Documentation

Is this course suitable for you or your organisation?

This course is available:

for Cerebral Palsy Alliance employees: see scheduled dates below
for public participants or organisations: please enquire below about course dates or group bookings at your venue or ours.

Why choose this course?

This course is designed for employees in the disability sector with a focus on the documentation required for support practitioners.

It covers the underpinning skills and knowledge required to document professionally, ensuring documentation meets legal, ethical and sector standards

It also covers concepts such as consent, confidentiality, the purpose of the documentation and factual writing.

There is opportunity in the session to practice documentation skills.

For Cerebral Palsy Alliance Employees

At Cerebral Palsy Alliance this course is a compulsory activity for all disability support practitioners.
**Online module 'Client Incident Training' is a compulsory pre-requisite for the Documentation course and can be accessed via the Online Learning System.
Cerebral Palsy Alliance employees are exempt from the course fee.

What content does the program cover?

This course deals with the appropriate recording of information.

The content of this course will enable you to:

Explain why we document
Identify legislation, standards and policies that impact on documentation
Explain responsibilities around confidentiality and consent
Demonstrate principles of factual and objective documentation
Understand the main documentation responsibilities while supporting a client
Explain what an incident is and how to report it
Identify how to store and access client documents
Explain what a complaint is, the types, and how to support someone to make a complaint

Does this course have any pre-requisites?

The online module Client incident training - Online is a compulsory pre-requisite for CPA employees and must be completed at least 1 business day prior to the Documentation session.