1. Peer Resource Network Occupational Health & Safety Program Requirements
Introduce facilitator
Updated: 2017

2. Connecting Leaders, Sparking Change
What is the Peer Resource Network?
Provide leadership teams with a non-judgemental environment to share and learn about occupational health and safety (OH&S) and return-to- work (RTW) best practices
Connect leadership teams with external resources to support positive change in OH&S and RTW practices.
Overview of Session 1

3. What are we doing this afternoon?
OH&S Systems & Programs
Understand the basic duties and responsibilities of employers, supervisors, and workers in the workplace under legislation
Know the critical safety areas for the continuing care sector
Understand the basic components of a safety management system and its key elements
Understand how to access the tools and resources required to implement changes
Have a framework and practical tools to review systems/ programs, identify opportunities for improvement, and implement changes to existing programs

4. Safety – Whose Responsibility is it?
What are the General Duties of:
Employers
Supervisors
Workers

5. In Your Workplace…
What are the main workplace safety issues in your workplace?
What types of injuries do you see occurring?
Why do you think they are occurring?

6. How Are Staff Getting Hurt?
Home Care

7. How Are Staff Getting Hurt?
Long Term Care

8. Key Components of a Safety Management System
Learning & Education
Leadership
Leadership commitment to safety
Staff training & education
Organizational learning
Functional JOHSC
Inspection processes
Safe work procedures established
Communication systems
Investigation procedures around incidents
Hazard identification & control
Programs & Procedures

9. Safety Leadership & JOHSC
Starts with senior leadership and management commitment to a safe workplace
Joint Health and Safety Committee plays a crucial role in this process
Role
Composition
Function
Leadership

10. Role of the Joint Safety Committee
To promote safe work practices
To assist in creating a safe and health workplace
To recommend actions which will improve the effectiveness of OH&S Program
Question: What does a high performing safety committee look like?
Leadership

11. Learning & Education…
…includes both staff training and education, and organizational learning
Questions:
Who is responsible at your organization for staff training
How is safety training provided?
What do you find works well for staff training? What are some areas that your organization could work on?
What approach does your organization take to learning from past incidents or injury trends?
Learning & Education

12. Programs and Procedures…
…includes:
Inspection Processes
Safe Work Procedures Established
Communication Systems
Investigation procedures around incidents
Hazard identification & control
Programs & Procedures

13. Responding to workplace incidents…
Can you describe your typical response process for dealing with a workplace incident?
Questions:
Who is involved from your workplace?
What is your process for implementing corrective action?
How effective is your process?
What areas are working well?
What areas are challenging?
Programs & Procedures

14. System Perspective Questions:
How are you managing this process as a system? (Or how would you like to?)
Do you see any places in your organization where these elements are already tied together? Are there opportunities to do so?
How have you found ways to address these safety system elements?
What components do you feel your organization could improve on?
Leadership
Learning & Education
Programs & Procedures

15. Summary... Safety Management Systems
Health and safety is a shared responsibility in the workplace
Safety management systems are essential to ensuring a safe workplace
The key components of the system are Leadership, Education & Training, and the Programs & Procedures
Joint OH&S committees play an important role in this system
Like all workplace systems, Health and Safety systems must be proactively lead and managed.
Tools and resources are available under each of these system elements
Facilitator - Completion exercise-go around in a circle and answer questions “what do you now know about creating a safety culture that you didn’t know before?”

16. Conclusion Thank-you & Questions?
End presentation, begin open networking / informal Q & A / group brainstorm