Workload Planner is a must to ensure you get paid for your hard-earned overtime!

  29 July 2025

With the new Child Protection Award currently being finalised and taking effect soon, we are urging members to engage in the use of the current Workload Planner (WLP). The culture of dedicated staff continuing to go above and beyond in the work they are allocated, means very little to the wider workforce and importantly – children, young people and families of NSW, if the impacts on your wellbeing are not addressed.

To assist you in setting boundaries and prioritise your workload, to give you tools to say “No” to work you simply do not have the hours to complete – PSA will be running Workload Planner Lunch & Learn sessions both in Community Service Centres (CSCs) and via MS Teams.

The current Workload Planner is easier to use than you might think, and we urge you to put it into action because the fact remains – if it’s not measurable, it’s not manageable. The Workload Planner gives the PSA, and MCS, Directors and EDD, evidence to clearly demonstrate that there are not enough workers to meet the workload.

All Community Services PSA members are invited to attend the upcoming Workload Planner Lunch & Learn to demystify using the Workload Planner to take back control of your workload, not just for you, but for the people who rely on you.

Details

Date Thursday 31 July 2025

Time 12:00pm–2:30pm

Location: Macarthur and Ingleburn CSCs and MS Teams (link below, all Members are welcome to jump on regardless of location or role)

Bring your laptops and have the WLP ready!

Link: Join the meeting now

Meeting ID 441 233 012 027 5

Passcode NC2cG6WS

Download and familiarise yourself with the simple PSA approved Excel Workload Planner HERE

If you would like PSA organisers to run the next Workload Planner Lunch & Learn from your workplace, email Senior Organiser Belinda Tsirekas