Maintaining Self-Care While Engaging in Support at Home Service Agreement Conversations
Maintaining Self-Care While Engaging in Support at Home Service Agreement Conversations
- State or territory ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
- Type of program Webinar
- Sector relevance Home and community care
- Topic relevance Home care, Aged care reform, Customer service, Mental health
Webinar overview
As we prepare for the implementation of the new Support at Home Program, care managers are tasked with informing individuals receiving care, of the potential change to their existing service agreements, and ensuring that older people are clear and comfortable to sign a new agreement for services delivered after the revised implementation date of 1 November 2025.
In this webinar, we’ll explore how to:
- maintain a positive outlook while you navigate ongoing uncertainty
- leverage your service history to promote and reassure continuity of quality care and customer experience
- communicate with language that promotes trust and your organisation’s commitment to delivering quality services
- remain calm supporting others without compromising your wellbeing during challenging conversations
- recognise the signs of personal overwhelm and focus on achievable targets in your planned approach
Join us to strengthen your emotional intelligence, make uncertainty manageable, and ensure you are ready to implement change from a place of calm and connection.
Who should attend?
Care managers, care advisors and anyone who is responsible for communicating the changes to service level agreements under the Support at Home program or may encounter distress regarding changes to service agreements.
The outcomes are:
- apply effective communication strategies to support individuals throughout conversations related to the commencement or changes in their service agreements
- increase confidence to relay changes in an environment of uncertainty
- implement strategies to maintain personal wellbeing as you deliver your planned approach.
Date: 16 June 2025 - Registration closed
Time: 10.30-11.30am AEST
Complimentary webinar, exclusive to Ageing Australia members only.
Who is facilitating?
Bruce Williams
Bruce Williams loves to help people understand how other people tick so they can work together with less stress and more “yes!” with a focus on leadership, communication and team dynamics,
Bruce has been delivering adult education, coaching and professional development programs for over four decades. He is an accomplished speaker and facilitator with an engaging and humorous presentation style.
In addition to managing his own business, Bruce is Judging Chair for the Sunshine Coast Business Awards and a part-time academic with the University of the Sunshine Coast.
He is founder and spokesperson for the USC Starfish Program raising funds to support low SES students in higher education. Bruce also mentors young entrepreneurs in The DeLorean Project and Generation Innovation.
Tracy Buccholz
Tracy Buchholz is a Home Care Advisor for Ageing Australia. Tracy has worked in community development for 20 years, including seven years managing a home and community aged care service for a Local Government Authority. Her experience includes leading and managing various sized teams, project management, financial management, contract management, training and event coordination, and leading reform to grow and/or streamline service delivery. Tracy has experience with Home and Community Care (HACC), Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP), Home Care Packages Program (HCP), National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and Continuity of Support programs.
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Disclaimer
Information is of a general nature only and has been prepared without taking into account your organisations particular needs, circumstances and objectives. Some information presented in is of a general nature and participants may need to take into account their organisation’s particular needs, circumstances and objectives. While every effort has been made to disseminate accurate information at the time of presentation, legislative changes occur regularly. Participants are responsible for ensuring they are working to the most current regulatory requirements.
Aligns to the following Final draft strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards (February 2025)
- Standard 2 - The organisation
- 2.4 Risk management
- 2.6 Feedback and complaints management
- 2.6b Complaints and feedback management for individuals
- 2.6b Complaints and feedback management for individuals
- 2.4 Risk management
