b'Safety and wellbeing 2018 award recipients were:The safety and wellbeing of children and staff haveTaylor HowardBrighter Futures Central Sydneyalways been a priority. SDN has invested in training staff in safe work practices including online training inAlena KolbabekHuman Resourcesmanual handling, harassment and bullying. Training on safety culture, risk assessments andKhanittha KongmaneeSDN Northern Suburbsinjury management has been rolled out. This includes opportunities for consultation with staff about safety andRebecca LesterSDN Bluebell (now SDN Batemans Bay)promotes a safety culture. The Risk Assessment process isMaria MatuBrighter Futures Central Sydneycurrently being improved to ensure analysis and scoring of risks is completed in a robust manner, thus ensuringAfia NoumanSDN Riverwoodhigher level of compliance and understanding of the risk and controls. Laura PagetSDN Surry HillsCosts of workers compensation claims reduced from the previous year as a result of a reduced numberYasaswini PochareddySDN Surry Hillsof incidents and claims, and robust return to work strategies.Laura SultanaSDN Ultimo201718 201819 Supporting studentsIncidents 220 146 Learning and education is fundamental to SDNs vision, purpose and values, and we encourage and support our Workers Compensation claims 31 22 staff to do further studies by giving them flexibility of working hours and study leave. Lost time injuries 9 10 We supervise students who are training to be early Total Claims Cost ($000s) 107 77 childhood educators, teachers and social workers. During 201819 we supervised 96 students, which was slightly lower than the year before. SDN Learning and Development Awards 89 99 96Each year SDN offers the Learning and Development201617 201718 201819Awards in recognition of staff who continue to develop themselves, both professionally and personally, byIn 201819 we continued to offer traineeships and undertaking further studies whilst working. These awardscurrently have seven trainees across our centres in recognise an employees endeavours in developing theirGoulburn, Belconnen, Surry Hills and Paddington. We skills, knowledge and experience, and their ability to bringhave also recently participated in a new program with this professional development back into the workplace. interns and have recruited three student interns who have settled in so well.38 39'