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Victorian WorkHealth

Under the WorkHealth program, every eligible Victorian organisation and those with Victorian based operations can offer their employees a free Health Check.

If you are registered with WorkSafe and have less than $10 million in payroll you can receive these onsite worker health checks for free.  If your payroll bill is greater than $10 million then WorkSafe will reimburse $30 per worker towards the total cost of these health checks.

Click on the relevant section:

How to secure your WorkHealth - worker health checks

Why choose Ford Health for your WorkHealth program?

What is the Worker Health Check?

Is your organisation eligible?

WorkPlace Health Promotion Grants

How to secure your WorkHealth - worker health checks

• To download an application form click here
• To nominate Ford Health use the PROMOTIONAL CODE 1005

Why choose Ford Health for your WorkHealth Program?

1. Every participant of a Ford Health delivered health check will receive the following:

   • Personalised Health booklet - Your WorkHealth Check
   • Relevant Fact Sheets
2. Access to 12 tool box health talks via the Ford Health e-Learning portal - download a summary of the 12 topics that can be rolled out each month (PDF 24KB)
3. Organisation's receiving the reimbursement of $30 will also receive the following:

   • mychallenge - a 10 week exercise challenge that encourages staff to create teams of 4 and commit to exercising the equivalent of 10,000 steps per day, click here to learn more.
   • myhealth - a 12 month support program that allows the participant to take the biometric data collected at the worker health check and create an online health profile.  This profile will provide relevant referral letters to GP's, a health goal setting program and support programs that drive relevant behavioural change over 12 months.
4. Services conducted by Ford Health are FBT exempt.
5. To deliver greater returns to employers all Melbourne participants of a Worker Health Check are offered a 4 week fitness program with Melbourne Personal Training (includes up to 12 face to face exercise sessions).
6. All participants are offered a 12 month health education program which includes 52 bulletins at no extra charge.
7. Guaranteed 15 minute health check for employees (some health checks will go for 20 minutes if employee requires extra time).
8. Both hard copy and online booking schedule to ensure the minimum hassle factor for your onsite program.
9. Organisation's with staff outside Victoria will access the same prices via our National Service - however staff outside Victoria will not be refunded by WorkSafe grants.

What is the Worker Health Check?

The Worker Health Checks (WHC) provides information and advice to inform workers of their risk of chronic disease including:

• Modifiable risk factors - blood pressure, blood glucose, blood cholesterol, waist circumference (obesity), diet, physical activity, smoking and alcohol consumption.
• Non-modifiable risk factors - age, gender, ethnicity, personal and family medical history.

The WHC comprises of a 15 minute (on average) check with a health professional.  It features:

• A brief self-assessment questionnaire (WorkHealth Questionnaire), which is completed by the worker prior to the WHC and contains questions relating to lifestyle, personal medical history and family history of chronic disease.
• Physical and biomedical measurements including blood pressure, waist circumference, blood cholesterol and blood glucose.
• An assessment of the worker's risks, based on the measurements and questionnaire response.
• Provision of appropriate advice to assist the worker in addressing any risks identified.

During the WHC, the worker is provided with a booklet (Your WorkHealth Check) which includes a record of results, provide explanations of health risk factors and brief advice.  The worker is also provided with verbal advice and additional lifestyle information in the form of Tip Sheets.

Is your organisation eligible?

You need ticks for the following:

• Pay a premium under a WorkSafe Insurance Policy; or
• Are approved by WorkSafe as a self insurer, or
• Are registered in a jurisdiction other than Victoria, but have a WorkSafe Injury Insurance Policy or are a WorkSafe approved self insurer - eligible on behalf of workers in their Victorian operation only.

If you are registered with Comcare you are not eligible for this reimbursement.

WorkPlace Health Promotion Grants

Workplace health promotion grants are one-off funding opportunities for employers to build or expand programs that promote worker health and encourage healthy behaviours in the workplace.

Workplace grants are available to employers who have already offered health checks to the majority of workers in the last two years - as a foundation for ongoing workplace health promotion activities.

The WorkHealth program will fund workplace health promotion activities that:

• Encourage healthy behaviours and improve the health and well-being of people at work; and
• Create a supportive work environment that makes healthy choices easy for workers and encourages them to maintain healthy behaviours in the future.

To be eligible to apply for a workplace grant, you must:

• Have offered health checks to the majority of your workers in the past two years,
• Be a Victorian business or have Victorian based operations, and
• Pay a WorkSafe Injury Insurance premium or be an approved WorkSafe self insurer.

Successful workplace health promotions are designed around the needs of workers and the goals of the business - so no two programs will be the same.  To develop a program an employer may be guided by workforce needs or potentially informed by previous health checks which flag health risks.

Ford Health is happy to assist you through the health promotion grant process.

For more information regarding any aspect of the WorkHealth program contact Ford Health on 1300 660 986 or email info@fordhealth.com.au

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