Educating for impact – in the face of workforce challenges quality staff training is retention gold

Australia’s aged care providers are navigating one of the most significant periods of change the sector has experienced. Workforce shortages, evolving regulatory requirements and heightened compliance expectations are placing increasing pressure on leaders and frontline teams alike. 

The issue is not a lack of effort by leadership and staff. It is keeping up with the rapidly changing regulatory environment at hand. 

As regulation is pushed out with limited or no warning from government, providers are reeling to keep up and ensure their staff can keep up too. Manual processes of training and teaching staff, often with fragmented tools, has many providers on the back foot.

Smooth operations and elevated care outcomes are tied to a supported, educated and consistent workforce. This starts with clear and comprehensive learning systems realistically accessible in daily staff routine. 

While remuneration and workload remain important contributors to turnover, providers are increasingly recognising another key driver of retention: confidence. 

Staff who feel equipped and supported in their roles are more likely to remain engaged, deliver quality care and build long-term careers in the sector.

Distinctive competitive edge is realised in educational empowerment.

Accessible and comprehensive confidence

Altura has heard from clients. Staff are increasingly feeling the pressure from rapidly changing regulatory expectations. This means confidence compromised and care challenged. 

With managers’ bandwidth squeezed by the need to translate complex rule changes to staff, who often speak English as a second language, time, resources and outcomes are feeling the pinch across providers. 

Altura has listened to provider heads and staff needs. What has been created meets the reality of care work, to equip and upskill in the challenge that is providing aged services on the ground. Not disconnected utopias. 

Altura Essentials is 10 concise, video-based modules that have been directly crafted from hearing the gaps and frustrations by providers and staff. 

Designed to give aged care teams the clarity they need. Without the complexity they don’t. 

Science-backed video learning

Many aged care staff speak English as a second language. While most education platforms for aged care offer text based learning modules, Altura has leveraged video learning for evidence-based improved learning. 

Large bodies of text based learning is unhelpful to quickly and effectively inform and upskill staff, particularly for those who are not native speakers.

To land the confidence to act excellently in care, to prepare all staff with a readiness to meet compliance expectations at every level, video-based learning is powerfully efficient and effective. 

Freeing up time

Freeing up managers to spend time in forward planning and strategic oversight is operations management elevated. 

Supporting staff to feel empowered and equipped to meet every and all compliance requirements is care enriched. 

With Altura Essentials comes comprehensive, accessible and efficient learning. With pre and post assessments, deeper reporting, mapped to the Strengthened Aged

Care Quality Standards, it is the smart compliance solution for aged

care providers.

Full learning at a personal pace

Prior to the end of financial year, Altura is offering a unique opportunity to leverage the complete learning library of hundreds of videos for a two-month trial period. 

Inclusive of the comprehensive Altura Essentials, this is a chance for all provider teams to spend quality time with quality content. 

The dynamic of care is pivoting at a moment’s notice, Altura’s platform means staff members can work through any and all content at their own pace. 

The trial is ready to support any provider to see how it aligns with capability development gaps and goals – an opportunity to see the potential of video learning is available before committing further. 

Quality and complete video learning is supporting aged care staff for care excellence. For any providers that sign up before July 31, an upgrade to the next library tier at no extra cost is also possible.

Compliance confusion must be a challenge of the past. Care confidence is found in equipped, educated and empowered staff.