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Psychosocial hazard kits for community services & not-for-profits
Already done for you.

Not a generic template. Our psychosocial hazard kits for community services and not-for-profits are built around the risks that actually show up across Australian community services and not-for-profits — a researched risk assessment for each of the 17 psychosocial hazards, plus a matrix of 200+ risks for your workplace. Over 200 hours of work, already done.

✓Instant email delivery ✓100% editable ✓20+ industries
Psychosocial hazard kit for community services and not-for-profits — volunteers working together in a community garden

This Digital Compliance Kit is specifically designed for Australian small to medium businesses.


85%Done for you before you open it
200+Hours of work you skip
17Hazard categories covered
37SOPs & policies pre-filled
Your responsibility as a business owner

Four duties, in this order — and each one has to be written down

1

Identify

Find every psychosocial hazard present in your work — all 17 categories, not just the obvious ones.

Evidence: hazard register
2

Assess

Rate the likelihood and consequence of each hazard for your workers, your sites and your shifts.

Evidence: risk assessment
3

Control

Eliminate the risk, or minimise it as far as reasonably practicable using the hierarchy of controls.

Evidence: SOPs & policies
4

Review

Consult your workers, check the controls are working, and review after any incident or change.

Evidence: review log
Miss any one of the four and the duty is not discharged. The kits give you the written evidence for all four.

What's inside the community services & not-for-profit psychosocial hazard kits

The risk kit is over 200 hours of research and writing, already done. The SOPs & policies kit is 50+ hours — the controls, written down and ready to issue, and free with the risk kit for the first 100 businesses. Delivered by email as editable files.

Risk assessments kit

17 assessments · 100+ pages

200+ hours of research and writing, done

$699one-off, instant delivery

  • A complete risk assessment for each of the 17 psychosocial hazards
  • 5–6 pages each — hazard, rating and controls pre-filled
  • A matrix of 200+ researched risks for your industry
SOPs & policies kit

37 SOPs & Policies · 150+ pages

50+ hours of research and writing, done

$499one-off, instant delivery

  • 37 pre-filled SOPs and policies to edit, adjust or implement as they are
  • The crucial policy documentation supporting your compliance
  • Manager training and implementation guide
Launch offer — free SOPs kit ($499)

The first 100 businesses to buy the risk assessments kit receive the SOPs & policies kit free.

SOPs & policies kit — free

Both kits for $699 instead of $1,198. You save $499

Included either way

Hierarchy of controls training pack and the 90-day compliance pathway.

Starting from scratch

×Research and identify hazards
×Write 17 risk assessments
×Build control measures
×Develop training content
×Work out where to start and in what order

200+ hours of work

After SafeWize

✓Hazards already identified for community services and not-for-profits
✓17 risk assessments written and rated
✓A matrix of 200+ researched risks for your industry
✓Hierarchy of controls training included
✓90-day pathway to compliance

An afternoon of editing

Choose your kit

The community & not-for-profit kit.

One kit covering the way community organisations actually work — client trauma exposure, caseloads beyond capacity, lone visits, volunteer supervision and the insecurity that comes with grant-cycle funding. Seventeen risk assessments, written for frontline community work rather than an office.

Start here if you run the organisation

Community & not-for-profit sector kit

For CEOs, service managers, coordinators and WHS leads across community services, charities and not-for-profits. 17 hazard categories written around frontline community work — client trauma exposure, caseload volume, lone visits, volunteer supervision.

Get the sector kit

Need a kit for a specific service type? Tell us — purchase the industry kit and we will build yours for you.

Request your kit

Why an industry-specific psychosocial hazard kit matters

Regulators expect controls based on the actual risk profile of the work — not generic statements. A template that could belong to any business is exactly what fails an audit.

Community & Not-for-Profit kit covers
Exposure to client trauma and crisis disclosures
Chronic underfunding and workload beyond capacity
Lone work during outreach and home visits
Aggression from clients in crisis
Emotional demands of advocacy work
Grant-cycle job insecurity
A generic template covers
"Workload"
"Bullying and harassment"
"Poor support"
"Refer to the EAP"

Nothing an inspector can't see through.

Coming November 2026

Buying a kit now costs you nothing later.

Our full compliance system launches in November 2026. The $699 you spend on a kit today comes off it in full — so there's no reason to wait out your obligations.

Today
$699 — risk assessment kit

Done for you. 200+ hours of work you skip, documentation ready this week.

