Leveraging Feedback and Complaints for Service Improvement (managers and team leaders)
Leveraging Feedback and Complaints for Service Improvement (managers and team leaders)

- State or territory SA, TAS, VIC, WA, ACT, NSW, NT, QLD
- Type of program Online, Workshop
- Sector relevance Residential aged care, Home and community care, Retirement living and seniors housing, CHSP providers
- Topic relevance Leadership and management, Safety, quality and compliance, Mentoring and coaching
Workshop overview
Team leaders and managers play a crucial role in ensuring feedback and complaints and whistleblower disclosures are handled effectively minimising escalations and improving the experience and satisfaction of older people receiving care, their families, and nominated support persons, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. However, many find themselves overwhelmed – managing complaints without clear processes, struggling with underreporting from frontline staff, or misinterpreting policies, including whistleblower protections, in high-pressure situations.
This interactive workshop equips leaders with the skills, tools, and confidence to manage complaints proactively and professionally, while ensuring accurate reporting, whistleblower protections, and effective resolution.
Who should attend?
This training is ideal for team leaders, managers, and executives working in residential aged care facilities, home care services, and community support organisations.
The outcomes are:
- understand the purpose of feedback and complaints – beyond compliance, as a tool for continuous improvement
- capture the right information – understanding what to record, how to document accurately, and why it matters
- learn clear reporting techniques that support transparency and consistency
- know how to guide and support frontline staff in responding to and documenting feedback correctly
- interpret feedback, complaints, and whistleblower policies correctly ensuring responses align with legal, ethical, and organisational requirements
- understand your responsibilities under the new Aged Care Act and how to foster a culture of openness and safety
- apply real-life problem-solving strategies to resolve complaints before they escalate.
Date: 25 February 2026 - registration closed
Time: 1-2.30pm AEDT
Ageing Australia members
1-2 people: $225.00 incl. GST each
3-10 people group discount: $202.50 incl. GST each
Non members
$315.00 incl. GST each
CHSP ticket
$50.00 incl. GST each
Note – Registration is one ticket per participant and all participants are required to access training on individual devices.
For group bookings of 11 or greater please contact the Learning and Professional Development team at .
Disclaimer: The CHSP provider ticket price is subsidised by sector support and development (SSD) funded by the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care. Although funding for this session has been provided by the Australian Government, the material contained herein does not necessarily represent the views or policies of the Australian Government.
Who is facilitating?

Dorothy Dowling
Dorothy has a strong background in training development and delivery for the aged care sector, working with a range of providers across service areas. Experienced in both virtual and face-to-face modalities, she designs and facilitates practical, engaging training that supports compliance, continuous improvement, and alignment with the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards.
A key focus of her work is enabling leaders and managers to confidently use feedback and complaints as opportunities to strengthen services, build capability, and improve outcomes for older people.
Known for her collaborative, people-centred approach, Dorothy translates real-world practice into meaningful learning experiences that are relevant, accessible, and easy to apply in day-to-day roles.
Booking terms and conditions
Ageing Australia is committed to respecting the privacy of its customers and stakeholders and adheres to the Australian Privacy Principles as set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 (Privacy Act). The Australian Privacy Principles govern the way in which we collect, use, disclose, store, secure, and dispose of your Personal Information.
A copy of the Australian Privacy Principles is available here: https://www.oaic.gov.au/
Ageing Australia’s Privacy Policy
Photographs and video footage may be taken during an Ageing Australia event or training session for Ageing Australia promotional purposes including social media, publications or communications. If you do not want your image used, please advise us via writing.
Utilising the contact details provided to Ageing Australia from time to time, the learning and professional development team will send out information on upcoming training opportunities in a direct electronic message. If you do not wish to receive this information and prefer to ‘opt out’ – email and we will remove you from our waiting lists and email communications database.
Cancellations, refunds, substitutions and transfers
Ageing Australia’s learning and professional development (L&PD) products are delivered subject to sufficient registrations, as stipulated by available tickets against each event, and tickets can be purchased directly from the what’s on page.
Training session viability of each advertised session is assessed one week prior to the scheduled date of delivery, when a decision is made regarding continuation or cancellation. When a training session is cancelled due to insufficient numbers or circumstances outside of the control of Ageing Australia, a full refund will be paid, directly to the customer who has made the initial purchase.
A full refund is also available if a participant withdraws from a training session, five or more days prior to the session being delivered, on the condition, that the customer has contacted , to inform regarding their intention to withdraw. No refunds or transfers will be considered without notification prior to the commencement of a training session. Late notifications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
An organisation may choose to substitute a participant of a previously paid session, by emailing , 24 hours prior to the commencement of the training session. Full details of the substituted participant must be provided.
Payment terms
It is a condition of registration that participants pay full payment at the time of booking via credit card or by invoicing by prior arrangement. All payments must be finalised prior to commencement. Registrants who have outstanding payments will not be able to participate. Upon registration, a tax invoice will be emailed to the person making the booking.
Aligns to the following strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards
- Standard 2 - The organisation
- 2.4 Risk management
- 2.6 Feedback and complaints management
- 2.6a Complaints and feedback management for aged care workers
- 2.6b Complaints and feedback management for individuals
- 2.6a Complaints and feedback management for aged care workers
- 2.9 Human resource management
- 2.4 Risk management
- Standard 3 - Care and services
- 3.3 Communicating for safety and quality
- 3.3 Communicating for safety and quality



