Delivered by the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre, this workshop follows on from workshop 1: Recognise and Respond to Elder Abuse.

This workshop is directed toward those that have a responsibility to respond to concerns of suspected elder abuse - arising from direct contact or supervision of workers in direct contact with older persons (eg. supervisors, team leaders, line managers etc).

• Location:
  City Queen, Footscray Nicholson, St Albans and Werribee
• Other locations:

  External location as requested.

• College:
  College of Law and Justice
• Course code:
  BNRRA
• Duration:
  3.5 hours

How to register

• Professional obligations – what should I do when a worker approaches me with concerns about potential abuse?
• Assessing and responding according to level of risk.
• Compliance and the legal and policy framework.
• Duty of care.
• Organisational requirements.
• Client’s rights.
• Capacity and consent.
• Supporting and managing reports.
• Engaging with families.
• Incident reporting.
• Collecting and managing evidence of abuse.
• Referrals – finding the most appropriate support.

Victoria University is committed to responding to the demands of specific sectors, regions and workplaces for training. We welcome any expressions of interest in providing training to your organisation, network or group and can attend anywhere in the state to train (see contact details below). Additionally we will be producing a calendar of City based and regional and rural training.

Participants need to have successfully completed workshop 1 - Recognise & Respond to Elder Abuse before commencing this course.