Factsheets
Control and Public Health Management of Outbreaks of Acute Respiratory Infection (including COVID-19 and Influenza) in Disability Residential Services
The Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) have developed these national guidelines for the prevention, control and public health management of outbreaks of acute respiratory infection (including COVID-19 and influenza) in disability residential services in Australia.
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What’s your money personality? Understanding your relationship with money is one of the best ways to start getting on the right track to a financially secure future. Take this quick quiz to find out your money personality.
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You spend a lot of time taking care of others - now it’s time to look after you. Learn how with HESTA.
Understanding WHS Obligations
Business owners, self-employed people, and employees all have health and safety legal obligations. This fact sheet helps you understand work, health and safety obligations and how to meet them.
Working from Home
Many Disability Practitioners either work from home or have their home as their base for working in the community. The coronavirus led to a lot of people working from home as well. There are both advantages and disadvantages. Here are a few pointers for working from home.
Manual Handling
Under Health and Safety legislation, hazardous manual tasks are those tasks that require a person to lift, lower, push, pull, carry, or otherwise move, hold or restrain a person, animal or thing. As Disability Practitioners, we may be exposed to hazardous manual tasks as part of our work.
Figuring Out the Disability Workforce
Everyone knows that the disability workforce is growing quickly to meet the demands of the new National Disability Insurance Scheme. But is it quick enough for the additional demand anticipated under the Scheme? Is everyone working as a casual now, as some people predict? Or is job quality in the sector improving, since providers now need to step up to attract good workers?
Building and Valuing a Diverse Workforce Including a Ten Step Recruiting and Retention Guide
This fact sheet covers the topic of diversity in the workforce and provides a ten step guide to successfully recruiting and retaining staff from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
HESTA Factsheet - How Super Works
Building up your super now can help you achieve the retirement you want. NDP’s Superannuation partner, HESTA, provides some of the ways you can grow your super.
NDIS Factsheet - Developing Your First Plan
Planning on entering the NDIS? Here are some useful tips on getting started
