One of the things that can be daunting for Health and Safety professionals and their leaders is to consider adding a Wellness focus to the current working strategy.

Following standardisation of the OHS regulations and legal frameworks, most organisations have fairly sophisticated Safety Management Systems. Mental Health and Wellness sits under broader OHS legislation so the easiest approach is to incorporate mental health risk management and processes into the existing Safety Management Systems.

Here’s an example of how a wellness related message can be incorporated into the Daily Safety Bulletin.

 

The following audits and templates will support you to incorporate wellness into your existing Safety Management systems.

Here’s an example of how to add mental health and wellness hazards into an existing Schedule of Risk Controls as a line item.

 

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