Regional Youth Support Services.
Published: January 11, 2018
This episode of Small Business State of mind features Kim McLoughry from Regional Youth Support Services (RYSS). Kim talks about the pride she has in her employees, and how investment in great staff leads to an engaging and productive workplace. Kim emphasises the importance of building a mentally healthy workplace to ensure all employees feel supported and engaged.
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We're one of the leaders of the youth services
here on the Central Coast
I take great pride in that
and we get really good results with the kids we've got
and that's because we've got great staff
great workers
they're very engaging they're fantastic communicators
they're very passionate about what they do
and they're very skilled we've got a fairly high level
of skills and qualifications in our agency
which is a really good thing
So working out here in community we have to create
those safety mechanisms ourselves
it's that constant surveillance
it's listening, hearing, observing what's going on
it's that constant monitoring
and being able to respond to things fairly promptly
preventing things wherever you can
is a really important thing around safety
because this is about human safety, it's mental
health
yeah, we've got trip hazards and the physical hazard
stuff but it's really our concern most of the time
is more around people and behaviour and health
My advice would be select your staff carefully
and thoughtfully
maintaining your staff really well and keeping
a really healthy culture in your business