Staff Matters July 19, 2019 Issue 214 Week 3
CARING ABOUT OUR STAFF
QUEENSLAND CONFERENCE – A RACING SUCCESS We had an amazing turnout to our Bi-Annual Frontline Staff Conference in QLD last week, held at the Mantra Legends on the Gold Coast. This year a whopping 148 staff attended the conference, which is an astounding number in our new market area. The attendance was more than double the number that attended only 6 months ago in January 2019, showing just how much we have grown in QLD.
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Joke of The Week Afford Trivia
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These conferences are key to the Afford Way – they keep our staff updated, connected and involved with what is happening within our organisation, as well as upskilling so that we continue to provide the highest quality support on offer in the disability sector.
Frontline Conference – A Racing Success
Quick Guide To Accessing CIMS Welcome New Appointments
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Exciting Growth - New ADE Partnerships Reminder
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Client Services staff from Day Programs, Accommodation, Respite and Allied Health attended the informative day, which focused on the Afford Way, our growth plans, our strong results for the Financial Year, extensive Employer of Choice initiatives, revised Red Alerts and Incidents protocols, and how great our Accommodation and Respite services are.
Affording Your Work Wear Upcoming Events Selfies of the Week Afford Trivia Answer
There was a great energy at the conference with guest speaker Fiona Given, flying up from Sydney to talk about her lived experiences communicating with Assistive Technology. Staff were also excited by the Hot Laps with Mark Winterbottom voucher as part of the conference’s undercover recognition giveaway. Allan, Angela from Redlands and Maureen Brown chose the winners based on the ‘stand out’ their contribution and commitment. The well-deserving winners were: • Stanislav Fosu-Gyeambourq (LSA, Caboolture) whose wife gave birth to their 4th child but he remained to complete the full week’s training • Cassie Hicks (Senior LSA, Southport) for always being willing to jump in and help out without hesitation • Gail Imber (Senior LSA, Ipswich/Pimpama) for all the assistance she has given to Team Leader, Jenn Butler, during their sites’ massive growth surge • Josh Ziolkowski (LSA, Wellington Point) for showing the true Affordian spirit shown during Redland’s transition to Afford Thank you to all staff who attended, we hope you found the conference informative. We encourage any staff who have any questions following the conference or even ideas for Afford’s future, to contact info@afford.com.au.
AFFORD TRIVIA
What year did our Canley Vale Workshop Oficially Open?
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STAFF PROFILE NAME: Tamara Dunn POSITION: Customer Care Manager LOCATION: Southport, QLD FAVOURITE SONG? I'm Walking On Sunshine FAVOURITE MOVIE? Overboard FAVOURITE HOBBIES? Golf FAVOURITE FOODS? Everything IF YOU COULD BE AN ANIMAL WHAT WOULD YOU BE? A pig WHAT IS YOUR DREAM HOLIDAY DESTINATION? A barge trip through France
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QUICK GUIDE TO ACCESSING CIMS
Liveware CIMSability and NAV are systems used across our company on a daily basis. These systems have helped transform the way our staff record and have access to important information needed in order to complete our jobs correctly. Liveware CIMSability and NAV are systems used across our company on a daily basis. These systems have helped transform the way our staff record and have access to important information needed in order to complete our jobs correctly. The systems offer ease of use, good financial control and accessibility from portable devices. In order to access the systems on your portable devices, you must ensure you use this link: https://cimsability.afford.com. au/cims Staff are to log in with their username and password set-up by IT Staff are able to also access their emails on a portable or uncommon device by following the below steps: • Ensure you have a working internet connection • Open Internet Browser (e.g. Safari for iPhone users or Internet Explorer/Chrome)
• Go to: https://mail.afford.com.au/owa • Log in with your username and password
IF YOU HAD THE POWER WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE ABOUT THE WORLD? End poverty IF YOU HAD TO TEACH SOMETHING WHAT WOULD YOU TEACH? How to play golf & cooking skills SOMETHING NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT ME? I have no secrets
We would like to congratulate the following Affordians on their new appointment: • • • •
