Workshops

 

 

 

 

 

We offer you a range of different workshops to support you in your journey to becoming an effective, engaged consumer representative.

We also support health care staff through our workshops to develop skills, awareness and strategies for engaging with health consumers. Some of our workshops provide points towards active learning hours for nursing staff.

All our current workshops are listed below, you can click on the workshop title for more information about each session.

Introduction to Consumer Representation 

For more information about the content of this session – see here

Next sessions:

If you have any questions about these sessions please email info@hconc.org.au

Advanced Consumer Representation

This session is for consumer reps with at least 6 months experience on a working group, committee or Board. For more information about the content of this session see here. We recommend that people do not attend the Intro and the Advanced session in the same month. These sessions run approximately every 6 months.

Next sessions:

If you have any questions about these sessions please email info@hconc.org.au

Diversity Dialogues Forum

To express your interest in the next forum, or to talk to us about running one at your site, get in touch

Consumer, Carer and Community Change Agent Networking

  • We organise quarterly networking events for people who are in consumer, carer, community or family representative roles. These events include a mix of informal and structured elements, with time for networking, interactive working sessions and facilitated learning around good practice in consumer, carer and community engagement across the WA health sector.
  • Find out more about this network and sign up for the next event here

Supporting Cultural Diversity in Healthcare Workshop

  • Thursday 30 April 2020, 10.30am – 1pm
    • Click here to register to or email nadeen@hconc.org.au or call 9221 3422
  • Wednesday 24 June, 10.15am – 1.15pm
    • Click here to register or email nadeen@hconc.org.au or call 9221 3422 

We can also run this workshop at your service on a fee for service basis. To talk to us about running a session at your site, get in touch

Empowering health consumers with disabilities

Health Consumers’ Council and People With disabilities WA ran a series of workshops for people with disabilities to support them to have a positive experience in the health system in 2019. These sessions have now finished but to express your interest in future sessions on this topic please get in touch.

There are a series of brochures that were developed to accompany these workshops – you can find there here