OHS Safety for Community Services Organisations

OHS Safety for Community Services Organisations

Solve Safety is a Certified Professional Services organisation that offers specialised support providing occupational health and safety advice for Community Service Organisations operational task and activities management, focusing on comprehensive Community Services Management safety planning by providing guidance on safety measures that Community Service Organisers are required to consider when planning Community Services safety.

Assessing Safe Community Services

With our team of leading safety management consultants based in Melbourne but operating throughout Australia Nationally, we are dedicated to helping Community Service Organisers create the safest and most effective environments possible.

No matter the size of your Workplace from small, medium or major, being Not-for-profit (NFP) society, association or clubs, established for community service, associations of play groups, traditional service clubs (e.g., Rotary and Lions), community service clubs, pensioner or senior citizens associations, providing services to a Non-Profit or addiction treatment organisation, community work with a government organisations, children and family support services, domestic violence, disability, housing and homelessness support, family violence, community based health, child care, drug and alcohol, emergency relief including financial counselling and gambling, education e.g. neighbourhood houses, information and support, mental health, multicultural services including migrant resource centres, youth etc, a risk assessment of the workplace that identifies all the hazards is of paramount importance.

Planning Safe Community Services

Solve Safety provides specific workplace task and activities guidance support for both Community Services Organisers who are employers, and Community Services Organisers who are not employers, in managing their duties, by reviewing the safety planning requirements under the 2004 Occupational Safety (OHS) Act and Regulations. www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/information-employers-occupational-health-and-safety-act-2004

OHS Safety responsibilities for Community Service Volunteer Boards & Committees

Solve Safety offers specialised support providing Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) advice for Community Services Organisations, their Governing Board or Management Committees and their Volunteer Members of a Board or Committee of Management for their day-to-day operational task and activity management.

By focusing on comprehensive Community Services safety management planning and implementation, by providing safety knowledge and skills on safety measures that Organisational Leadership Teams are required to consider, when providing leadership on Health and Safety in the organisation by understanding their Organisations health and safety obligations.

Community Services

No matter the size or type of your Community Services Organisation or whether you’re an Employer or you have Volunteers only, we can provide OHS safety guidance and support across a range of Community Services, such as the following:

Community Sector Organisations (CSO)

Not-for profit non-government organisations that generally relies on high levels of volunteers to provide a welfare service. Community Sector Organisations (CSOs) range from small informal community groups to large, incorporated organisations with services, such as the following examples:

  • Providing Services to a Non-Profit or Addiction Treatment Organisation

  • Community Work with a Government Organisations

  • Children and Family Support Services

  • Domestic violence

  • Disability

  • Housing and Homelessness Support

  • Family Violence

  • Community based Health

  • Child Care

  • Drug and Alcohol

  • Emergency Relief (including Financial Counselling and Gambling)

  • Education (e.g. Neighbourhood Houses)

  • Information and Support

  • Mental Health

  • Multicultural Services (including migrant resource centres)

  • Youth etc.

Our Mission Statement

Solve Safety Pty Ltd is committed to providing its clients, professional Safety, Quality & Environmental Consultation services. Our Mission is to always provide our clients the highest standard of professionalism and shall always meet or surpass our client’s requirements and expectations.

Safety Compliant Community Service Organisations

Our certified expert skills and knowledge provides support so that every safety aspect of your Organisational Safety Management is meticulously reviewed, and support planned to meet the highest safety standards, minimising risks and promoting legislative OHS compliance for Community Service Organisations to promote, provide or carry out activities, facilities or projects for the benefit or welfare of the community or any members of the community who have a particular need by reason of youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social or economic circumstances, such as the following examples:

  • Not-for-profit (NFP) society, association or clubs

  • Established for community service (except political or lobbing)

  • Associations of play groups.

  • Traditional service clubs (e.g., Rotary and Lions)

  • Community service clubs.

  • Pensioner or senior citizens associations etc

Typical examples of Safety Obligations and Responsibilities

(organisation that is an Employer)

  • Ensure volunteers are not exposed to risks to their health and safety (so far as reasonably practicable)

  • Ensure the protection of the health and safety of anyone, including service users, who enter premises that you occupy.

  • Ensure everyone in the organisation knows their health and safety responsibilities.

  • Ensure that health and safety implications are considered when decisions are made.

  • Ensure that employees are consulted on all aspects of their health and safety.

  • Ensure the organisations systems for improving health and safety are regularly monitored and reviewed etc.

Typical examples of Safety Obligations and Responsibilities

(organisation that has Volunteers Only)

  • Ensure volunteers are not exposed to risks to their health and safety (so far as reasonably practicable)

  • Ensure the protection of the health and safety of anyone, including service users, who enter premises that you occupy.

  • Ensure everyone in the organisation knows their health and safety responsibilities.

  • Ensure that health and safety implications are considered when decisions are made.

  • Ensure that volunteers are consulted on all aspects of their health and safety.

  • Ensure the organisations systems for improving health and safety are regularly monitored and reviewed etc.

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Solve Safety is proudly an IQC Global www.iqcglobal.com.au Triple ISO www.iso.org/home.html Certified Professional Services organisation for:

  • OHS Safety Management Systems (ISO 45001)

  • Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001)

  • Environmental Management Systems (ISO 1400)

And is committed to delivering practical, sustainable solutions that enhance the safety compliance with all relevant safety regulations, whatever your work, whatever your industry we are your one stop shop safety network health and safety consultancy services.

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