Union Training Program FEBRUARY JUNE 2018
Union Training Program FEBRUARY JUNE 2018 FEB Tues 13 Wed 21 - Thurs 22 QNMU Branch Development 1 Fri 23 QNMU Branch Development 2 Tues 27 Being a QNMU Contact MAR Tues 6 Being a QNMU Contact TOOWOOMBA Wed 7 Handling grievances TOOWOOMBA Thurs 8 TOOWOOMBA Tues 6 Aged Care & Private Hospitals Getting prepared for our next agreement Thurs 8 Handling grievances Tues 13 QH Consultative Committees How to make them work Wed 14 QH Rostering Equity & work life balance Thurs 15 QH How to make the BPF work for nurses & midwives Tues 20 Professional Culpability Where do I stand? Wed 21 Thurs 22 No excuse for abuse! APR Tues 17 QH Rostering Equity & work life balance Wed 18 Professional Culpability Where do I stand? Thurs 19 Creating a safe workplace (WH&S) Wed 18 No excuse for abuse! SUNSHINE COAST Thurs 19 SUNSHINE COAST Tues 24 Aged Care & Private Hospitals - Guide to the QNMU & workload reporting MAY Tues 1 QH BPF for NUMs & MUMs Wed 2 - Thurs 3 Someone should do something about that! Courses are extremely popular and book out quickly. Avoid being disappointed. Get your enrolment in early. Wed 2 Thurs 3 Thurs 10 - Fri 11 Tues 15 - Thurs 17 QH Rostering Equity & work life balance BUNDABERG Professional Culpability Where do I stand? BUNDABERG Workplace Representatives 1 Tues 22 QH BPF for NUMs & MUMs TOWNSVILLE WED 23 Being a QNMU Contact TOWNSVILLE Thurs 24 TOWNSVILLE Thurs 24 Aged Care & Private Hospitals Getting prepared for our next agreement JUN Thurs 31 May No excuse for abuse! MACKAY Fri 1 MACKAY Tues 5 - Wed 6 GOLD COAST Thurs 7 GOLD COAST Tues 5 - Wed 6 CAIRNS Thurs 7 CAIRNS Mon 11 - Fri 15 Health and Safety Representative Training for nurses & midwives Tues 19 - Wed 20 ROCKHAMPTON Thurs 21 ROCKHAMPTON
Being a QNMU Contact 27 February Brisbane 6 March Toowoomba 23 May Townsville Being a QNMU Contact is the first step to getting more involved in the QNMU. This course looks at the role of the QNMU Contact, the structure of the union, how the QNMU functions and how QNMU members make democratic decisions. This is our foundation course and therefore should be completed before you enrol on our longer activist courses. We will cover: Who is the QNMU? What does the QNMU do? How does the QNMU work? QNMU decision making. QNMU communication networks. What is happening in my workplace? Workplace Representatives 1 (3 day course) 15-17 May Brisbane This course aims to assist activists and potential activists to develop the skills required to organise their workplace. Members should have completed the Being a QNMU Contact in the Workplace course before they enrol on Workplace Representatives 1. In this course we: Analyse your workplace. Look at how to grow the union. Understand the grievance procedure and apply it. Problem solve collective issues. Prepare and present a negotiation based on the resolution of your issues. Devise plans for organising your workplace. QNMU Branch Development 1 (2 day course) 21-22 February Brisbane This course is aimed at helping develop strategies to encourage a vital, energetic Local Branch based on member activism. It is preferable that members have completed the Being a QNMU Contact in the Workplace course before they enrol on this course. Content includes: What is an organising union? Techniques for maintaining a healthy Local Branch. Effective meetings. Problem solving. Strategic planning. QNMU Branch Development 2 23 February Brisbane This course has been developed to assist Local Branches in bringing State issues to the QNMU Annual Conference. We will practise writing, amending and debating motions so we are ready for the conference floor. This is a great practically based day and a lot of fun. If you are a Branch Delegate or Alternate Delegate this course is a must. Content includes: The role of the Local Branch in State policy direction. Preparing an Annual Conference agenda item. Speaking confidently at Annual Conference. Knowing your entitlements and (2 day course) 10-11 May Brisbane 5-6 June Gold Coast 5-6 June Cairns 19-20 June Rockhampton What are my entitlements right now in 2018? Am I in the State or Federal Industrial Relations system? How do I find my entitlements and find answers to my questions? This course is a must for all nurses and midwives. It s about knowing how to determine your entitlements and how to find that information quickly. Professional Culpability - Where do I stand? 20 March Brisbane 18 April Brisbane 3 May Bundaberg In a resource stretched environment what are my responsibilities and where does my culpability lie at work? I had too many patients on that shift, what was I supposed to do? or I didn t have time to do everything and the NUM knew we were short staffed are statements we often hear but unfortunately are not very helpful in keeping us and our patients safe. This course covers information and practical strategies to protect our patients and ourselves including: An overview of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, Professional Practice Framework. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency processes and outcomes. Duty of Care and negligence. Ratios and your responsibilities. Coronial and Nursing and Midwifery Tribunal cases. Developing a plan to resolve conflict between professional standards and employer directives. Creating a safe workplace (WH&S) 19 April Brisbane Nursing and midwifery unions throughout Australia have made significant inroads into improving the health and safety of our members. This course aims to provide nurses and midwives with practical advice and tools to create a safe workplace culture by: Explaining the role of the H&S Representative. Providing an overview of your employer s obligations under the work health and safety regime. Creating knowledge about the risk assessment process. Consideration of the major WH&S concerns facing nurses and midwives today. Developing a plan to organise around a WH&S issue. Handling grievances 7 March Toowoomba 8 March Brisbane Activists often assist members to work through individual or collective issues. This course aims to: Clearly articulate the role of the activist in dealing with issues. Define various processes available to members. Identify ways to collectively advance issues. Give activists the environment to check, challenge and test our ideas about the handling of issues. Someone should do something about that! (2 day course) 2-3 May Brisbane This course is designed to help us move members from complaining in the tearoom to actively dealing with workplace issues! We have all tried but sometimes it hasn t worked so: What works? What steps can we take? How do we get others involved? What issues do we deal with? How do we stop doing all the work? How do we achieve change? This course focusses on ways to get members working on issues together. While there is no magic wand, knowing what we can do and sharing what has worked for other nurses is the way to make the future different from the past.
