Enjoy the full interview with Organisational Psychologist Rachael Palmer, where we discuss some of the considerations surrounding shift work and mental health.

About Make the Shift:
Make the Shift is a podcast produced as part of the Working Well in Wellington Toolkit, a toolkit designed to help shift workers and their employers develop and implement ways to ensure their mental health. For more information about the project, and to download the toolkit, visit maketheshift.org.au.

To find out more about the development of the Working Well in Wellington project, take a listen to the bonus episode of this podcast: Behind Working Well in Wellington. You can also listen to the full interviews with our experts in your podcast feed.

This podcast, and the toolkit, was produced by Wellington Primary Care Partnership, and funded by WorkSafe's WorkWell Mental Health Improvement Fund.

This podcast was recorded and produced in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gunaikurnai and Bunurong peoples.
Audio production by Jet Streamer (jetstreamer.com.au).
Voiced by Chris Plumridge.

For more episodes, search for "Make the Shift" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you get your podcasts.

Enjoy the full interview with Dr. Jade Murray from Monash University, where we discuss the impact of shift work on sleep. You can hear Jade featured in Episode 3 of Make the Shift.

About Make the Shift:
Make the Shift is a podcast produced as part of the Working Well in Wellington Toolkit, a toolkit designed to help shift workers and their employers develop and implement ways to ensure their mental health. For more information about the project, and to download the toolkit, visit maketheshift.org.au.

To find out more about the development of the Working Well in Wellington project, take a listen to the bonus episode of this podcast: Behind Working Well in Wellington. You can also listen to the full interviews with our experts in your podcast feed.

This podcast, and the toolkit, was produced by Wellington Primary Care Partnership, and funded by WorkSafe's WorkWell Mental Health Improvement Fund.

This podcast was recorded and produced in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gunaikurnai and Bunurong peoples.
Audio production by Jet Streamer (jetstreamer.com.au).
Voiced by Chris Plumridge.

For more episodes, search for "Make the Shift" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you get your podcasts.

Enjoy the full interview with Associate Professor Nicky Ridgers from Deakin University, where we discuss the impact of shift work on physical activity levels. You can hear Nicky featured in Episode 4 of Make the Shift.

About Make the Shift:
Make the Shift is a podcast produced as part of the Working Well in Wellington Toolkit, a toolkit designed to help shift workers and their employers develop and implement ways to ensure their mental health. For more information about the project, and to download the toolkit, visit maketheshift.org.au.

To find out more about the development of the Working Well in Wellington project, take a listen to the bonus episode of this podcast: Behind Working Well in Wellington. You can also listen to the full interviews with our experts in your podcast feed.

This podcast, and the toolkit, was produced by Wellington Primary Care Partnership, and funded by WorkSafe's WorkWell Mental Health Improvement Fund.

This podcast was recorded and produced in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gunaikurnai and Bunurong peoples.
Audio production by Jet Streamer (jetstreamer.com.au).
Voiced by Chris Plumridge.

For more episodes, search for "Make the Shift" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you get your podcasts.

Enjoy the full interview with Associate Professor Maxine Bonham from Deakin University, where we discuss the impact of shift work on nutrition. You can hear Maxine featured in Episode 3 of Make the Shift.

About Make the Shift:
Make the Shift is a podcast produced as part of the Working Well in Wellington Toolkit, a toolkit designed to help shift workers and their employers develop and implement ways to ensure their mental health. For more information about the project, and to download the toolkit, visit maketheshift.org.au.

To find out more about the development of the Working Well in Wellington project, take a listen to the bonus episode of this podcast: Behind Working Well in Wellington. You can also listen to the full interviews with our experts in your podcast feed.

This podcast, and the toolkit, was produced by Wellington Primary Care Partnership, and funded by WorkSafe's WorkWell Mental Health Improvement Fund.

This podcast was recorded and produced in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gunaikurnai and Bunurong peoples.
Audio production by Jet Streamer (jetstreamer.com.au).
Voiced by Chris Plumridge.

For more episodes, search for "Make the Shift" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you get your podcasts.

In this bonus episode of Make the Shift, we'll take a look at the Working Well in Wellington program. We'll chat to Helen and Linda about the program's purpose and origins, discuss some of the science behind the theory, and let you into the research process that ulitmately produced the Working Well in Wellington toolkit, and the Make the Shift podcast.

Experts featured in this episode:

• Helen McAdam, retired Social Worker and Working Well in Wellington program instigator
• Linda Hunt, Working Well in Wellington Project Manager
• Scott Rebecca, Manager: Health Services and Wellbeing at Saputo Dairy Australia

About Make the Shift:
Make the Shift is a podcast produced as part of the Working Well in Wellington Toolkit, a toolkit designed to help shift workers and their employers develop and implement ways to ensure their mental health. For more information about the project, and to download the toolkit, visit maketheshift.org.au.

To find out more about the development of the Working Well in Wellington project, take a listen to the bonus episode of this podcast: Behind Working Well in Wellington. You can also listen to the full interviews with our experts in your podcast feed.

This podcast, and the toolkit, was produced by Wellington Primary Care Partnership, and funded by WorkSafe's WorkWell Mental Health Improvement Fund.

This podcast was recorded and produced in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gunaikurnai and Bunurong peoples.
Audio production by Jet Streamer (jetstreamer.com.au).
Voiced by Chris Plumridge.

For more episodes, search for "Make the Shift" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you get your podcasts.

