Court Officers' Fraud and Corruption Advanced Course

Session 4: Registrar/ Court Officer Wellbeing.

Presentation by Jodie Burns and Joanne Wilson, Judicial Registrars of Federal Court of Australia on Vicarious trauma training and Judicial/Court Officer Wellbeing at the Advanced Managing and Reporting on Fraud and Corruption Cases Workshop held in Honiara 18-20 June 2024.

The presentation covers:

Understanding psychosocial workplace risks
How to recognise psychosocial risks such as vicarious trauma (VT) signs and symptoms?
Vicarious trauma in courts
Overview of legislation governing vicarious trauma
Vicarious trauma in Australian Cases
Raising awareness and preventing harm

Presentation

Registrar/Court Officer Wellbeing: Vicarious trauma training and Judicial/Court Officer Wellbeing | (PDF, 893KB)

Registrar/Court officer wellbeing Vicarious trauma training

Readings

Fiji:

Health and Safety at Work Act 1996 (paclii.org)

Public Health Act (paclii.org)

Public Safety Act (paclii.org)

Federated States of Micronesia:

Public Health, Safety and Welfare [Title 41] (paclii.org)

Kiribati:

Occupational Health and Safety Act 2015 (paclii.org)

Occupational Health and Safety (Amendment) Act 2018 (paclii.org)

Marshall Islands:

Public Health, Safety and Welfare Act [7 MIRC Ch.1] (paclii.org)

Nauru:

No explicit public or occupational health and safety legislation. Instead, it is built into specific industry-oriented acts – i.e. Rescue and Fire Services Act; Food Safety Act; Domestic Violence and Family Protection Act; Civil Aviation Act; Education Act etc.

Palau:

Public Health, Safety and Welfare - Title 34 (paclii.org)

Papua New Guinea:

Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act 1991 (paclii.org)

Public Health Act (paclii.org)

Public Health (Amendment) Act 2020 (paclii.org)

Industrial Safety, Health and Welfare Regulation 1965 (paclii.org)

Samoa:

Occupational Safety and Health Act 2002 (paclii.org)

Solomon Islands:

Safety at Work Act (paclii.org)

Tokelau: