Staff Health, Safety & Wellbeing

New Employee Wellbeing Support Services

Employee Wellbeing Support Services has replaced the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) delivered by TELUS Health.

Our new provider, Converge International, will deliver Employee Wellbeing Support Services. The free and confidential services support school staff wellbeing.

Employee Wellbeing Support Services will have a suite of new offerings, including:

• Employee Assist, Manager Assist, Career Assist, Legal Assist (for personal non-work related legal matters), Money Assist, Family Assist, Nutrition and Lifestyle Assist, and Conflict Assist
• dedicated specialist helplinesfor staff who are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, identify as LGBTIQA+, have disability or are a carer for a person with disability, staff experiencing domestic and or family violence, require support with loved ones entering aged care or those seeking spiritual and pastoral care.

Converge International will continue the current onsite support for schools after critical incidents.

For more information, refer to Employee Wellbeing Support Services flyers below:

Staff Wellbeing Plan

In 2023 we developed a Staff Wellbeing Plan about the actions we are taking as a school to promote, protect and address staff mental health and wellbeing. Despite WRV being present in all schools, this remains an ongoing concern for us at Jackson. We have received additional funding for a refresher of the Protective Intervention Training (PIT), which supports staff in keeping themselves safe during critical incidents at work. It is vitally important that staff continue to lodge EduSafe reports when injured at work so that the Department, Secretary and Ministers are informed of the challenges faced within our schools every day. Staff must do everything they can to keep themselves safe during critical incidents where students are displaying unsafe behaviours of concern. Do not intervene physically or verbally, and keep yourself and other students safe when a student is escalated.

For more information, please visit: https://www.vic.gov.au/school-staff-wellbeing-after-conflict-violence-emergency-or-accident 

 Watch Dolan-Smith's who talks about 7 Types of Rest:

• Physical
• Mental
• Emotional
• Social
• Sensory
• Creative
• Spiritual

Staff Wellbeing & Greater Space

Alex Baynes (Social Worker) has been appointed as the Staff Wellbeing Officer. All members of the leadership are also available and happy to provide staff with assistance when required. Just ask - We'll make the time! We will also continue to have Week 5 as our Staff Wellbeing Week for the term, where staff can finish early on the Wednesday of this week.

This year, we invested in Greater Space to provide additional mental health and wellbeing support for staff. 

Greater Space is an innovative mental & professional health care solution specifically designed for educators. Educators meet with their preferred practitioner and discuss whatever they need to in order to be at their best for their students, colleagues or clients. Their mental health practitioners have worked in the classroom, and are also mental health practitioners - so we can help with a broad range of issues either related to your work, or beyond. They offer:

• 1:1 Virtual Counselling
• Clinical Supervision
• Critical Incident Preparation & Debriefing
• Professional Development & Group Consulting

This is a free service paid for by Jackson School to support your mental health and wellbeing. It is completely anonymous and confidential. We only get an invoice for the number of sessions used. 

To book in, click on the link below or use the tile on the portal. Select your preferred specialist and time. Include JACKSON in the redeem coupon section so you don't have to pay.