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Workplace Expectations
This unit aims to empower clients with learning and development disabilities to navigate the workplace effectively. Through tailored learning experiences, we enhance understanding of workplace expectations, including rights, responsibilities, and appropriate behaviour. Our program also fosters continual development of essential skills for successful workplace participation. By fostering a supportive environment, we empower clients to pursue and excel in employment opportunities.
What You Will Learn:
Teamwork: Learn to collaborate effectively with others, contribute ideas, and support team goals through active participation in group activities and projects.
Professionalism: Understand the importance of professionalism in the workplace, including punctuality, reliability, and maintaining appropriate conduct and attire.
Following Instructions: Develop the ability to listen attentively, understand instructions accurately, and execute tasks according to guidelines provided.
Policies and Procedures: Familiarise yourself with workplace policies and procedures to ensure compliance and understanding of organisational rules and regulations.
Giving and Receiving Feedback: Practise giving constructive feedback to colleagues and receiving feedback gracefully, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and growth.
Communicating with Colleagues and Customers: Hone communication skills to effectively interact with colleagues and customers, including active listening, clarity in speech, and adapting communication styles as needed.
Difficult Conversations: Learn strategies for handling challenging conversations with professionalism, empathy, and respect, resolving conflicts or addressing sensitive issues constructively.
Time Management: Develop techniques for prioritising tasks, managing deadlines, and optimising productivity to make the most of available time in the workplace.
Workplace Safety: Understand the importance of workplace safety protocols, identify potential hazards, and take proactive measures to maintain a safe and healthy work environment for yourself and others.
Problem Solving: Cultivate critical thinking skills to identify issues, analyse root causes, and implement effective solutions to overcome challenges encountered in the workplace.
Dealing with Conflict: Learn strategies for managing interpersonal conflicts, including active listening, empathy, negotiation, and compromise, to resolve disputes amicably.
Making Decisions: Build decision-making skills by weighing options, considering consequences, and making informed choices aligned with organisational goals and values.
Taking Responsibility: Take ownership of tasks and outcomes, demonstrate accountability for actions, and learn from mistakes to continuously improve performance.
Conversation Skills: Enhance conversational skills, including initiating and maintaining conversations, active listening, asking questions, and engaging in meaningful dialogue with others.
Expressing Opinions: Practice expressing opinions respectfully and assertively, contributing to discussions and decision-making processes while respecting diverse viewpoints.
Hygiene and Personal Presentation: Understand the importance of personal hygiene and grooming standards in the workplace, maintaining a professional appearance to create a positive impression.
Workplace Visits & Guest Speakers: Benefit from firsthand exposure to real work environments and insights from industry professionals through workplace visits and engaging guest speaker sessions. Gain valuable networking opportunities and practical knowledge about different workplace settings and expectations.
Why Attend?
Attendees of this programme will gain the skills needed to navigate the workplace effectively, including teamwork, professionalism, communication, problem-solving, and workplace safety, empowering them to pursue and excel in employment opportunities.
All clients attending U-Learn will need to bring in their own prepared food for breaks including a lunch meal unless indicated when booking your space.
Shuttles
Johnny H Nepean Shuttles will not be available for this event. If transport is required please speak to your local region directly.
Please note:
* This event is designed for active participants with a mild to moderate intellectual or developmental disability.
* This event will be conducted in compliance with COVID safe practices and any vaccination requirements as outlined by the NSW Department of Health.
* Johnny H can only accept booking requests from those whose NDIS funds are Self or Plan Managed. If your plan is Agency Managed, please call 1300 053 001 to discuss your options.
Pricing & Inclusions
The NDIS price covers all 11 weeks of the course and will be arranged through a Program of Supports.
Bookings close 3 days before the activity unless sold out prior.
Please refer to our Cancellation Policy prior to booking.
