SCHADS half-day training session

What is SCHADS?

The Social, Community, HomeCare and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 (MA000100) (SCHADS Award) details the rates of pay for each level and each pay point for employees working in the social and community services sector. Consisting of over 100 pages of terms and conditions, the SCHADS Award is one of Australia’s most complex modern awards to decipher and implement correctly.

Why is SCHADS training important?

As a disability and community care provider, it is important to keep track of your employer obligations under the SCHADS Award, to ensure that you are paying staff at least the minimum entitlements and mitigating the risk of a breach.

The penalties for underpaying staff have never been higher, even if the infringement is an honest mistake. Making payroll mistakes exposes you to the risk of

• costly back payments and penalties

• general protections breaches

• serious criminal charges for intentional underpayment

Read some recent cautionary tales >

About the SCHADS: Know Your Award training program

SCHADS Know Your Award, delivered by WorkPlacePLUS, is a highly interactive half-day training session designed to help you navigate the complexities of the SCHADS Award and get your payroll compliance right.

Deep dive into the SCHADS Award, including interpreting and applying the latest amendments and troubleshooting common SCHADS hotspots. 

This program is facilitated in a live, interactive online session, Class sizes are kept small to ensure participants can ask questions and truly understand the content.

Suitable for anyone who works with the SCHADS Award, including but not limited to payroll, rostering, HR, finance, operational and management roles in the healthcare, disability, aged care, not-for-profit, private practice and public sectors.

Why choose SCHADS training delivered by WorkPlacePLUS?

SCHADS training delivered by WorkPlacePLUS gives you real confidence to interpret and apply the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award correctly.

Since 2022, WorkPlacePLUS has been delivering comprehensive SCHADS Know Your Award training programs to organisations Australia-wide.

Don’t risk costly back payments, penalties, or compliance breaches!

Unlike free webinars that often miss the mark, SCHADS Know Your Award is a highly interactive training session facilitated by senior HR consultants with extensive experience interpreting the SCHADS Award and giving practical workplace relations advice to help you decipher and implement the Award correctly.

Our half-day workshop is designed to help you understand all the SCHADS essentials and get your payroll compliance right.

• Small class sizes to address questions and troubleshoot real SCHADS scenarios

• Practical tools and strategies to support your payroll and rostering decisions

• Led by senior HR consultants with extensive hands-on SCHADS experience

• Tailored to payroll, rostering, HR, finance, operational and management roles

Available Dates & Registration*

• 26 November 2025 - REGISTER HERE > 

* Some dates are tentative based on registration numbers.

Also Available: Award & EA Training Programs for Organisations

WorkPlacePLUS offers SCHADS Know Your Award and customised enterprise agreement training programs for teams, facilitated onsite or online, scheduled at a time that suits your organisation. For bookings or more information, please contact us today.