The Community Services Safety Pack

A guide to information to help community service organisations improve the safety, health and welfare of people in the workplace.

Safety Pack was first published in April 2000 and revised in December 2000. The original edition was coordinated by the Council of Social Service of NSW (NCOSS), and developed by Patricia Hall and Deborah Hammond of Hall and Hammond Consulting with funding assistance from WorkCover NSW through its 1999 Grants Program.

Occupational Health and Safety Changes

Since release of the 2000 edition of Safety Pack there have been changes such as:

• the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 and OHS Regulation 2001
• new resources and policies that affect OHS in the community services sector
• new information technologies and workplace practices
• an increase in emphasis on some OHS issues as a result of new evidence, trends or changing community expectations.

In 2002 the Health and Community Services Industry Reference Group of WorkCover NSW proposed that Safety Pack be updated. The updating process involved consultation with community service organisations to obtain feedback on the original Safety Pack, to pilot the revised Safety Pack and to seek information regarding emerging issues and needs in the sector.

Revised Safety Pack 2003

The contents of the revised Safety Pack, launched in December 2003, include:

• Section 1 The Community Services Sector and OHS
• Section 2 Safety Esssentials
• Section 3 OHS Issues in the Community Services Sector
• Section 4 Preparing for and Managing Incidents and Claims
• Section 5 Resources

Follow this link to the Workcover website to download the Community Services Safety Pack (pdf)

For further information

Contact	:	WorkCover New South Wales
Address	:	Locked Bag 2906, Lisarow, NSW 2252
Phone	:	+61 2 4321 5000
Fax	:	+61 2 4325 4145

WWW

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http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au