Health, safety and wellbeing
There were 164 safety reports from sta over the past financial year, which was an 11% increase compared to 148 reports in the previous year. The three most frequently reported categories were psychosocial incidents (46), followed by physical hazards (28), and physical injuries (24). Recent changes to psychosocial safety regulations across most Australian jurisdictions has meant that psychosocial hazards and risks are now clearly defined, and the means of controlling the risk of those hazards has been regulated, or in the case of Victoria, is proposed to be regulated. In the past financial year at Housing Choices there was significant focus and systems development on occupational violence and aggression as our key workplace hazards, to ensure our people are equipped to minimise potential psychosocial impacts. There has also been policy, training and guidance developed where appropriate in the areas of vicarious trauma and workplace stress, burnout, workload, fatigue, and disrespectful behaviours (such as bullying, harassment, and sexual harassment).
Part of strengthening our safety culture includes continuous improvement of our monitoring and evaluation capabilities, which has been bolstered with the introduction of our new incident reporting system, Camms. This has been designed to enable Housing Choices to report specific psychosocial behaviours or conditions of concern and identify repeated occurrences to inform safety plans. Together, Housing Choices is working on a comprehensive psychosocial risk management approach as we strive to protect and support our people.
SAFETY REPORTS INCIDENTS, HAZARDS, NEAR MISSES 164 HEALTH SAFETY AND WELLBEING NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS 4 STAFF COMPLETED OCCUPATIONAL VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSION DE-ESCALATION TRAINING 155
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