How-To Guide: Health and Safety Champions
What are health and safety champions?
The 2015 National Agreement calls for every UBT to have a health and safety champion, helping create a safe, healthy and vibrant workplace. Are you a champion?
UBT health and safety champions will:
- Help their teams improve health and safety
- Be role models for their colleagues and KP’s members
- Have fun and make a difference!
Learn more by reading the What Are UBT Health and Safety Champions flier and the Frequently Asked Questions document.
Already a champion?
We help you by providing a new activity every month to do with your team, and a flier about it will be posted here. Or, look through past months for additional activities!
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Want to Be a Champion?
- What Are UBT Health and Safety Champions? This poster lists duties of UBT health and safety champions.
- Be a UBT Health and Safety Champion Every team needs a health and safety champion.
- FAQs About UBT Health and Safety Champions What's the champions' role? Get your questions answered.
- Tracking Health and Safety Champions Hints for using UBT Tracker for health and safety champions.
- UBT Health and Safety Champions Reference Guide Become a spark plug for change in your department.
Activity Fliers
- Health and Safety Champions — November 2021 Defend yourself against stress and loneliness by practicing gratitude.
- Health and Safety Champions — October 2021 Focus Using proper body mechanics can protect you from harm.
- Health and Safety Champions — September 2021 Focus Get vaccinated and stay up to date on your health screenings.
- Health and Safety Champions — August 2021 Focus Make your workplace safer by speaking up.
- Health and Safety Champions — July 2021 Focus Build team morale by showing gratitude for one another.
- Health and Safety Champions — June 2021 Focus What's the biggest risk for injury in your department? Have a conversation to find out.
- Health and Safety Champions — May 2021 Focus Feeling stressed? Take a deep breath and relax with these anxiety-reducing tips.
- Health and Safety Champions — April 2021 Focus Be calm and learn how to reduce the risk for workplace violence.
- Health and Safety Champions — March 2021 Focus Harness your inner strength by setting intentions.
- Health and Safety Champions — February 2021 Focus Maintain your circle of safety and watch out for hazards.
- Health and Safety Champions — January 2021 Focus Play with your food and strengthen your immune system.
- 2020 fliers Champion fliers from 2020.
- 2019 Fliers Fliers from 2019.
More Resources
- Supporting UBT Health and Safety Champions: Action Guide Get the most out of your rounding conversations with champions.
- UBT Health and Safety Champions PowerPoint Template Build a culture of health and safety with this slide deck.
- UBT Health and Safety Champions Word Template Inspire a culture of health and safety with this template.
- Speaking Up Keeps Us Safe Ideas that will encourage your teammates to voice ideas.
- 3 Essential Tips for Workplace Safety Identify and banish workplace hazards.
- Workplace Safety [KP intranet] Visit the national Workplace Safety site for tools and information on eliminating all causes of work-related injuries and illnesses.
- Instant Recess [HRconnect] Looking for a fun and easy way to fit physical activity into your team's workday? The Instant Recess toolkit tells you how.
- Go KP [KP intranet] Go KP is a program for Kaiser Permanente employees that helps us move more, eat well and thrive!