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Community Fundamentals

Introductory course for entry level into working in the community

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Programs Available

Each program runs for 6 weeks

Foundation Skills

Processes for Working in the Community

1st March to 5th April 2023
Wednesdays 1:00pm – 2:30pm

$490

AT and Home Mods

Assessments & Interventions in People's Homes

3rd May to 7th June 2023
Wednesdays 1:00pm – 2:30pm

$490

Get Both Programs for $890 and Save $90

Combined course for Community Fundamentals, includes free webinar on Introduction to AS1428.1.
All costs incl. GST

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Presenters

Karen Maurer and Cheryl Banks (Capable Spaces) have worked as OTs for over 2 decades, and are passionate about training the next generation of clinicians through using evidence-based practical skills that have helped 1000s of clients to stay living safely and independently in their homes for as long as possible.

Their presentations provide a scaffold of learning, using practical tips and process checklists to build your competency in a Community OT role. They share from real world experience, case studies, and tips and tricks of how they work effectively in community OT.

Each week’s training goes for 1.5 hours, and is recorded. Online training includes live Q&A to brainstorm solutions to challenges that impact you in your roles each week.

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Testimonials

This more than met my expectations. Opportunities to think through case studies together and reflect with other OT’s in breakout rooms was invaluable. Its helped to frame my thinking as I approach returning to the OT workforce, and also enabled reflections on areas that I had not previously thought to engage in (such as my time management skills!)

I’ll be recommending this to colleagues considering practicing in the community, and also to others like myself who are returning after a period of absence. It’s given my confidence a huge boost.

What You'll Learn in each Program

OTs getting started in a community role will know the steps and processes to

Foundation Skills

Processes for Working in the Community
  • Complete safe and effective home visit assessments
  • Be aware of safety and WHS risks when doing home visits
  • Understand legislation and policies to help fund interventions
  • Assess functional limitations and provide solutions to maximise function
  • Implement strategies for effective time management and documentation
  • Develop an ongoing learning plan for developing scope of practice in Community OT Roles

AT and Home Mods

Assessments and Interventions in People's Homes
  • Trial common basic assistive technology to support client’s needs
  • Assess and request minor home modifications
  • Complete a pressure care assessment
  • Identify and offer solutions to meet client’s needs using AT and home mods
  • Know when to refer on to specialist service
  • Identify manual handling risk factors and determine risk mitigation strategies
  • Know where and how to get additional support and training to meet ongoing learning goals
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Weekly Outline

What we’ll be covering each week

Foundations

Processes for Working as an OT in the Community
Classes held each Monday 12-1:30pmAEST (Sydney Time)

Week 1 | Home visit Process – Learning Objectives:

  • Identify strategies to help you to complete safe and effective home visit assessments
  • Be able to identify what is a safe and effective home visit, including possible safety risks you might encounter
  • Outline how Work Health and Safety Act impacts what you do on a home visit


Week 2 | OT Process – Learning Objectives

  • Identify the OT process in community role working with adults
  • Outline Practical steps on how to implement the OT process
  • Knowing what is and what is not within your scope of practice
  • Identify your registration responsibilities as a clinician to plan your growth for scope of
    practice and competency development plan
  • Know when to refer on
  • Identify key learning priorities for your role


Week 3 | Time Management

  • Discuss a variety of evidence-based time management and prioritisation tools
  • Identify strategies to implement to manage your workload, and complete tasks within a timely manner
  • Meet organisational requirements and balance KPI demands
  • Be able to guide and develop your caseload to be as efficient and effective as possible
  • Identify well-being strategies to sustain your role and job satisfaction as a clinician while managing competing demands
  • Using templates and strategies for efficient documentation


Week 4 | Funding and Legislation (Not legal advice, for educational purposes only)

  • Be able to outline a variety of funding options to fund assessment and interventions for my clients
  • Understand the importance of policies, procedures and legislation surrounding funding for interventions requested
  • Identify the key purpose of funding bodies, and be able to apply the language from their legislations and policies when justifying funding requests in report writing
  • Understand the key similarities and differences in major funding policies. Be able to work within constraints of each system


Week 5 | Documentation

  • Outline processes to follow in documenting to ensure AHPRA requirements and medicolegal compliance
  • Streamline effective documentation through use of templates and report strategies to increase efficiencies


Week 6 | Learning and Skills Development

  • Outline your priority learning goals
  • Identify processes and systems to establish your ongoing learning and skill development
  • Understand how to develop your competencies and skills in a sustainable and manageable way, to avoid the overwhelm of having too much to learn at once
  • Develop your long-term learning plan for developing scope of practice in Community OT

Assistive Technology and Minor Home Modifications

Assessment and Interventions in People's Homes
Classes held each Monday 12-1:30pmAEST (Sydney Time)

Week 1 – Transfers and Mobility assessments 

  • Identify key signs and indicators of challenges with mobility and transfers
  • Assess and describe common mobility limitations
  • Assess and describe common issues impacting on transfers around the home
  • Identify possible solutions to maximise people’s independence with mobility and transfers in their home and begin to develop your resource list of support options
  • Basic introduction: How to measure for a grabrail and complete a minor home modifications referral

Week 2 – Pressure Care Assessments

  • Know the stages of pressure injuries
  • Know the main causes of pressure injuries
  • Identify, describe and grade a Pressure injury
  • Complete a pressure care assessment- Discuss step-by-step process when assessing someone’s pressure risks, and the multidisciplinary team to work with
  • Identify possible solutions to reduce people’s pressure injury risks by addressing key risk factors and promoting healing of wounds


Week 3 – Capable Accesses

  • Outline steps to assess your client’s functional limitations impacting on their ability to get in and through their home
  • Be able to identify safety risks that may limit people’s ability to access all areas of their home
  • Outline how to assess access issues that require intervention
  • Identify possible basic solutions to maximise people’s independence with getting in, out and throughout their home.
  • Begin to develop your resource list of intervention options and further learning opportunities (i.e. ramps)


Week 4 – Capable Bathrooms and Toilets

  • Outline steps to assess your client’s functional limitations impacting on their ability to function in their bathroom and toilet as independently as possible
  • Be able to identify safety risks that may limit people’s ability to complete bathing, toileting and other personal care tasks
  • Outline priorities for interventions to improve people’s independence and safety
  • Identify possible basic solutions to maximise people’s independence with completing these basic ADLs
  • Begin to develop your resource list of intervention options and further learning opportunities (i.e. bathroom modifications)


Week 5 – Capable Bedrooms

  • Outline steps to assess your client’s functional limitations impacting on their ability to function in their bedrooms as independently as possible
  • Be able to identify safety risks that may limit people’s ability to complete tasks required in the bedroom (i.e. transfers, bed mobility, leisure activities, pressure care, manual handling etc…)
  • Outline priorities for interventions to improve people’s independence and safety
  • Identify possible basic solutions to maximise people’s independence in the bedroom
  • Begin to develop your resource list of intervention options and further learning opportunities (i.e. electric beds, hoists, ceiling hoists, manual handling)


Week 6 – Capable Lounge/Dining

  • Outline of steps to assess your client’s functional limitations impacting on their ability to function in their loungeroom and dining rooms as independently as possible
  • Be able to identify safety risks that may limit people’s ability to complete tasks required in the lounge/ dining areas (i.e. transfers, mobility, leisure activities, pressure care, manual handling etc…)
  • Outline priorities for interventions to improve people’s independence and safety
  • Identify possible basic solutions to maximise people’s independence in the bedroom
  • Begin to develop your resource list of intervention options and further learning opportunities (i.e. power lift chair, hoists, manual handling)
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