Maintain Mental Health as a Community Worker | Essential Skills

Posted on April 24, 2023 • No Comments

Community workers play an important role in supporting their communities and improving people’s well-being. However, given the challenges, the demands of the job can take a toll on their mental health. So as a community worker, you have to prioritise maintaining your mental and physical health and well-being. You cannot take care of others if […]

Posted on March 29, 2023 • No Comments

Benefits of Leadership and Management Training Mastering the skills that are critical for successful leadership and team management is not easy. Many aspiring leaders and managers struggle to develop these necessary competencies. But by undergoing leadership and management training, companies and organisations can reap the benefits of managers who are effective communicators, great decision-makers, productive […]

Posted on August 16, 2022 • No Comments

Workplaces right across Australia are dealing with the bullying and harassment epidemic – with aged care and disability services no exception. This unseen and under-reported phenomenon is costing the aged care and disability industries dearly through personal loss of well-being, and corporate loss of skilled and passionate human resources. Having an in-house problem with bullying […]

Posted on July 19, 2021 • No Comments

Our top 5 results direct from the student data We’ve happily clicked over the 10 year mark at Essential Skills Training and Recruitment. And with each significant milestone, we love to reflect on what’s at the heart of our business. So what really motivates us to get out of bed each morning (some with more spring […]

Posted on May 17, 2021 • No Comments

Do you employ team members who are starting to study this year? Then this is the guide for you. There are 101 guides to help students with study, but what about employers? How can you best support your team to achieve great results, while still leading them to kick goals in the workplace? Many employers […]

Posted on December 16, 2020 • No Comments

How to promote effective collaboration in community services Team building.  *Sigh* For most people, the very words ‘team building’ will conjure up images of falling backwards onto a pile of semi-acquaintances, hoping that these unsuspecting, and generally unwilling, participants will actually catch you before an accidental fart slips out. Not exactly everyone’s idea of a […]

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To the Community Services workers of Australia To the carers, the support services, youth workers, disability workers, aged care and health support teams.  To the managers, the supervisors and the business owners who have been unsure how our uncertain situation will unfold from one day to the next.  To each and every person who gets […]

Posted on December 15, 2020 • No Comments

Simple steps for any organisational leader   Want to get the most out of your team? It’s hard to imagine any manager that would answer no, we all want our teams to be happy and functioning well, so if you’re managing people in your organisation, this one is for you. There are a zillion theories […]

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Why work and study can coexist in your organisation To build a truly great team, you know they need to undertake quality, accredited training. But sometimes it’s difficult to see how working and study can coexist when it comes to the demands of a typical community services work day. It’s not surprising then, that one […]

Posted on April 6, 2018 • No Comments

Benefits of Online Training You know when you see a piece of clothing that shows one size fits all and you think yeah right! Well training and how it is delivered isn’t a ONE SIZE FITS ALL reality either.  With our busy lifestyles and work/ life commitments there needs to be flexibility for students to […]