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Improving the health, safety and wellbeing of our people, families and workplaces. OUR PEOPLE MATTER STRATEGY What is important: A workplace that practices fairness, equity and transparency through all organisational activities A workplace where the right people are chosen for leadership roles A workplace that offers work/life balance and flexible work options A workplace that is diverse, inclusive, sociable, professional, caring and connected What is important: A workplace that is open, understanding and supportive of mental health conditions Improved education, training and support for our people and their families regarding mental health What is important: To feel safe and secure both at work and at home A workplace that provides appropriate equipment, tools and technologies for employees to do their job Leadership which encourages and models safe behaviours What is important: A workplace that encourages employees to be physically fit and healthy A workplace that promotes employee and family health and fitness Together we will: Develop a risk management framework which identifies those at risk of suffering a mental health condition and how the risk is being managed Review policies and procedures to ensure they support those with mental health conditions Improve data reporting systems to better enable the analysis of trends to ensure support services are appropriate Implement strategies that seek to reduce the stigma associated with mental health conditions Encourage help seeking behaviour Promote and encourage employee and family access to support options Promote wellbeing strategies to reduce mental health risk Extend current support services to families Develop and deliver training, tools and services to assist with the identification and management of mental health conditions Together we will: Ensure health and safety is embedded into day to day decision making Provide training, resources and services to assist in meeting health and safety obligations Create learning opportunities following high risk incidents Establish local and organisational Our People Matter consultative forums Monitor and review suitability of current equipment, tools and technology Ensure health and safety is a consideration in future infrastructure Investigate technology solutions which support and improve service delivery Investigate and implement strategies to minimise risk in our workplaces Identify opportunities to educate employees and their families to improve safety at home Provide appropriate personal protective equipment, tools and technology to support employee safety Provide risk assessment training to all employees Together we will: Identify opportunities for physical activity in and around the workplace Create and promote opportunities for employees and their families to improve their health and fitness Ensure a range of suitable resources, products and services are available to assist in achieving and maintaining a healthy body Educate employees on individual health risks and encourage preventative health care Develop strong partnerships with government, the community and commercial sector to provide additional opportunities to participate in health and fitness activities Together we will: Create and maintain equitable, fair and consistent decision making processes Lead with integrity, transparency and accountability Identify opportunities for public reporting of good work Communicate reasons for decisions on workplace practices and processes Value staff and enable them to contribute to decision making processes Ensure that leadership training and development programs are fit for purpose Ensure employee selection is conducted in an open and transparent manner Ensure the best person is selected for the position Provide education, training and support to leaders at all levels Provide assistance and support to officers accessing flexible work options including relieving and professional development opportunities consistent with policy Provide rostering practices that consider the needs of the community, organisation and individual Provide models and systems to support flexible work options Ensure consultation is at the centre of our policies, programs and service decisions Acknowledge, recognise and reward our people Support and encourage opportunities for employees and their families to engage socially Effectively manage workplace conflict, bullying and other negative workplace behaviours Identify and support social communication networks for employees and their families ourpeoplematter.com.au [email protected] Healthy Bodies Healthy Minds Safe Workplaces Fair & Positive Workplaces VISION We all take responsibility for, and contribute to, improvements in our workplaces and our health, safety and wellbeing. The QPS and Unions recognised the need for workplaces to better support the health, safety and wellbeing of employees and family members Employees and family members provided more than 20,000 ideas and suggestions Based on your feedback, the Our People Matter Strategy has been developed

OUR PEOPLE MATTER STRATEGY...contribute to, improvements in our workplaces and our health, safety and wellbeing. The QPS and Unions recognised the need for workplaces to better support

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Page 1: OUR PEOPLE MATTER STRATEGY...contribute to, improvements in our workplaces and our health, safety and wellbeing. The QPS and Unions recognised the need for workplaces to better support

Improving the health, safety and wellbeing of our people, families and workplaces.

