NDIS Emergency and Disaster Management Plan Framework

What’s new? The NDIS Provider Emergency and Disaster Management Plan Framework

ByDavid Kinnane

Resource update: An emergency and disaster management framework template for small- and medium-sized NDIS Providers. In late 2021, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Provider Registration and Practice Standards) Rules 2018 were amended and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Quality Indicators for NDIS Practice Standards) Guidelines 2018 were compiled to create additional NDIS practice standards. One of the key new requirements was a…

Retain your speech pathologists with better professional development systems
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Retain your speech pathologists with better professional development systems

ByDavid Kinnane

Retaining talented speech pathologists is both a top priority and challenge for most private practices.  Practice owners can increase staff retention in several ways, e.g. with money, clear career paths and promotion opportunities, and by offering flexible work schedules, e.g. part-time and remote working options.  An often-overlooked retention strategy is on-the-job professional development. It doesn’t…

9 questions speech pathology practice owners and supervisors should ask employees in supervision sessions
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9 questions speech pathology practice owners and supervisors should ask employees in one-to-one supervision sessions

ByDavid Kinnane

9 questions speech pathology practice owners and supervisors should ask employees in one-to-one supervision sessions: If we could improve in any way, how would we do it? What’s the number one problem with our practice? Why? What’s not fun about working here? Who’s doing a great job? Whom do you admire? If you were me,…

9 ideas to increase engagement
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9 ideas to increase engagement and reduce burn out by designing work your team will love

ByDavid Kinnane

If less than 20% of your work consists of things you love to do, you are far more likely to burn out. Practice owners should design work with love in mind: Source: Buckingham, M. (2022). Designing Work That People Love. Harvard Business Review, June 2022.   This infographic also appears in a recent issue of Banter Booster,…

Early Career Tips for Australian speech pathologists and students considering a career in private practice
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12 early career tips for Australian speech pathologists and students considering a career in private practice

ByDavid Kinnane

About a quarter of current Australian speech language pathologists (SLPs) joined the profession after May 2019; and about half of all SLPs work in private practice.  If you are an early career SLP in private practice – or if you are an SLP student considering private practice as a graduate – here are some early…

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