same provider on a fortnightly to monthly basis. The provider will help reduce stigma and promote the importance of early help-seeking by offering occasional talks on relevant topics such as warning signs’, ‘early sleep’ and ‘improving fatigue’. ‘compassion 2.3 a psychological Current regular access Practitioner feedback Workplace mental health support model tailored to to professional regarding access to protective factors are the child protection supervision regular supervision created workforce. Employee support data Reviews of incident help-seeking Reinforce the role of on critical or traumatic report data behaviour is increased professional supervision incident responses Rates of mental health as a mental health issues and psychological protective factor by injury are reduced ensuring the existing There is a consistent supervision policy is incident response driven consistently by a sector-wide triage implemented and approach develop relevant accountabilities to support this. The reasonable expectation of access to regular professional supervision will be clearly communicated to staff. Develop a communication plan that focuses on psychological support and includes: key health and safety messaging for leaders, managers and staff; appropriate channels of communication including the use of the child protection mobile app; and information for child protection practitioners about accessing mental, physical, social and emotional wellbeing supports. Strengthen the processes for supporting leaders and managers to attend the and wellbeing of their staff following critical or traumatic incidents.
same provider on a fortnightly to monthly basis. The provider will help reduce stigma and promote the importance of early help-seeking by offering occasional talks on relevant topics such as ‘early warning signs’, ‘improving sleep’ and ‘compassion fatigue’. 2.3 a psychological support model tailored to the child protection workforce. Reinforce the role of professional supervision as a mental health protective factor by ensuring the existing supervision policy is consistently implemented and develop relevant accountabilities to support this. The reasonable expectation of access to regular professional supervision will be clearly communicated to staff. Develop a communication plan that focuses on psychological support and includes: key health and safety messaging for leaders, managers and staff; appropriate channels of communication including the use of the child protection mobile app; and information for child protection practitioners about accessing mental, physical, social and emotional wellbeing supports. Strengthen the processes for supporting leaders and managers to attend the and wellbeing of their staff following critical or traumatic incidents. Current regular access to professional supervision Employee support data on critical or traumatic incident responses Practitioner feedback regarding access to regular supervision Reviews of incident report data Workplace mental health protective factors are created help-seeking behaviour is increased Rates of mental health issues and psychological injury are reduced There is a consistent incident response driven by a sector-wide triage approach
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