Organise your own workplace activity

Billion Steps Challenge – a free activity you and your workmates can get involved in

• Webinar: Accelerated workplace change in the face of COVID-19
• 12 psychosocial hazards in the workplace

Workplaces have had to quickly adapt their practices and procedures to manage the WHS and psychological risks arising from COVID-19.

Join our free webinar on Tuesday, 13 October at 10-11.30am, with a panel of experts as we discuss the impact COVID-19 has had workers mental health and strategies to maintain workplace wellbeing.

Guest speakers include:

• David Kelly, SA Mental Health Commissioner
• Monique Newberry, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI)
• Heidi Turbill, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia
• Mardi Webber, ReturnToWorkSA

• Managing for Wellbeing – Understanding mental health in our current environment’, featuring David Burroughs, Australian Psychological Services - a WorkSafe ACT webinar
• COVID-19 WHS case studies – showcase WHS best practice in industries including building and construction, office, retail and freight

Hazards exist for people who work in cold storage facilities, such as walk-in coldrooms and freezers, that can lead to serious injury or death. In 2016 a worker sadly lost her life after becoming trapped in a coldroom. This educational video explains risks involved and the steps you can take to minimise them.

Simple Steps to Safety

Incident investigation simulation - Roxby Downs

Partnership with SafeWork SA, LGA Workers Compensation Scheme and Sparke Helmore Lawyers.

The incident management and investigation simulation presents a work health and safety incident as if it had just occurred. This is an educational tool that provides essential information on managing the initial response and actions to take during the ongoing investigation

Mock court - Roxby Downs

Partnership with SafeWork SA, LGA Workers Compensation Scheme and Sparke Helmore Lawyers.

SafeWork SA conducted a ‘mock court’ where an identified breach was prosecuted and defended in front of a magistrate for the information and education of the audience.

Farm safety videos – 3 part series

Leading a Well Team - Webinar

The session will briefly reflect on the journey through COVID and also predict some future outcomes. Now more than ever leaders need the tools and strategies to support their own wellbeing and 'Lead a Well team'.

The session will discover actions and strategies to build personal and collective wellbeing and also review the 4Cs of Mental Toughness, the neuroscience of mental agility and why we personally and our team members hit emotional hot spots. This workshop is designed for attendees to leave energised, with a rock-solid set of tools to support yourself and to lead a well team.

Building Motivation through COVID-19

The most crucial use of personal influence is how we motivate ourselves, how we make a positive change to provide a greater sense of balance and enjoyment in our work and life.

The primary focus of this workshop is for participants to take the time to set a goal in one of their life domains; it might be something big or small. Given the time to self reflect and map a goal – yes, writing out a goal using some of the best goal setting strategies from the field of applied positive psychology.