Juggling family life and shift work can be hard. The odd hours, the uncertainty of shifts and rostering, scheduling around or missing important events, coupled with the demands of running a family life can make combining the two incredibly difficult. And what's worse, levels of tension between the demands of your family and those of your workplace is a big influence on your level of mental health at work...

In this episode, we look at the very nature of that juggling act that so many shift working parents perform every day. We speak to family members to understand how shift work affects them, and take a look at what shift working parents and employers can implement to prevent having to choose between job and family.

Experts featured in this episode:

• Helen McAdam, retired Social Worker and Working Well in Wellington program instigator
• Dr. Jade Murray, Monash University (sleep)
• Associate Professor Maxine Bonham, Deakin University (nutrition)
• Linda Hunt, Working Well in Wellington Project Manager
• Julie, Graduate Nurse at Central Gippsland Health
• Alyssa and Marley (Julie's daughters)
• Scott Rebecca, Manager: Health Services and Wellbeing at Saputo Dairy Australia

About Make the Shift:
Make the Shift is a podcast produced as part of the Working Well in Wellington Toolkit, a toolkit designed to help shift workers and their employers develop and implement ways to ensure their mental health. For more information about the project, and to download the toolkit, visit maketheshift.org.au.

To find out more about the development of the Working Well in Wellington project, take a listen to the bonus episode of this podcast: Behind Working Well in Wellington. You can also listen to the full interviews with our experts in your podcast feed.

This podcast, and the toolkit, was produced by Wellington Primary Care Partnership, and funded by WorkSafe's WorkWell Mental Health Improvement Fund.

This podcast was recorded and produced in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gunaikurnai and Bunurong peoples.
Audio production by Jet Streamer (jetstreamer.com.au).
Voiced by Chris Plumridge.

For more episodes, search for "Make the Shift" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you get your podcasts.

FIFO (Fly-In, Fly-Out), and DIDO (Drive-In, Drive Out) work is quite well known in Australia, across industries that include mining, or more commonly in Wellington Shire, oil and gas. It's also developed a bit of a reputation for being pretty hard on your mental health. So is it really all bad? And is it true that some people just aren't 'cut out' for FIFO work? Maybe. But there's a lot more factors at play...

In this episode, we chat to FIFO workers and their family members about the effects of FIFO/DIDO work on mental health and family life. We also look at what employers can do to safeguard the mental health of their FIFO/DIDO workers, and help their workers enjoy the advantages of working FIFO, too.

Experts featured in this episode:

• Daniel, FIFO worker (mining)
• Danny, FIFO worker (oil and gas)
• FIFO worker family members: Jac and Milla
• Linda Hunt, Working Well in Wellington Project Manager and FIFO worker family member
• Dr. Jade Murray, Monash University (sleep expert)
• Helen McAdam, retired Social Worker and Working Well in Wellington program instigator

About Make the Shift:
Make the Shift is a podcast produced as part of the Working Well in Wellington Toolkit, a toolkit designed to help shift workers and their employers develop and implement ways to ensure their mental health. For more information about the project, and to download the toolkit, visit maketheshift.org.au.

To find out more about the development of the Working Well in Wellington project, take a listen to the bonus episode of this podcast: Behind Working Well in Wellington. You can also listen to the full interviews with our experts in your podcast feed.

This podcast, and the toolkit, was produced by Wellington Primary Care Partnership, and funded by WorkSafe's WorkWell Mental Health Improvement Fund.

This podcast was recorded and produced in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gunaikurnai and Bunurong peoples.
Audio production by Jet Streamer (jetstreamer.com.au).

There are four protective factors that we can use to think about shift worker mental health: sleeping, eating, exercise, and socialise. We covered sleeping and eating last episode, and this episode covers the next two: exercising and socialising.

With a shift worker's concept of time often slightly skewed compared to your average nine-to-five worker, it can be hard to keep up with your sleep and your social life. We take a look at some of the forces that can cause a shift worker's good sleeping habits to go out the window, and some of the difficulties in maintaining a social life when it seems like you're on a completely different schedule to everyone else. You'll hear from our experts about some tips that employers and shift workers can use to get good sleep and maintain an active social life outside of work.

Experts featured in this episode:

• Helen McAdam, retired Social Worker and Working Well in Wellington program instigator (socialise)
• Associate Professor Nicky Ridgers, Deakin University (exercise)
• Linda Hunt, Working Well in Wellington Project Manager
• Julie, Graduate Nurse at Central Gippsland Health
• Scott Rebecca, Manager: Health Services and Wellbeing at Saputo Dairy Australia

About Make the Shift:
Make the Shift is a podcast produced as part of the Working Well in Wellington Toolkit, a toolkit designed to help shift workers and their employers develop and implement ways to ensure their mental health. For more information about the project, and to download the toolkit, visit maketheshift.org.au.

To find out more about the development of the Working Well in Wellington project, take a listen to the bonus episode of this podcast: Behind Working Well in Wellington. You can also listen to the full interviews with our experts in your podcast feed.

This podcast, and the toolkit, was produced by Wellington Primary Care Partnership, and funded by WorkSafe's WorkWell Mental Health Improvement Fund.

This podcast was recorded and produced in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gunaikurnai and Bunurong peoples.
Audio production by Jet Streamer (jetstreamer.com.au).
Voiced by Chris Plumridge.

For more episodes, search for "Make the Shift" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you get your podcasts.