OUR PEOPLE MATTER STRATEGY

What is important:• Aworkplacethatpracticesfairness,equityandtransparencythroughall

organisationalactivities• Aworkplacewheretherightpeoplearechosenforleadershiproles• Aworkplacethatofferswork/lifebalanceandflexibleworkoptions• Aworkplacethatisdiverse,inclusive,sociable,professional,caringandconnected

What is important:• Aworkplacethatisopen,understandingandsupportiveofmentalhealthconditions• Improvededucation,trainingandsupportforourpeopleandtheirfamiliesregarding

mentalhealth

What is important:• Tofeelsafeandsecurebothatworkandathome• Aworkplacethatprovidesappropriateequipment,toolsandtechnologiesfor

employeestodotheirjob• Leadershipwhichencouragesandmodelssafebehaviours

What is important:• Aworkplacethatencouragesemployeestobephysicallyfitandhealthy• Aworkplacethatpromotesemployeeandfamilyhealthandfitness

Together we will:• Developariskmanagementframeworkwhichidentifiesthoseatriskofsufferingamental

healthconditionandhowtheriskisbeingmanaged• Reviewpoliciesandprocedurestoensuretheysupportthosewithmental

healthconditions• Improvedatareportingsystemstobetterenabletheanalysisoftrendstoensuresupport

servicesareappropriate• Implementstrategiesthatseektoreducethestigmaassociatedwith

mentalhealthconditions• Encouragehelpseekingbehaviour• Promoteandencourageemployeeandfamilyaccesstosupportoptions• Promotewellbeingstrategiestoreducementalhealthrisk• Extendcurrentsupportservicestofamilies• Developanddelivertraining,toolsandservicestoassistwiththeidentificationand

managementofmentalhealthconditions

Together we will:• Ensurehealthandsafetyisembeddedintodaytodaydecisionmaking• Providetraining,resourcesandservicestoassistinmeetinghealthandsafetyobligations• Createlearningopportunitiesfollowinghighriskincidents• EstablishlocalandorganisationalOurPeopleMatterconsultativeforums• Monitorandreviewsuitabilityofcurrentequipment,toolsandtechnology• Ensurehealthandsafetyisaconsiderationinfutureinfrastructure• Investigatetechnologysolutionswhichsupportandimproveservicedelivery• Investigateandimplementstrategiestominimiseriskinourworkplaces• Identifyopportunitiestoeducateemployeesandtheirfamiliestoimprovesafetyathome• Provideappropriatepersonalprotectiveequipment,toolsandtechnologytosupport

employeesafety• Provideriskassessmenttrainingtoallemployees

Together we will:• Identifyopportunitiesforphysicalactivityinandaroundtheworkplace• Createandpromoteopportunitiesforemployeesandtheirfamiliestoimprovetheirhealth

andfitness• Ensurearangeofsuitableresources,productsandservicesareavailabletoassist

inachievingandmaintainingahealthybody• Educateemployeesonindividualhealthrisksandencouragepreventativehealthcare• Developstrongpartnershipswithgovernment,thecommunityandcommercialsectorto

provideadditionalopportunitiestoparticipateinhealthandfitnessactivities

Together we will:• Createandmaintainequitable,fairandconsistentdecisionmakingprocesses• Leadwithintegrity,transparencyandaccountability• Identifyopportunitiesforpublicreportingofgoodwork• Communicatereasonsfordecisionsonworkplacepracticesandprocesses• Valuestaffandenablethemtocontributetodecisionmakingprocesses• Ensurethatleadershiptraininganddevelopmentprogramsarefitforpurpose• Ensureemployeeselectionisconductedinanopenandtransparentmanner• Ensurethebestpersonisselectedfortheposition• Provideeducation,trainingandsupporttoleadersatalllevels• Provideassistanceandsupporttoofficersaccessingflexibleworkoptionsincluding

relievingandprofessionaldevelopmentopportunitiesconsistentwithpolicy• Providerosteringpracticesthatconsidertheneedsofthecommunity,organisationand

individual• Providemodelsandsystemstosupportflexibleworkoptions• Ensureconsultationisatthecentreofourpolicies,programsandservicedecisions• Acknowledge,recogniseandrewardourpeople• Supportandencourageopportunitiesforemployeesandtheirfamiliestoengagesocially• Effectivelymanageworkplaceconflict,bullyingandothernegativeworkplacebehaviours• Identifyandsupportsocialcommunicationnetworksforemployeesandtheirfamilies

ourpeoplematter.com.au [email protected]

Healthy Bodies Healthy Minds

Safe Workplaces Fair & Positive Workplaces

VISION We all take responsibility for, and contribute to, improvements in our workplaces and our health, safety and wellbeing.

TheQPSandUnionsrecognisedtheneedforworkplacestobettersupportthehealth,safetyandwellbeingofemployeesandfamilymembers

Employeesandfamilymembersprovidedmorethan20,000ideasandsuggestions

Basedonyourfeedback,theOur People Matter Strategyhasbeendeveloped