Your work, your voice 13 February Brisbane 8 March Toowoomba 22 March Brisbane 19 April Sunshine Coast 24 May Townsville 1 June Mackay 7 June Gold Coast 7 June Cairns 21 June Rockhampton is about getting everyone involved in informing the agreement negotiations and then implementation. This course covers interest-based bargaining, influencing negotiations, why we need to vote and how we can effectively implement our agreement once it is in place. This course will evolve in real time to reflect what is happening throughout the bargaining, voting and implementation stages so we can build the best possible outcome together. QH - How to make the BPF work for nurses & midwives 15 March Brisbane Having the Business Planning Framework implemented properly in your work unit makes your workplace safer for you and your patients and a much better place to be. QH is required to implement the BPF fully in every unit however there are lots of compliance issues. The BPF ratios sit on top of the legislated ratios. So if the BPF is not working properly in our unit it is time we got that sorted out. This course takes us through the detail of how to work up a Service Profile, the seven steps to calculating Nursing/Midwifery Hours per patient day and converting HPPD into notional nurse/midwife: patient ratios. We ll then explore the barriers to implementing the BPF and how to address those barriers. This course is open to all levels of nurses/midwives in the public sector and vital for every nurse and midwife. QH Consultative Committees - How to make them work 13 March Brisbane The course will cover how we can make consultative committees work, how to get more involved and what we can do when the committee isn t working properly. Knowing how to get issues addressed and responded to is the key to seeing real improvement for nurses and midwives locally. We will explore: The terms of reference for the various nursing and midwifery consultative forums. Understanding how to make the most of the committees/forums. Resolving issues when there is no local agreement. If you have been to a consultative forum training previously, it s now time for an update! If you are not on a consultative forum but you are interested, now is the time to come to training. QH Rostering - Equity & work life balance 14 March Brisbane 17 April Brisbane 2 May Bundaberg Bad rosters have the ability to make your life miserable. Frequently poor rostering practices are the result of running a service that is too large with staffing numbers that are too small, resulting in poor patterns of rostering, difficulty with accessing all forms of leave and even non-compliance with your basic entitlements. We cover: Award entitlements, HR Policy and Best Practice Rostering Guidelines. (Do we have to comply with them?) How do we use Nursing/Midwifery Hours per Patient Day to drive the roster build? Creating roster rules and a local roster template. Nursing and Midwifery Consultative Forum processes- how to escalate a roster issue. Come along to find out how to improve the roster in your work unit. QH - BPF for NUMs & MUMs 1 May Brisbane 22 May Townsville As a NUM or MUM preparing your service profile, calculating Nursing/ Midwifery hours per patient day and getting your Service Profile and resource allocation signed off can be a challenge. BPF notional ratios are mandatory for all settings including those that have legislated prescribed ratios. This course takes us through the detail of working up a Service Profile, the seven steps to calculating Nursing/Midwifery Hours per patient day and resource allocation. We ll then explore the steps of getting the BPF signed off and operational in your unit and how we can help you. All members are welcome at this course. No excuse for abuse! 21 March Brisbane 18 April Sunshine Coast 31 May Mackay Occupational violence is on the increase in both frequency and severity and is the subject of a taskforce report recently published. The statistics show that nurses and midwives report the overwhelming majority of occupational violence incidents. This important course will unpack the taskforce recommendations and provide some strategies to implement now in your workplace to assist in providing you and your co-workers with a safer workplace. Aged Care & Private Hospitals - Getting prepared for our next agreement 6 March Brisbane 24 May Brisbane A really important course for all private sector members. The course covers the enterprise bargaining process step by step with a focus on how we can achieve the best bargaining and campaigning outcomes for members quickly. Come along and find out how to make your next agreement your best agreement. Aged Care & Private Hospitals Guide to the QNMU & workload reporting 24 April Brisbane This day is all about understanding how we can help you to have a safe voice at work. Knowing how to raise and resolve issues quickly can make a really big difference to you and those in your care. Come along to find out about the QNMU and how we can work together to make things better. Health & Safety Representative training for nurses & midwives (5 day course) 11-15 June Brisbane (Approved Training for H&S Reps Facilitated by Safe Work College) This is employer paid training and leave for elected Health and Safety Representatives and Deputies. Please contact us for an information kit. Overview-This course supplies the knowledge and skills needed by elected Health and Safety Representatives and Deputies (HSRs) to exercise their powers and entitlements as specified in the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.HSRs will gain an understanding of the objectives of the legislation, knowledge of their role under the legislation, skills in representing workers, the role of health and safety agreements, compensation and rehabilitation, skills in identifying workplace health hazards, the processes by which they can be controlled and practical skills in undertaking workplace inspections.
