Guides Trauma, peer support and psychosocial risk Australia

Guides on trauma exposure, peer support and psychosocial risk

CaseNote | Every exposure counts

Practical, source-linked guides for the people who run peer support programs, wellbeing and mental health services, and psychosocial risk management in Australian organisations, especially where the work exposes people to traumatic events. Each guide cites its sources and says plainly where the evidence is thin.

Trauma exposure in emergency services

For organisations whose people attend traumatic events as part of the job.

  • Cumulative trauma in emergency services

    What repeated exposure to traumatic events does over a career, what the evidence does and does not show, and what a proactive organisational response looks like.

  • Tracking potentially traumatic events

    How to design and run an exposure register that supports people rather than surveilling them, mapped to the December 2025 good practice principles.

  • First responder mental health statistics

    The key Australian figures on police and emergency services mental health, each traced to its primary source, with what each number can and cannot tell you.

Peer support

For coordinators designing, running or reviewing a workplace peer support program.

  • Designing a peer support program

    Goals, selection, training, the peer and clinical boundary, confidentiality, looking after the peers themselves, and how to show the program is working.

Psychosocial risk and the law

For WHS, safety and people leaders managing psychosocial hazards under Australian law.

  • Psychosocial hazards at work

    The 14 common psychosocial hazards in Safe Work Australia's model code, the four-step risk management process, consultation, and what good records look like.

  • Psychosocial codes of practice by state

    The psychosocial code or compliance code in each Australian jurisdiction, its legal status, and where NSW, Queensland and Victoria differ from the model.

  • ISO 45003 explained

    What the international guideline on psychological health and safety covers, how it fits with ISO 45001 and Australian law, and how to apply it.

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