Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services cont… increase skills and knowledge through requiring the twoday Mental Health First Aid course to be mandatory for each promotion to any rank; enhance the Workplace Inspections Checklist by including an assessment of likely psychological hazards; improve evaluation of existing processes by including one or more questions in the ‘People Pulse’ survey and the online Exit Questionnaire to obtain current and exiting members’ views on the extent of employee support as it relates to physical and mental wellbeing; progress the development of a business case scenario for the implementation of an integrated case management system as a key priority action to assist with caseload management and to enable effective reporting; investigate options to reduce key person dependency risk related to the Agency’s Rehabilitation and Injury Management Consultant; and enhance existing systems and processes to enable accurate, timely and regular reporting of statistical information relating to mental health and wellbeing initiatives to those charged with governance in order to assess the effectiveness of programs designed to support mental health. Audit Observations Promoting mental health and preventing mental health conditions Promoting mental health and taking steps to prevent mental health conditions is a responsibility of the Agency and individual employees. This section of the report aims to look at the systems and processes the Agency has in place: to raise an appropriate level of awareness in the Agency of the topic of mental health, to help reduce stigma associated with mental health conditions and highlight its importance to the overall health and wellbeing of sworn members; and to proactively reduce the instance of mental health conditions through understanding and limiting/removing the possible events, circumstances or actions that are known to contribute towards mental illness.
Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services cont… increase skills and knowledge through requiring the twoday Mental Health First Aid course to be mandatory for each promotion to any rank; enhance the Workplace Inspections Checklist by including an assessment of likely psychological hazards; improve evaluation of existing processes by including one or more questions in the ‘People Pulse’ survey and the online Exit Questionnaire to obtain current and exiting members’ views on the extent of employee support as it relates to physical and mental wellbeing; progress the development of a business case scenario for the implementation of an integrated case management system as a key priority action to assist with caseload management and to enable effective reporting; investigate options to reduce key person dependency risk related to the Agency’s Rehabilitation and Injury Management Consultant; and enhance existing systems and processes to enable accurate, timely and regular reporting of statistical information relating to mental health and wellbeing initiatives to those charged with governance in order to assess the effectiveness of programs designed to support mental health. Audit Observations Promoting mental health and preventing mental health conditions Promoting mental health and taking steps to prevent mental health conditions is a responsibility of the Agency and individual employees. This section of the report aims to look at the systems and processes the Agency has in place: to raise an appropriate level of awareness in the Agency of the topic of mental health, to help reduce stigma associated with mental health conditions and highlight its importance to the overall health and wellbeing of sworn members; and to proactively reduce the instance of mental health conditions through understanding and limiting/removing the possible events, circumstances or actions that are known to contribute towards mental illness.
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