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Worksafe for Better Work Tasmania
November 30, 2017 @ 10:30 am - 1:00 pm AEST
Worksafe for Better Work Tasmania
Thursday 30 November 2017
Silver Hills Motel
Penghana Road
Queenstown, TAS
Time: 10:30am – 1:00pm
Partnering with Worksafe for Better Work Tasmania and co-hosting a networking event the following speakers are:
Stephen Dowling from Delivering Safe Service – “Strategies to overcome the stigma of Mental illness at work”.
Stephen’s presentation will draw on lessons learnt by the RU OK? Foundation and Mental Health First Aid Australia, and also address practical organisational issues to translate health and wellness strategies to action, including:
- Evaluating mental health first aid and wellness strategies to reduce the risk of mental health problems in high risk workplaces
- Moving from a stand-up-and-cope culture to a Mental Health First Aid program that delivers care
- Enabling workers, co-workers and managers to gain and use evidence-based skills to recognise warning signs
- Utilising Mental Health First Aid to mitigate adverse impacts of mental health problems in the workplace
- Achieving successful return to work following depression, anxiety, substance use, and related mental health problems
- Sustaining cost-effective mental health first aid programs and digital platforms to deliver benefit to many 24×7 and demonstrate ROI.
Jimmy Thomson from The Jonah Group – “Exploring the impact of Limbic Risk to Safety”
Jimmy’s presentation will cover:
- Why the brain disengages
- The five key elements of Limbic Risk
- What are your crocodiles?
- What you can do for yourself and your workforce
- Making a two degree shift to transform your safety results