Enrolment Nomination Enrolment Information Course title Course date/s Location of course Membership No Name Address Phone No (h) Mobile Email Workplace Current position Nursing classification Postcode (w) Did you apply for paid leave from your employer to attend? Yes No Position held in QNMU: e.g., Workplace Rep, Branch Delegate/Alternate Delegate, Member How long? Do you require accommodation? Yes No Which nights do you require? Do you require assistance with travel? Yes No QNMU Training Unit will contact you regarding your travel arrangements. Do you have any food allergies? How did you hear about QNMU Training? Inscope Co-worker My Organiser Email Post Website How to enrol To ensure a place on the course please send your enrolment to QNMU as soon as possible and apply for leave with your employer at the same time. Enrolments should be received 10 days before commencement as popular courses can book out early. Send enrolments to: QNMU GPO Box 1289 Brisbane Q 4001 Fax: 07 3844 9387 Scan and email: training@qnmu.org.au Apply online: https://www.qnmu.org.au/ and then go to the Events tab. If you are unable to attend, please notify us promptly as our courses may have a wait list. Who can attend? All QNMU members can attend our union training courses. QNMU courses recognise the needs of nurses as employees and aim to equip members to further develop the necessary skills and knowledge required by employees to participate in and effectively contribute to workplace change. QNMU members in management positions who are seeking information and education to further develop their understanding of industrial issues from a management perspective should contact their employer for information regarding appropriate management training programs. What does it cost? There is no cost for QNMU union training courses. These training courses are included in your union membership. Paid leave provisions public sector Nurses and Midwives (Queensland Health) Award- State 2015 Clause 37 Industrial relations education leave (IREL) Employees may be granted up to 5 working days paid time off per calendar year to attend industrial relations education sessions. Leave is subject to the approval of the employer and should not impact adversely on service delivery, work requirements or the effectiveness and efficiency of the relevant work unit. However this leave must not be unreasonably refused. Please apply for IREL as early as possible and alert your QNMU Organiser if your leave has not been approved within five days (QH HR Policy C51). Paid leave provisions private sector Many agreements in the private sector have member provisions for education. For specific information about your entitlements call Member Connect on: (07) 3099 3210 or Toll Free: 1800 177 273. Travel, accommodation and child care Members requiring travel or accommodation assistance in order to participate, should in the first instance, make application to their employer as some courses may be funded by the employer. Child care will generally only be available on the basis of reimbursement of additional costs. Requests for QNMU assistance with travel, accommodation and child care must be made prior to the commencement of the course, by contacting the QNMU Training Unit on: (07) 3840 1431 or Toll free: 1800 177 273. For more information please contact: Helena Dalton Bridges, Lead Education Officer, in the QNMU Brisbane Office on (07) 3840 1431 or speak to your Union Organiser.
What members said about our courses DAbsolutely D excellent I highly recommend members attend QNMU training. DWish D I had known the information 20 years ago. Great presentation of the course, thank you for a terrific day! DI D learned so much, I can t wait to attend more courses in the future. DEducation D = Knowledge, empowerment and confidence. DThe D course was brilliant and interactive, the trainer was very knowledgeable. D DThe training provides great information and education about our entitlements. QNMU is our most valuable resource. Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union of Employees 106 Victoria Street, West End Q 4101 (07) 3840 1444 or 1800 177 273 www.qnmu.org.au Authorised by B. Mohle, Secretary Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union of Employees December 2017