David Kerry - Lawn Mowing Crew Supervisor, NSW Julian Vilston - Psychologist, VIC Briget Goater - Psychologist, VIC Aylin Taylor - Support Coordinator, QLD
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Staff Matters EXCITING GROWTH - NEW ADE PARTNERSHIPS
Exciting growth, development and partnerships are being introduced across our ADEs. These changes include linking in with local businesses and organisations, to develop our clients’ social network, skills and employment opportunities. We are excited by our recent partnership with well known, multi-national company – Kimberly Clark Australia. KCA distribute a huge range of products, of which our supported employees pack in excess of 30 product lines for the below Brands: • • • • • • • • •
Kleenex Viva U by K Poise Depend Huggies Dry Nites Little Swimmers Pull-Ups
Last week 7 of our Ingleburn supported employees, Susan Guest and Gordon Griff enthusiastically embraced the opportunity to attend a hosted tour of the Kimberly Clark site at Erskine Park. KCA is now a major partner with Afford and will host 2 site tours per month for as long as it takes for every supported employee who packs a KCA product to get a chance to see where that product ends up at their Erskine Park site. This enables our supported employees to see the end result of their hard work packing Kimberly Clark products. It’s also an opportunity to highlight the size and operational workings behind KCA, with 36,000 pallet spaces, fully automated picks of over 400 pallet/hour and unloads of 25 containers a day. Supported employees are experiencing firsthand how important it is that pallets are packed correctly and squarely, as it can block the system at KCA if pallets are not straight. Seeing Kimberly Clark’s factory is important for our employees to see where the stock goes that we pack – giving them an understanding that they are working towards a bigger picture. KCA is a great fit for the Afford factories as work is ongoing, high volume, as well as light so anyone can pack it. They are a Blue Chip company with sales in Australia exceeding $1Billion AUD, and the products that our supported employees pack can be seen in any Supermarket or Chemist in Australia, which is very exciting for our team. What’s planned next for ADEs? We will have Bunnings visiting our sites in August so watch this space!!
Reminder!
Staff are reminded of the importance of the buddy system. Please refer to the buddy checklist available on the intranet.
• Staff are reminded the importance of Buddy shifts
• Staff must not start 1:1 shifts without completing their buddy shift
• Buddy shifts include important information and will inform you of correct procedures on site
• A buddy shift checklist must be completed when
doing your buddy shift – this checklist is available on the intranet
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AFFORDING YOUR WORK WEAR Did you know that as part of our many Employer of Choice initiatives, we have cracking offers on subsidised uniforms available to all Afford staff? • It takes the hassle out of picking what you need to wear and helps your personal clothes to last longer • It helps promote customer loyalty and engage customers with the vibrant colour options available • It unites you with your team – your vibe attracts your tribe! • It makes you easily identifiable as an employee to others • Uniform colours can set the mood of the organization. At Afford our mood is energetic, vibrant and energized! We encourage you to take advantage of all your subsidised Afford uniforms options which are outlined below: Afford Polo Shirts Cost: $15 for 3 Polo shirts, deducted from your next payroll payment. Colours & Sizes: As per the attached PDF. How to Order: Send an email with your name, size and colour preferences to business.shirts@afford.com.au Afford Business Shirts Cost: $20 each or 2 shirts for $30, deducted from your next payroll payment. Colours: Charcoal, White, Royal Blue (dark blue) and Sapphire (light blue). Include how to order. Send your size and colour order to shirts@afford.com.au How to order: Afford Bomber Jackets Cost: $20 for 1 bomber jacket, deducted from your next payroll payment. Colours: Black only How to Order: Send an email with your name and size to marketing@afford.com.au
SELFIES OF THE WEEK
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Pawsome Se lfie Above: Kyle Ardler-Lind say, NSW LS A and Kira (Horse)
UPCOMING EVENTS DATE:
EVENT:
1-31 July
Dry July
1-31 July
JulEYE
24 July
Stress Down Day
27 July
Staff Gala Awards
Afford Trivia Answer: Oficially Opened by Health Minister in 1969.
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