In the current aged care environment, strong leadership is essential to navigate reform and implement change successfully. Managers need to be change champions - bringing their staff along the journey of change, empowering them to solve problems, creating a safe space to innovate, and maintaining trust during uncertainty. All while understanding broader organisational context and delivering their business-as-usual work!
The LIFT Leadership Program covers the fundamental skills and knowledge that managers need to lead teams through innovation, implementation and change.
- 100% online
- Interactive and engaging learning modules
- Facilitated group workshops with like-minded peers from other organisations.
- For organisations wanting to build leadership capability within teams of staff across your organisation, LIFT Together is a tailored version of the program that can focus on specific innovation leadership and culture challenges in your organisation.
Program Outcomes
The LIFT Leadership Program is centred on the themes of leadership, critical thinking, trust, communication, collaboration, and evidence-based practice.
The program is delivered across 4 self-directed, online learning modules that address the following critical questions:
- How does organisational context and culture influence innovation?
- What leadership skills support innovation and its implementation into practice?
- How do I implement innovation?
- How do I bring others on the journey?
At the end of each online learning module, a hypothetical case study encourages participants to reflect and apply what they’ve learnt. Four online, facilitated peer workshops allow participants to discuss the case studies, share reflections and collaborate with other LIFT participants.
The total time commitment for the program is 16 hours (4 hours per module).
Confidence, skills and knowledge: You will learn the foundational skills of innovation leadership, empowering you to nurture a resilient team culture that embraces innovation and problem solving.
Practical resources: Whether introducing a new idea or refining an existing one, you will have access to tools to plan, co-design, and implement innovations.
Evidence-based approaches: Practice applying evidence-based approaches for successful innovation to aged care case studies to support translation back into your work context.
Innovation Network: All program graduates become a member of the ARIIA Innovation Network, a community-of-practice that provides ongoing support, learning and networking.
Applicant Information
Upcoming cohorts
- Program Start Date: 2 June 2025 – Applications opening soon.
Pricing
- $600pp +GST which is an industry scholarship rate subsidised by support from the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care through ARIIA.
- 10% discount for groups of 3 or 4, and 15% for groups of 5 to 15.
- Full scholarships at no cost to participants are offered to workforce from eligible organisations (as per criteria below).
Scholarship eligibility criteria
ARIIA is pleased to offer 100% scholarships to eligible applicants who meet one of the following criteria:
- Providers of aged care services located in Rural and Remote zones (MMM classification 3 to 7)
- Providers of aged care services specifically to vulnerable populations
- Providers of aged care services specifically for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander care recipients (ACCO)
- Small and medium-sized organisations with fewer than 250 beds, packages,
or clients
Availability
The next LIFT Leadership Program will commence on 2 June 2025, and applications will open soon. If you have any questions or would like to register your interest in the upcoming intake, please reach out to us at ariia@ariia.org.au. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your skills to lead teams through innovation, implementation, and change.
Program delivery details
- Delivered as an online course totalling 16 hours across 8 weeks. (16hrs = 4 x 4hrs, of which 4 x 2.5hrs is self-directed learning and the remaining 4 x 1.5hrs is facilitated discussion)
- For up to 15 people from the same or mixed organisations.
- Organisations wanting group bookings have the option of negotiating some tailoring of the course content and delivery style to suit their needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Guidelines
The guidelines provide detailed information about program delivery, eligibility criteria, and the application process.