New resources for disability workers
DFFH supported workforce resources provide advice and training to support people working with Victorians with disability.
The resources cover:
- Falls prevention – a practice manual
- Deteriorating health – a poster for disability group homes and safe and enjoyable mealtimes
- Training modules to support NDIS participants with swallowing difficulties
On this page
- Who is this for?
- About these resources
- Identifying and responding to deteriorating health in residential disability settings
- Safe and enjoyable mealtimes - supporting NDIS participants with swallowing difficulties
- Falls prevention advice for disability workers
Who is this for?
Disability support workers, SILs, CEOs and senior leaders, frontline workers, group homes and NDIS staff in Victoria.
About these resources
The Department of Families Fairness and Housing (DFFH) has supported the development of three new workforce resources which provide advice/training to support people working with Victorians who have a disability.
The resources were developed in response to system-wide recommendations issued by the Disability Services Commissioner and include:
- Falls prevention – a practice manual
- Safe and enjoyable mealtimes – Training modules to support NDIS participants with swallowing difficulties
- Deteriorating health – a poster for disability group homes
In collaboration with NDS, The Department of Families Fairness and Housing (DFFH) has developed three podcast episodes on these topics, with accompanying videos.
The podcast episodes feature key experts including Professor Prue Morgan, Head of Physiotherapy at Monash University, Reece Adams, Head of the Centre for Disability Health, and Professor Bronwyn Hemsley, Head of Speech Pathology at the University of Technology Sydney, who discuss the resource topics.
The podcast series was created to support the existing resources and provide an opportunity for people to learn more about the topics.
More information is available on the DFFH website.
Resources
Identifying and responding to deteriorating health in residential disability settings
Reece Adams, Head of the Centre for Developmental Disability Health at Monash Health, speaks to Disability Sector Consultant Heather McMinn from National Disability Services about deteriorating health in disability care settings, what disability workers should look for and how they can respond.
Reece and Heather also talk about supporting resources, including a new deteriorating health poster for disability group homes.
Useful Links:
- Centre for Developmental Disability Health
- My Lived ID is a resource for people with intellectual disability and their families, carers and health care professionals
- Council for Intellectual Disability
Safe and enjoyable mealtimes - supporting NDIS participants with swallowing difficulties
Professor Bronwyn Hemsley, Professor of Speech Pathology at the University of Technology Sydney speaks to Disability Sector Consultant Heather McMinn from National Disability Services about safe and enjoyable mealtimes and supporting NDIS participants with swallowing difficulties.
Go to the DFFH website for further information and resources for disability service providers.
Useful Links:
- Safe and enjoyable mealtimes – supporting NDIS participants with swallowing difficulties
- Disability Services Commissioner Safe Mealtimes Poster
- Find safe mealtime training
- Enjoy safe meals recipes
Falls prevention advice for disability workers
Professor Prue Morgan, Head of Physiotherapy at Monash University speaks to Disability Sector Consultant Heather McMinn from National Disability Services about Falls prevention, the consequences from falling and how disability workers can reduce falls in disability care settings.
Go to the DFFH website to find falls resources for disability service providers.
Useful Links:
Related Resources
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