Page 2525 - Week 07 - Thursday, 3 August 2017

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1. Note: Annual fixed fee paid for the 2012/13 Financial Year not on a per services basis.

(3) Staff are actively encouraged to access the service for assistance with both work and personal related issues. Family members of directorate staff are also entitled to access the service. Reports are provided to CMTEDD on a quarterly basis and monitored. It is noted that:

- for Quarter 1 2016/17 FY: of the new referrals, 35% of referrals were work-related, compared with 65% personal. The industry benchmark for the same period was 67% work, 33% personal;

- for Quarter 2 2016/17 FY: of the new referrals, 35% of referrals were work-related, compared with 65% personal. The industry benchmark for the same period was 59% work, 41% personal; and

- for Quarter 3 2016/17 FY: of the new referrals, 21% of referrals were work-related, compared with 79% personal. The industry benchmark for the same period was 60% work, 40% personal.

(4) The Directorate offers a range of strategies to deal with workplace complexity to support staff including but not limited to:

- Access to the Employee Assistance Program service including critical incident debriefings as required;

- Mental Health in the Workplace sessions;

- New Access information sessions (Beyond Blue program);

- Mental Health First Aid training;

- Quarterly Induction sessions provide tools and information on a range of support available within the Directorate

- Respect, Equity and Diversity training;

- Domestic/Family Violence Awareness training;

- Disability Awareness training;

- Leadership and Management training;

- Senior Officer Grade A engagement model;

- Workshops arranged at the local level to address workplace specific topics;

- Staff have access to individual training offered through the whole of government training panel; and

- Coordinated health and wellbeing activities.

(5) Personal leave days taken and personal leave absence percentage rate:

Please note that personal leave is usually formally approved retrospectively and, as a result, is subject to a degree of variance in the months following the reporting period.

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