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PS - Psychosocial

Section 29 for Councillors: Psychosocial Safety in NSW Local Government (GOV-001)


Description

A 45-minute program for elected Mayors and Councillors in NSW. Under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW), elected members are excluded from the "officer" duty that applies to your General Manager. You owe a different duty instead, under section 29, as another person at the workplace. This course covers what section 29 requires of you in chamber debate, constituent contact and public commentary, and how to contest a decision as robustly as you like without creating a psychosocial hazard for council staff. Robust debate is not the hazard. How it is conducted can be.

Content
  • Welcome, and how this works
  • Module 1 · Your chamber is a workplace
  • Module 1 · The carve-out, and what you owe instead
  • Module 1 · Two rulebooks, two doors
  • Module 2 · What the law calls a psychosocial hazard
  • Module 2 · The Splash: three transmission paths
  • Module 2 · Controls, the Chair, and you
  • Scenario 1 · Item 12.4, the parking report
  • Module 3 · In the room
  • Module 3 · Online and your own page
  • Scenario 2 · Eleven weeks and forty comments
  • Assessment · Five questions
  • Answers explained
  • Job aids · Three things to keep
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed