Simulated workplace
Department
Health, Safety and Wellbeing
Manages the safety management system, the hazard and risk register, injury management, at-risk prisoner processes with the visiting health provider, staff wellbeing support and the accreditation matrix that keeps every officer current in mandatory skills.
Responsibilities
What the team is accountable for
- Maintain the hazard and risk register
- Investigate injuries and notifiable incidents
- Coordinate at-risk and medical emergency responses with health staff
- Run staff wellbeing and peer support programs
- Track officer accreditation and mandatory training
Performance measures
How we know it is working
6.2
Lost time injury frequency rate
97%
Officers current in mandatory skills
88%
Hazards closed within 30 days
People
Who works here
SP
Sunita Pillai
WHS and Wellbeing Manager
Sunita maintains the safety management system, investigates injuries and runs the peer support program, joining Ridgeway three years ago from a hospital safety role.
Systems
Where the work is recorded
Incident and Use of Force Register
Records every incident, use of force, injury and near miss with its category, response, reports attached and review status.
Roster and Post Allocation
Allocates officers to posts on each shift, records accreditation currency and flags vacant posts, overtime and fatigue limits.
Scenarios
Assessment tasks in this department
Documents
Documents the scenarios use
- Hazard and Risk Register Register
- Incident Response and Reporting Procedure Procedure
- Use of Force Policy Policy
- Work Health and Safety Policy Policy