For the past three consecutive years, when surveyed, all staff have nominated mental health as the number one priority for our firm’s engagement and corporate social responsibility focus. Mental Health is a contributing factor for many issues faced by Australians. In recognition of this, our annual staff and partner survey consistently demonstrates our desire to ensure that we show our support to assisting each other and organisations that support those that experience mental illness, health challenges, closely followed by Children and those experiencing homelessness.

The major community programs we support each year are listed below. Beyond fundraising, our focus is on educating and bringing to light the stories of our own people managing adversity and showing resilience.

• Vinnies CEO Sleepout and soup vans
• Liptember
• Movember
• Black Dog Institute
• Fitted For Work
• Starlight Foundation
• RUOK? Day
• OzHarvest Australia

BOLD Framework

Our tailored learning framework BOLD (Building Our Leadership and Development) framework clarifies behaviour and capability expectations of our employees at every level. Our programs are purpose built and tailored to our people, their profession and their personal interests.

Our BOLD Capability & Development Framework is used to support:

• Lateral and campus recruitment endeavours
• Performance appraisal processes
• The identification the requirements for your role
• Focused learning & development activities including encouraging you to take more responsibility for your own development, and
• Talent management efforts which help prepare our leaders for success.

Chartered Accountant (CA) Program

Your CA is our CA – as part of our Graduate program, we pay for incoming Grads to complete your CA and provide you with the required study leave.

LinkedIn Learning

E-learning is becoming a great choice for many of us – we can choose the time and place of our learning and learn at a pace that suits our commitments, both at work and at home. We encourage our people to engage in new thinking and tools as a positive way to break up their day and bring fresh ideas and thoughts to day-to-day work.

The Wellness Wing

Our dedicated health & wellbeing program is a holistic program that focuses on one key aspect of wellbeing per season.

• Summer: physical wellbeing
• Autumn: financial wellbeing
• Winter: occupational wellbeing
• Spring: mental wellbeing

Mission: The Wellness Wing focuses on enhancing the health and wellbeing of our people and create a workplace culture of health.

Employee Assistance Program: Assure

At SW we have partnered with Assure to provide support for and improve the mental health and wellbeing of our people and staff.

Assure is one of Australia’s leading mental health organisations and take a holistic model of counselling, wellbeing coaching and evidence-based development programs to assist individuals, teams and organisations across the entire mental wellbeing spectrum.

Diversity and inclusion are very important to our people and our firm. We recruit and select employees on the basis of merit (such as skills, experience or ability to perform the role), regardless of age, race, gender, religion, marital status and family responsibilities, or disability.

Due to the inherent nature of our diversity, inclusion is paramount for the success of our firm and our culture and this is based on respect, a desire to understand and a commitment to act where possible. Our strong firm values support this and are embedded in our everyday behaviours. As a value-led firm, we demonstrate this through our quarterly award recognition program, and formally through our formal review process. As our values are quite unique, the vernacular is also part of our firm language, instilling a greater sense of understanding and an ability to manage difficult conversations, while also celebrating wonderful achievements. We believe this assists in breaking down barriers and ensuring that every voice can be heard and respected. Our values are: Love your work, Own it, Share the load, Embrace the ride and Open doors.

SW acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

RAP ID: RAP – 029696

Our teams are driving an agenda through our sustainability focus to support clients understanding of their supply chain impacts, consider the adoption of voluntary disclosure and realise their wider impact on the world.

We appreciate that for our clients, it is important that we demonstrate that we understand their stakeholders, with respect to communities, indigenous peoples’ and human rights. At all times, our team, will be of aware of and comply with any human rights commitments and in doing so, respect your communities.

Volunteer’s day

Our staff and partners have the opportunity to take an Annual Volunteers Day, where they can select a registered charity of business and participate in any relevant activity.