The preliminary program has been announced for the National Disability Practitioners’ Workforce Virtual Conference on 20 June. The list of expert speakers will cover a host of topics about recruiting, training and retaining a well-skilled and dedicated workforce. 

This one-day virtual conference will focus on the hot topics and challenges faced by the disability workforce. The preliminary program is available on the conference website.      

The confirmed expert speaker line-up includes:  

• Linda Rowley: Speaker, Workplace Wellbeing Consultant, Facilitator and Coach  
  ‘Workplace Wellbeing, Resilience and Psychosocial Safety and promoting collective care’. 
• Suzanne Bocking: Counsellor and Professional Supervisor at Selectability 
  ‘Innovative supervision models’. 
• Samantha Jenkinson: Director Workforce Quality, Policy, Markets, and Insight at NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 
  ‘Improving workforce quality with the NDIS Workforce Capability Framework’. 
• Jonathan Laloz: CEO of Self Plus Plus  
  ‘Tapping into new talent pools by thinking outside the box’. 
• Adam Garcia: Practice Innovation Lead for Endeavour Foundation  
  ‘Effective Practice Leadership in the Disability Support Sector: Endeavour Foundation's Approach’. 
• Andrew Marty: Consultant at SACS  
  ‘Managing Toxic Employees’. 
• Tracey Lloyd: The Art of Creative Strategy  
  ‘Job, Career or Calling?  Understanding work orientation of disability support workers’. 
• Linda Kingston: Member Education Manager at HESTA  
  ‘Super Fit: Hints and Tips to get your super in shape’. 

There will also be a panel discussion called ‘Secure your own mask before helping others’. with Matthew Zammit, Dianne Hardy and Lourdes Zamanillo of NDS Workforce, and sessions on ‘Micro-credentialling’ with John Yealland, Sector Development and Support Consultant at NDS, and ‘Rosters that work’ with Lourdes Zamanillo, Senior Policy and Project Officer Workforce at NDS. 

Register for NDP’s Workforce Virtual Conference now.  

Unable to attend on the day? Not to worry! Registration includes 30 days on-demand access to the entire conference platform.  

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