Guides: Disability Services: Work, Health and Safety

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How to Organize Yourself: Simple ways to take control, save time and work more efficiently. 6th Edition.(2019) How to Organize Yourself will help you to dramatically improve the way you work. With great tips on how to determine your goals, prioritize your tasks and manage your time, it also includes practical advice on how to: focus on the things that produce results; overcome distractions; build positive work habits; avoid information overload and make effective use of technology. Updated for 2019, this 6th edition now features even more practical exercises, useful templates, and top tips to help you get organized, as well as content on how to deal with the ubiquitous presence of smartphones and adapt to the ever-increasing scope for interruption and procrastination in our 24/7 lives.
Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance (2016) Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text. Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory texts for teaching, learning and revision, and are useful throughout university and beyond.
Rush Hour. Don't Stress. just Do One Thing at a Time (2024) there is an anti-stress remedy for every situation. Even if all the demands that come crashing down on us constantly suggest otherwise, there is a simple solution for almost all problems. And that is: Let stress densely, relaxed you can do everything! We give you the best possible help on the topics of career, finance, management, personnel work and life assistance.

Books in the Library

Disability support worker (2020) The third edition of The Disability Support Worker will differentiate from the competition as a comprehensive standalone Certificate IV resource. It will cover all 11 core units and 5 of the most highly subscribed electives. The level of the content will be repositioned through reflective pedagogy to require students to think about their own practice and consider themselves as professionals in the field, preparing them for their more senior and supervisory roles in the workplace.
Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance (2016) Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance provides an accessible introduction to the key theoretical underpinnings of moving and handling, including the legal aspects, biomechanics, risk assessment and safe principles of handling

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Disability Services (Worksafe Victoria) Prevent worker injuries in services such as residential support, community-based activities, day programs and supported employment.
Hazardous manual tasks (2023) Health care and social services Community service workers play an important role in assisting others. Hazardous manual tasks are the primary cause of injury in the healthcare and social assistance sector, with occupations such as nurses and carers at greatest risk. The ‘Manual task guide for carers’ provides more detailed information about the risks and how to manage the risk associated with handling people. Learn more. VIDEO: Manual tasks risk management - Running time: 11:32 mins Manual tasks incident investigation Risk management checklist for manual tasks Further Information Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks Main responsibilities and duties under WHS
Health care and social assistance (2023) Supporting information model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks model Code of Practice: Hazardous manual tasks Guide for managing the risk of fatigue at work. Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety website. Health care and social assistance interactive data dashboard | data.safeworkaustralia.gov.au
Health care and social assistance - Interactive Dashboard (2021-22) The statistics include trends in workers’ compensation claims, fatalities and other data broken down by jurisdiction, mechanism of injury or disease, type of vehicle involved in incident, type of activity performed when injury occurred, occupation and Construction sector.
Health care and social assistance: Priority industry snapshots (2018) This snapshot provides WHS insights into the industries identified as a priority in the Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012-2022.
Manual Handling - Healthcare Australia Resources available on Manual Handling in the Health care Sector
Manual Tasks Guide for Carers (2014) Tips for carers on preventing musculoskeletal injuries from performing manual tasks.
Manual tasks in healthcare and social assistance (2020) Workers may be exposed to a range of hazards depending on the services provided, the location of the workplace and the clients being cared for
The Most Common Manual Handling Injuries in the Disabilities Service Sector (2020) Manual handling is something people do everyday but can put themselves at risk, especially in the support services area.

Safetyhub WHS Videos

Safetyhub WHS Videos > NMT This link opens in a new window A large collection of workplace health and safety videos in a range of areas and occupations.

Legislation & Standards

Standards Australia > NMT This link opens in a new window A complete listing of all the Australian and New Zealand Standards that you require for your work and study. FAQ's to assist you are also to be found here.

Comcare
SafeWork Australia SWA is an Australian government statutory body established in 2008 to develop national policy relating to WHS and workers’ compensation.
Work, Health and Safety Act (2020) - West Australia
Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022 These regulations set the minimum requirements for specific hazards, work and administrative practices in relation to work safety and health.