Community Services Noticeboard
Providing information to Service Providers on upcoming events, Community Services and Departmental information.
QDN Ready to go NDIS – Schedule of Plan ahead workshops in Central Region
QDN’s Ready to go team has finalised details of the next round of Plan ahead NDIS workshops for people with intellectual or learning disability – part of Department-funded participant readiness activities.
Here are details of workshops scheduled in Rockhampton for FEBRUARY 2015. We will be scheduling workshops in Maryborough and Hervey Bay for the next quarter from April-June.
Rockhampton
Download the invitation
Register for the workshop
Mon 16 February
Mon 23 February
Frenchville Sports Club
105 Clifton Street, North Rockhampton
10.30am–2pm
(including lunch)
Michelle Moss
1300 363 783
- Attached are the invitations for both workshops and the information flyer.
- Here is the complete list on the QDN website, which has links to individual workshop invitations and registration forms.
- We also now have a Ready to go Facebook page, in which we will share stories from the workshops, and other activities.
Please promote these workshops to your service users and their support people, and your staff.
Any questions should be directed to Michelle Moss, Ready to Go Project Manager, QDN on 0432 494 530 or (07) 3252 8566.
NDIS Readiness workshops: FEBRUARY: Gladstone, Biloela
A friendly reminder of the 2 workshops Parent to Parent Association Qld look forward to sharing in February 2015.
Each of the workshops will be approximately 5 hours long. These workshops are specifically aimed at the older carer and will increase their preparedness for the future when the National Disability Insurance Scheme is introduced in Queensland. We will discuss things like, the importance of planning for when you are no longer able to care, how to identify your son or daughter’s dreams and aspirations and who you may engage to assist your son or daughter reach their identified goals. When the time comes for you and your person to meet with the NDIS planner this information will be very helpful for you both. For more information and to book your place, call Parent to Parent 1800 777723
- Gladstone, 17 February @ Gladstone Community Hub, 5 Buller Street. Recording the vision – provides an opportunity to create a Planning Alternate Tomorrows with Hope (refer to PATH Fact Sheet) for your person, to explore their visions and dreams for the future, to identify their gifts and strengths, to set some goals and then to document what steps are needed for them to achieve those goals.
Tel:1800777723
- Biloela, 21 February @ Community Resource Centre, Biloela. Creating the vision – provides an opportunity to identify what the NDIS means for you and how to prepare for it, what you need to consider for the future and how to stay strong and motivated.
Tel:1800777723
Any questions please contact:Pearl Rahme
Parent to Parent Association Queensland
Gladstone Community Hub
07 4979 2777 / 0468 313 870
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Free workshops - Assessing Your Business with the Organisational Development Toolkit
NDS is holding a series of seven free workshops focussing on NDIS readiness for disability service providers in Queensland.These workshops will be presented by NDS staff and will run participants through the use of the Business Development Package including the online Organisational Development Toolkit and the range of business development resources developed as part of the Sector Readiness & Workforce Capacity Initiative.
Following the workshop organisations will be able to complete the online Organisation Development Toolkit involving key stakeholders (board, management, staff, volunteers and customers). Resources will also be provided to participants of the workshops.
A second round of free workshops will be held in April on major financial issues facing organisations (Costing, Pricing, Key Financial Ratios etc.) as they transition to the NDIS.
Who should attend this workshop? Managers and other key personnel of disability service providers/organisations.
Important Information Completion of the Toolkit online will be a requirement for organisations to attend the finance workshops in April.
Locations
- Cairns: 11 February 2015, 9am to 1pm -Register
- Townsville: 12 February 2015, 9am to 1pm -Register
- Toowoomba: 18 February 2015, 9am to 1pm -Register
- Rockhampton: 19 February 2015, 9am to 1pm -Register
- Brisbane: 25 February 2015, 9am to 1pm -Register
- Gold Coast: 26 February 2015, 9am to 1pm -Register
- Sunshine Coast: 27 February 2015, 9am to 1pm -Register
Lisa Fraser, Sector Development Officer, 3828 9415,
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