5 The Victorian context 1:3emergency service workers experience high or very high psychological distress 15% of all mental injury claims come from emergency service workers $389kaverage mental injury claim cost. Scheme generally $244k Only 37% of people with a mental injury claim are back at work in six months – below scheme average More people than ever before are so severely injured they do not return to work following a work cover claim Data sourced from Answering the Call 2018 & WorkSafe 2024. ES sector defined by WorkSafe as Fire Rescue Victoria, Ambulance Victoria, Victoria Police, Victoria State Emergency Service Authority and Country Fire Authority 139,000paid and volunteer emergency service workers 100,000volunteers 2.9 million calls annually to 000 Increasing emergency frequency and severity Aging workforce and growing attrition Data sourced from Triple Zero Vic and ESF 27studies undertaken by ESF to build knowledge and evidence in the first six years 6key programs developed by ESF through translated knowledge Around 3000people connected through ESF to share and learn over two years 60locations reached by ESF over three years with mental health literacy program 27forums provided by ESF for sector mental health leaders to develop and share knowledge and wisdom annually Data sourced from ESF
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