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 objective/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 face to face Documentation course**.
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
Explain what an incident is
Demonstrate how to report an incident
Identify how to store and access client documents

Does this course have any pre-requisites?

The following online module must be completed prior to attending Documentation training:

Client incident training - Online

This online course must be completed at least 1 business day prior to attending the face-to-face Documentation session and can be accessed via the Online Learning System