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A joint occupational health and safety (JOHS) committee is an advisory group of employer and employee representatives working together to promote a safe and healthy workplace.
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In long-term care it is increasingly apparent that who is on shift is just as important as how many staff are on shift. Quality care is difficult to achieve when we do not routinely engage with one another in a positive, or civil, manner.
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Leading from the Inside Out
Leading from the Inside Out provides a safe space for leaders in continuing care to share their challenges and learn self-care practices.
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The Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum is recognized as best-practice in violence prevention training for health care workers.
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Amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (OHSR), Part 5: Chemical Agents and Biological Agents – Emergency Planning came into effect on February 3, 2025. Changes include additional requirements to minimize the risk, likelihood, and harm caused by an emergency involving hazardous substances.   Hazardous substances include biological, chemical or physical hazards that may reasonably […]
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WorkSafeBC has acknowledged an error in calculating the 2025 insurance premiums that are paid by our two member employer groups–those providing community health support services (classification unit 766006) and those in long-term care (classification unit 766011).
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Get Psyched! - May 2025

Non-verbal communication 

What we say matters—but what we don’t say often speaks louder. 
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Get Psyched! January 2025

Self-Care 

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Self-care is an attainable way, over which we have full control, to single-handedly better our own self and the experiences we have with the world around us.

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Get Psyched! February 2025

Grief

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Working in long-term care means facing the reality of death and grief. It's a workplace hazard that can't be avoided because providing end-of-life care is essential to the job.

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Get Psyched! March 2025

Trauma-Informed Workplaces

Trauma-informed workplaces recognize the prevalence of trauma and take deliberate steps to create an environment that avoids re-traumatization or further trauma to an employee.  

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Get Psyched! April 2025

Psychological injuries in the workplace

Psychological injuries in the workplace require as much attention and consideration as physical injuries.

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Get Psyched! May 2025

Non-verbal communication 

What we say matters—but what we don’t say often speaks louder. 

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