Abuse and Neglect isNever Okay!
‘Understanding Abuse’ and 'Staying Safe'Forums
National Disability Services and VALID are working together to help people with disability and their support staff toidentifyabuse and neglect,know about good practice in services and how to prevent abuse and neglect from happening.
Who should come to the Forums?
The forums are for people with disability and stafffrom disability services including direct support staff, managers and supervisors.
About the Sessions
The forums will be delivered by staff from NDS and VALID in eight locations across Victoria.There will be two sessions during the forum.
Session 1: 10.00am-11.15am
This sessionwill focus on VALID’s 'Staying Safe'workshop for people with disability. We want people who use disability services to come to the forum and make sure they bring along staff from the service.
Light morning tea: 11.15am-11.45am
Session 2: 11.45am-1.00pm
This session will introduce NDS’s‘Understanding Abuse’ e-learning and resource kit. Supervisors, team leaders and directsupport workers should attend this session to learn about how to use these resources within their workplace. People with disability are also welcome to attend this session.
Note:We inviteyou to attend the whole forum, however you can choose to attend the session most relevant to you.
If you would like to attend the forum please book online through Eventbrite or see link provided.
The forums are funded by theDepartment of Health and Human Services
Dates and LocationsFriday13th May – Morwell: Kernot Hall, 50-70 Princes Dr, Morwell
10.00am – 1.00pm Registration from 9.30am
Thursday 19th May – Geelong:Centenary Hall, 1-15 Cox Road, Norlane
10.00am – 1.00pm Registration from 9.30am
Friday 20th May – Ballarat: Brown Hill Hall, 375 Humffray St N, Brown Hill
10.00am – 1.00pm Registration from 9.30am
Monday 23rd May – Preston: Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre
10.00am – 1.00pm Registration from 9.30am
Wednesday 25th May – Bendigo: Showgrounds, 42-72 Holmes Rd
10.00am – 1.00pm Registration from 9.30am
Thursday 26th May – Wangaratta: Wangaratta Magpies Football Club
10.00am – 1.00pm Registration from 9.30am
Monday 30th May – Noble Park: Paddy O’Donoghue Centre,18-32 Buckley St
10.00am – 1.00pm Registration from 9.30am
Friday 3 June – Warrnambool: Warran Room, Greyhound Club
10.00am – 1.00pm Registration from 9.30am
This session will be an extended NDS workshop for supervisors, team leaders and direct support staff to work through the NDS Zero Tolerance ‘Understanding Abuse’ training resources. VALID will not present at this forum.
For further information contact
Liz CollierJon Slingsby
Project Officer, NDSKSP Self Advocacy Coordinator, VALID
03 8341 431703 9416 4003