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

FREE mental health at work training programs and coaching support

Recovery at Work

Learn from others

Additional support and resources during COVID

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

This training is delivered live by a clinical psychologist and incorporates carious interactive tools for engagement including polls. breakout rooms, and a whiteboard. You will be given the opportunity to ask specific questions on any issues you are facing. The training can be organised at a time and date to suit your workplace with up to 25 participants, or you can attend a public workshop.

2.Self-paced online training
Length: 60 minutes 
Format; Four-part online module

Black Dog Institute

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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