Manager's WHS toolkit
Manager’s WHS toolkit
The WHS Manager's Toolkit provides the HSCA sector with key resources to help them manage health and safety in their workplace.
General responsibilities as a manager
Understanding WHS responsibilities
Use this one page guide (PDF 40kb) to understand everyone's health and safety responsibilities.
Consultation
Consultation is a legal requirement and an essential part of managing health and safety risks. (PDF 373kb)
WHS induction template
Whenever you hire new workers, it's important that you incorporate safety into their induction to the worksite - before they start their job. Not only will this help them understand how to do their work safely. It will let them know that take safety seriously.
Download one of our WHS induction templates.
Labour hire checklist
This labour hire checklist is designed to assist host Persons Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBUs) in the induction process of labour hire workers.
Managing hazards in the health care and social assistance sector
Bullying
Workplace bullying is repeated, and unreasonable behaviour directed towards a worker or a group of workers that creates a risk to health and safety in the workplace.
Fatigue
Everyone in the workplace has a duty to make sure fatigue doesn’t create a risk to anyone’s health and safety.
Mental health
Recognising mental health and managing risks in the workplace that may lead to physical or psychological injury is an essential part of creating a safe , healthy and productive workplace.
Traumatic Event Management Plan
The Traumatic Event Management Plan is a practical guide for responding, following a traumatic event such as a workplace incident, assault or natural disaster that can often involve threats to life, or witnessing or experiencing serious injuries.
Work-related stress tip sheets
The stress tip sheets provide information on managing the organisational risk factors known to contribute to the risk of psychological injury.
General information on mental health in the workplace
Violence
Work-related violence is any incident in which someone is abused, threatened or assaulted in circumstances relating to their work.
Creating a mentally healthy workplace
Support your workplace be more mentally healthy by visiting www.mentalhealthatwork.nsw.gov.au
Meet your obligations
- Understand workplaces’ legal responsibilities and risk factors
- Use the People at Work free risk assessment tool
- Download the Code of Practice: Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work
FREE mental health at work training programs and coaching support
- Sign up to free mental health at work training & direct practical coaching
- Do the workplace pulse check to benchmark your business
Recovery at Work
- Use the toolkit to support recovery at work
Learn from others
- Learn from our case studies and Ambassadors
Additional support and resources during COVID
- Continue to support mental health in COVID-19
- Use the tools and resources for leaders, managers and workers
Manager training
Mental health training for managers
Managing for Team Wellbeing
In partnership with Black Dog Institute we are providing free mental health training for managers and people leaders across NSW.
The two training options are:
1. Online interactive workshops delivered by a clinical psychologist from Black Dog Institute via Zoom
Length: 3 hours
Format: Zoom meeting
2.Self-paced online training
Length: 60 minutes
Format; Four-part online module
Return to work
The SIRA website has detailed information on what is required in a return to work program and how to set one up.
In addition, a suite of 3 video case studies has been developed for employers, showing links between workplace culture and recovery at work outcomes. These videos were created in a joint project between SIRA, SafeWork NSW and employers in the community services sector in NSW:
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