Hi Breanna and the Forum,

The appointment letter sounds like a good idea to recognise their status.

In my previous role we found the same gap with HSRs getting nominated and feeling a bit lost, despite going through the full HSR NZQA training (not always straight away admittedly). I put together a position description and instigated regular 'one on one' catch ups to see if they had achieved their personal and committee objectives, what support they needed, what their highlights or lowlights were. I could see that the HSRs as well as myself as H&S Facilitator valued those discussions.

It's on my radar to implement something similar in my current organisation who have a very basic committee & HSR structure.

If anyone wants a copy you can send me a message.

Cheers
Leighton