An Authorised Person has the lawful authority to direct unwelcome visitors to leave ACT Government premises. This fact sheet will provide information on:

• What is the meaning of an Authorised Person? 
• Who is an Authorised Person?
• How an Authorised Person is appointed?
• Why does a person need to be authorised when directing people to leave ACT Government premises?

The impact of many relationships, linkages and associations can be subjective. Therefore, an individual staff member’s own judgement is not to be relied on exclusively in determining a conflict of interest. What is important may not be what the staff member thinks, but what a reasonable and independent observer would think or conclude knowing all the facts. This is why personal relationships must be declared. The purpose of this policy is to inform JACS employees of their responsibilities in relation to the declaration of any conflict of interest, whether perceived, potential or actual. The objective is to ensure that the…

The Justice and Community Safety Directorate (JACS) is committed to providing a workplace which is flexible, supportive and safe. To assist employees to balance their work and personal commitments, JACS offers a short-term space for employees who need to attend to the needs of children and dependants, as their carer. A designated Carers’ Room provides the opportunity for work continuity under specific circumstances at the workplace while reducing the stress often associated with unpredictable and/or short term caring circumstances. This guideline provides information for the use of the JACS Carers’ Room.

The purpose of this guideline is to provide the Justice and Community Safety Directorate, Work Health and Safety (WHS) duty holders with a structured process to resolve WHS issues that cannot be resolved through existing processes and structures for WHS consultation. For example, when individual discussions held between management representatives, health and safety representatives and the WHS committee structures are unable to resolve a WHS issue

The purpose of this guideline is to provide Work Health and Safety (WHS) Duty Holders with guidance in preventing and managing the risks associated with remote or isolated work in the workplace.

The purpose of this guideline is to provide the Work Health and Safety duty holders with guidance on managing animals in the workplace and minimising risks of zoonoses, allergens, aggression, harm and damage caused by animals in the workplace.

These Guidelines provide the process for formally recognising employees for their achievements and outstanding contributions in their areas of work.

This fact sheet contains information pertaining to the Directorate’s policy in terms of recruitment Selection Committees, mandatory recruitment and staff selection training and also selection committee requirements set out in the Public Sector Management Standards 2016 (PSMS).

The Five Whys RCA model is a simple, effective, easily accessible root cause analysis tool which, if used effectively, can improve accident/ incident investigation and assist in the improvement of work practices, operational procedures and workplace safety culture.

An assurance checklist for WHS management in the Justice and Community Safety Directorate