn the facts and challenge myths and stereotypes about Aboriginal Australia
• Promote the value of consulting locally and where to begin
• Provide relevant information and practical resources to assist in respectfully acknowledging and celebrating Aboriginal Australia.
Participants will also receive a 100 page resource booklet.NSW Interagency Protocol for Responsing to Abuse of Older People
This session is an introduction to the new Interagency Protocol, and consists of two parts, covering the following topics: Identifying and Responding to Abuse of Older People and Implementing the Interagency Protocol.
Facilitator: Miguel Ferrero
Date & Time: THUR 10 June 9:30am - 1:30pm (Please register by 27th May 2010)
Venue: Western Sydney Community Forum, Level 4, 146 Marsden Street, Parramatta
Cost: Member - $10, Non Member - $10The NSW Department of Ageing Disability and Home Care has recently produced a training program and package to support the Implementation of the NSW Interagency Protocol for Responding to Abuse of Older People. This session is an introduction to the new Interagency Protocol, and consists of two workshops, covering the following topics:
Workshop 1: Identifying and Responding to Abuse of Older People
Target group: Open
Topics: What is Abuse of Older People?; issues for frontline staff in identifying abuse; and how to respond appropriately to abuse situations.Workshop 2: Implementing the Interagency Protocol in Agencies and Areas
Target group: this session is mainly for supervisors, team leaders and senior staff who have responsibilities in policy, procedures and referral pathways for community care agencies.
Topics: Overview of the Interagency Protocol; principles of response; roles of community care and government response agencies; and policy and procedural requirements for community care agencies.
