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Work Health Scanning Tool: How To Use This Tool

The document is a work health scanning tool that is used to assess the needs and drivers for a workplace wellness program. It contains questions to help determine key benefits the workplace seeks from wellness initiatives, how wellness aligns with organizational strategies, and whether needs assessments of workers and the workplace environment have been conducted to inform program planning. Responses are used to build the business case for a wellness program to present to management.

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Work Health Scanning Tool: How To Use This Tool

The document is a work health scanning tool that is used to assess the needs and drivers for a workplace wellness program. It contains questions to help determine key benefits the workplace seeks from wellness initiatives, how wellness aligns with organizational strategies, and whether needs assessments of workers and the workplace environment have been conducted to inform program planning. Responses are used to build the business case for a wellness program to present to management.

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Work health scanning tool

How to use this tool

1. Read step one of the Work Health Planning Guide: Management commitment.
2. Enter information that will help you determine how your workplace can benefit
from a wellness program.
3. Use this tool to make your business case (see the business case template also in
step one) that will be presented to management.

Note: This scanning tool can be branded, changed or manipulated to cater for the
individual needs of your workplace.
Add business logo and/or
contact details here

Work health scan


Date:

Business details
Business name ABN

Number of
worksites
E.g. Transport and storage, local government
Industry

Physical address

Postal address

Contact details
Contact name(s)

Position title(s)

Phone Email

Workforce characteristics
Number of
employees
Age
18-34 % 35-44 % 45-64 %
Gender
Male % Female %
Employment status
Full time % Part time % Temporary %
Work patterns Permanent day % Permanent evening %

Permanent night % Rotating Shift %

Other:
How is information
usually given to Newsletters Intranet Email Text messages Meetings
workers? (circle all
that apply) Posters Bulletin boards Toolbox talks Payslips

Other:

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Key drivers Response Comments
1 What are the main benefits your Yes No For ‘yes’ responses, why is this
workplace is seeking from a important for your workplace?
workplace wellness program? Outline any supporting data /
Tick all that apply information below.
 Improved health status of
workforce
 Reduced absenteeism Average sick days / person over
previous 12 months:
 Reduced presenteeism

 Fewer workplace injuries

 Reduced workers Workers’ compensation stats:


compensation claims Number of claims:
Average time off work:
Average cost/claim:
 Improved worker
productivity
 Improved worker morale

 Improved team
cohesiveness (working
together)
 Improved worker
engagement
 Improved business image
(e.g. competitiveness in bidding
for work)
 Improved worker retention Average annual turnover rate:

 Improved worker job


satisfaction (enjoyment)

Top 3 key drivers identified:

1.

2.

3.
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Relationship to organisational Response Comments


vision and strategy
2 Do you have any written plans Yes No
or policies that support health and
wellbeing in the workplace?
Tick all that apply
 Organisational vision or
mission
Specify how this supports health and
wellbeing in the comments section

 Workplace health and safety


Specify how this policy supports health
and wellbeing in the comments section

 Human resources (e.g.


flexible conditions, work-life
balance)
Specify which HR policies support health
and wellbeing in the comments section

 Corporate, business or
operational plan
Specify how this plan supports health
and wellbeing in the comments section

 Health and wellbeing


 Smoking
 Nutrition
 Alcohol
 Physical activity
 Social and emotional wellness

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Needs assessment and Wellness Response Comments
planning
3.1 Does your workplace have a wellness Yes No
committee or working group?
If no, how would you see a  Stand-alone working
wellness group working group
best?  Combined with existing
Please circle the most WHS committee
appropriate response.  Sub-committee of WHS
committee
 Human resources related
committee
 A wellness representative
 Uncertain
3.2 Is there anybody who has a dedicated Yes No
role in coordinating the program?
If yes, how much time/how many hours/week
of this person’s time would be allocated to
the wellness program?
If no, what are the reasons?

3.3 Is there an allocated budget for the Yes No


program?

3.4 Has your workplace previously Yes No


implemented a wellness program or
arranged activities that promote health and
wellbeing?

3.5 Have you stopped offering these Yes No


activities?
If yes, why?

3.6 Has a ‘healthy people’ (worker) needs Yes No


assessment been conducted in the last 12
months (either by asking workers or through
formal needs assessment) to determine
workers health status and interest in a
workplace wellness program?

3.7 Has a ‘healthy places’ needs Yes No


assessment been conducted in the last 12
months to determine how the workplace
environment supports the health and
wellbeing of workers?

3.8 If you answered ‘yes’ to 3.6 and 3.7, has Yes No


an action plan been developed based on
identified needs?

This information is based on material from WorkCover Tasmania www.workcover.tas.gov.au

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