Projects

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To assist the wellness branch develop a strategic vision, review current wellness function, offerings, and activities in comparison to 'best-practice' including an evaluation of the EAP.

Conduct three case studies, comparing the UDP-WA with (1) other interdisciplinary healthcare teams in WA, which have likely been less successful, and other international UDP teams, including: (2) the expert teams withinthe United States' Undiagnosed Diseases Network, which has a diagnostic success rate half that of the UDP-WA, yet is much older and larger (i.e., 12 clinical sites [versus 2] that have seen over 1,000 patients), and is better institutionalised in the health system (whereas UDP-WA expert clinicians participate in the program on their lunch breaks); and (3) the expert teams within the German Undiagnosed Diseases Program, which operates under the influence of different national-level cultural and institutional factors (e.g., economic forces, cultural values, government influence).Collect qualitative and quantitative data (i.e., archival documents, interviews with key stakeholders, surveys of team members, recordings of the expert panel meetings) within each case. This wi

Designing a survey for Scouts Australia and reporting on the results. The survey essentially measures the experience of Youth members in Scouting. Also, developing a manual to support the survey. The project consists of a pilot phase, construction phase, live phase, and finally a phase in which we develop a reporting function.

The COVID-19 lockdown caused significant changes in activity and mobility patterns with an unprecedented level of individuals' working from home (WFH) and associated drops in public transport patronage and traffic flow. Focusing on Perth, WA, this project aims to ascertain the extent to which WFH has been undertaken and will continue to be; the productivity impact when WFH is compared to the workplace, from the perspectives of individuals, employers, and the economy at large; the proportion of reduced travel demand that is attributable to WFH; the utility of WFH as a future demand management tool for mitigating congestion on transport networks; the potential for higher levels of WFH to enable expansions of the transport network to be deferred or avoided; and the facilitation needed if it became desirable to expand the level of WFH in the longer term.

The Centre for Transformative Work Design (CTWD) is seeking to partner with the ATO to embed positive work design practices into the ATO's current workforce planning and decision-making activities. Over an initial 8 week period, the CTWD will aim to provide the ATO with: a review of existing job design and evalution practices  a set of tailored recommendations to address identified work design issues  a partnership that will support the development of evidence-based interventions to embed positive work design principles contemporary training packages for managers, HR professionals and senior leaders to build organisational work design capability a suite of tools and resources to support the business to improve job design activities in line with the ATO's strategic objectives a comprehensive evaluation regarding the effectiveness of the piloted tools and resource

An automated fatigue management system developed for Surface Combatant Group was trialled on-board HMAS Toowoomba during her recent OPERATION MANITOU deployment (Rotation 68) in order to provide Toowoomba a system to optimise the performance of her boarding parties.The system (known as GreyNurse) was used to collect sleep data and dietary intake for personnel as well as environmental information i.e. temperature, humidity and ship's movement (Data).The Research Client will provide the Data to Thales (and Thales will provide the required Data to Curtin) to analyse the Data collected to determine its suitability for ongoing research into fatigue management and human performance optimisation and such other research or analysis as the parties may agree in writing.

Volunteers provide essential health and educational services to the Australian population, which makes itimportant for non-profit organisations to develop effective human resource practices that attract and retain the best people. Non-profit organisations often struggle, however, to attract and retain a sufficient number of volunteers. This project will examine the effects of three specific human resource practices on the thriving and organisational attachment of volunteers using theories of motivation and retention. This knowledge will help governments and non-profit organisations improve on policies and procedures to manage Australia's volunteer workforce in a sustainable manner.

The initial phases of the project aims to gain insights regarding non-operational roles. It is proposed to involve qualitative and quantitative data collection methods (including interviews and a survey) across a range of stakeholders, data analysis, and reporting and presentation of findings

Characteristics exist within workplaces that create the potential for exposure to psychosocial hazards such as sexual harassment, violence (including sexual violence), bullying, fatigue and burnout, as well as other safety and health issues. When people are exposed to these hazards it can affect their mental health and lead to psychological injury. The State Government, through DMIRS, in partnership with the Mental Health Commission, is seeking to gain a deeper understanding of the experiences of workers in the mining industry and how their work environment may impact their wellbeing.We will undertake a research and evaluation project focused on the mining industry, regarding mental health, sexual harassment, emerging mine safety issues and related workplace initiatives to improve mental health, wellbeing, culture and respect.

The project focusses on worker experiences via a survey targeted at offshore workers. It complements a survey of operators conducted by Nopsema to gauge the types of initiatives and changes to offshore workplaces that have occurred while Covid-19 restrictions are in place. The project overview outlines a research approach that will generate unique insights into offshore worker mental health and wellbeing and the factors that are shaping these outcomes in these unprecedented times. Specifically it will address the following questions: 1. What is the overall state of offshore worker mental health and wellbeing?2. Where does the level of mental health and wellbeing of offshore personnel sit relative to other groups, including FIFO workers, and the general Australian population?3. What are core aspects of the offshore workers' experiences on and off-shore that may be critical in shaping their mental health and wellbeing during Covid-19?

Transport for NSW wishes to produce a Wellbeing Strategy, to focus on the effect of the culture and operating conditions on the psychological wellbeing of their people and its interplay with their physical wellbeing. The project involves:Desktop review of current practices, policies and data.Literature review of wellbeing models and evidence-based best-practice methodologies. Case study/benchmarking of other large-scale employers.Analysis of current levels of leader capability.Interview of 15-20 individual employees. Workshops of key demographics.An employee survey up to 30,000 employees. Creation of a Wellbeing Strategy.Creation of a Wellbeing Library.Through this project, which includes a survey of up to 30,000 employees, FOWI will collect valuable research data to be integrated into FOWI's research database with suitably de-identified information. Data collected as a part of this survey will form part of FOWI's ongoing Thrive at Work research program.