November
Upgrade to the full system

The complete compliance system — with your full $699 credited toward it.

Launch offer — first 100 businesses

The SOPs & Policies Kit, free.

First 100 businesses only. Buy the $699 risk kit and the full SOPs & Policies Kit — valued $499 — comes with it.

✓37 editable SOPs and policies — free
✓"Hard Conversations" workplace poster
✓Worker consultation survey pack
Community & Not-for-Profit industry kit
$699

One-time payment, instant email delivery. SOPs & Policies Kit ($499) included free.

Claim the free SOPs kit

Bonus ends once 100 businesses have claimed it.

Psychosocial hazard requirements for Australian community services and not-for-profits

Under the model Work Health and Safety Regulations, a person conducting a business or undertaking must identify psychosocial hazards, eliminate the risk so far as is reasonably practicable, and where elimination is not possible, minimise the risk using control measures. Since 1 December 2025 these duties have been enforceable in every Australian state and territory. From 1 July 2026, NSW businesses must comply with the approved Code of Practice: Managing psychosocial hazards at work or demonstrate an equivalent standard.

Regulators expect control measures based on the actual risk profile of the work. Generic statements do not satisfy the duty, and higher-order controls that change the work itself are preferred over controls that ask the worker to cope. For community services and not-for-profits, this means the assessment must address the hazards that arise in your workplace rather than describing workplace stress in the abstract.

Psychosocial hazards specific to community services and not-for-profits

Community services and not-for-profit work concentrates psychosocial risk in the client relationship while removing the resources to manage it. Workers absorb trauma disclosures, crisis and grief as the ordinary content of the job, and vicarious trauma accumulates without an incident to report. Funding structures create a double bind: caseloads exceed capacity because demand is unfunded, and raising it risks the acquittal. Grant cycles produce genuine job insecurity on a rolling basis, which is a recognised psychosocial hazard rather than merely a career inconvenience. Outreach and home-visiting work is frequently done alone, sometimes in volatile circumstances, and mission-driven cultures make workers reluctant to name limits because the need is real and visible.

The 17 psychosocial hazards covered

SafeWize community services kits include a separate risk assessment for each recognised psychosocial hazard, approximately 5 to 6 pages per hazard, with the hazard described in your industry's language, the risk rated, and controls selected and mapped to the hierarchy of controls. The full list is set out on the psychosocial kits page.

What documentation a regulator asks for

In a WHS investigation, documentary evidence determines the outcome. Inspectors typically ask for the psychosocial risk assessment, the control measures selected and their position in the hierarchy of controls, evidence of worker consultation, and records showing controls have been reviewed. A statement that the workplace culture is positive is not a defence and does not appear in an audit trail.

Authoritative sources

The obligations described on this page come from the model WHS Regulations and the psychosocial hazards Code of Practice. The primary sources are published by Safe Work Australia and the state and territory regulators:

Your regulator: SafeWork NSW · WorkSafe Victoria · WorkSafe Queensland · SafeWork SA · WorkSafe WA · WorkSafe Tasmania · WorkSafe ACT · NT WorkSafe · Comcare (Commonwealth)

SafeWize is not a regulator. The kits are compliance documentation, not legal advice. Always check the current requirements with the regulator in your jurisdiction.

Psychosocial hazard kits for community services & not-for-profits — FAQs

Is a psychosocial risk assessment compliant in my state?

The kits are built to the model WHS framework and the psychosocial hazards Code of Practice, which every Australian state and territory now enforces. Enforceable psychosocial duties have applied nationally since 1 December 2025, and NSW businesses must comply with the approved Code of Practice, or demonstrate an equivalent standard, from 1 July 2026.

How much work is left for me to do?

Roughly 15 per cent. You delete what does not apply to your workplace, add your business name and sign off on the controls. Most businesses finish a kit in an afternoon.

Do I still need a WHS consultant?

Not to produce the documentation. The kits provide the risk assessments, the controls matrix, the SOPs and the policies a regulator asks for, which is the part consultants normally bill 500 or more hours to write.

Why does the kit need to be specific to community services and not-for-profits?

Regulators expect control measures based on the actual risk profile of the work rather than generic statements. A template that could belong to any business is the kind of document that fails an audit.

Should I wait for the full compliance system?

No. Psychosocial duties are already enforceable. Buy either kit now and the full amount you paid is credited against the SafeWize compliance system when it launches in November 2026.

Stop starting from scratch.

Done for you. Not generic templates.

Get the community & not-for-profit kit