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3130 - COVID TEACHER ASSISTANCE

Hornery, Sonia to the Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education representing the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning

Considering that the COVID-19 pandemic may have led to higher levels of anxiety amongst educators, what systems has the Department set in place to assist educators as schools resume normal operations?

 
Answer -

Additional services to support the mental health and wellbeing of staff during the COVID-19 response have been included in the Being Well Program, and amendments have been widely promoted to encourage staff to access support if needed. Being Well brings together more than 90 services and resources to support employee wellbeing for staff on one website, to help staff maintain their own wellbeing and contribute to a healthy workplace culture. Other measures include:

  • A dedicated COVID-19 website consolidating resources including information on physical and psychological self-care, and information for staff who may be particularly vulnerable to the risks of COVID-19.
  • The Employee Assistance Program - Supporting You Program continues to be available to staff and has been expanded to support casual staff.
  • The Department's Recovery at Work program for responding to and managing work-related and non-work related injury and health conditions is being expanded to manage all active cases during the COVID-19 period.

 

Question asked on 26 May 2020 (session 57-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 60
Answer received on 30 June 2020 and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 69

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