Individual resilience Reduced risk for the training will be onset of mental health regularly available. issues The self-care content in all programs, including Beginning Practice, will be reviewed and updated to ensure consistency with contemporary evidence-based practice. EAP providers will offer sessions on enhancing personal resilience. 2. Protect Protecting mental health and wellbeing by reducing work-related risk factors (such as job design, workload management; policy and procedures to prevent and address workplace bullying).20 What we will do Baseline Indicators Outcomes 2.1 Develop and embed Current incident Psychological health and Our workforce a culture’ within reporting data safety incident reporting experiencing increased ‘just child protection. data mental health protective factors including a Encourage and increase Reporting of bullying reduction in the occupational health and behaviours incidence of workplace safety incident early Worksafe psychological behavioural issues that reporting. injury claim data will help to buffer them Develop a culture’ ‘just against the onset of framework that defines mental health issues the positive behaviours, reporting requirements, accountabilities and actions that will promote a continuous improvement culture. 2.2 Strengthen, educate Survey-based feedback OH&S incident reporting Psychological health and and embed clear health, such as via the People data safety is viewed as an safety and wellbeing Matters survey and integral element of Emoji work issues requirements and Emoji Work Issues and operational survey data accountability controls Wellbeing App survey practice People Matters survey for the child protection Systems of work are data workforce. adjusted and updated in Leadership and mental Align the departmental response to incident health and wellbeing health, safety and reporting data program participation wellbeing management Increased understanding system to the child Levels of participation in and decreased stigma protection workforce by initiatives to reduce attached to mental identifying the physical mental health stigma health across all levels and psychological health and encourage early of the organisation and safety risks help-seeking particular to child protection.
Individual resilience training will be regularly available. The self-care content in all programs, including Beginning Practice, will be reviewed and updated to ensure consistency with contemporary evidence-based practice. EAP providers will offer sessions on enhancing personal resilience. Reduced risk for the onset of mental health issues 2. Protect Protecting mental health and wellbeing by reducing work-related risk factors (such as job design, workload management; policy and procedures to prevent and address workplace bullying).20 What we will do Baseline Indicators Outcomes 2.1 Develop and embed a ‘just culture’ within child protection. Encourage and increase occupational health and safety incident early reporting. Develop a ‘just culture’ framework that defines the positive behaviours, reporting requirements, accountabilities and actions that will promote a continuous improvement culture. Current incident reporting data Psychological health and safety incident reporting data Reporting of bullying behaviours Worksafe psychological injury claim data Our workforce experiencing increased mental health protective factors including a reduction in the incidence of workplace behavioural issues that will help to buffer them against the onset of mental health issues 2.2 Strengthen, educate and embed clear health, safety and wellbeing requirements and accountability controls for the child protection workforce. Align the departmental health, safety and wellbeing management system to the child protection workforce by identifying the physical and psychological health and safety risks particular to child protection. Survey-based feedback such as via the People Matters survey and Emoji Work Issues and Wellbeing App survey OH&S incident reporting data Emoji work issues survey data People Matters survey data Leadership and mental health and wellbeing program participation Levels of participation in initiatives to reduce mental health stigma and encourage early help-seeking Psychological health and safety is viewed as an integral element of operational practice Systems of work are adjusted and updated in response to incident reporting data Increased understanding and decreased stigma attached to mental health across all levels of the organisation
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