Psychological health and safety training
Preventing and minimising risks to psychological health in the workplace makes good business sense. Unmanaged psychosocial hazards can lead to serious human and financial consequences. SafeWork Psychology offers a range of training programs created and facilitated by psychologists including customised train-the-trainer options.
Programs can be delivered virtually or face-to-face allowing you to choose the most suitable delivery for your workplace. Our innovative programs are designed around contemporary adult learning principles, ensuring that your leaders and employees are engaged and equipped with the skills to manage psychological health and safety in their workplace.
Integrated approach to psychological health and safety at work
​Australian work health and safety legislation requires that employers take all reasonable steps to provide safe working environments, including psychological health. This workshop covers the full spectrum of what a psychologically healthy and safe workplace looks like, including:
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the promotion of workplace practices that support positive mental health
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the risk management of psychosocial hazards at work, and
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how to intervene early to signs of distress, as well as supporting the recovery of workers returning after a physical or psychological injury.
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Session Length: Half day program or as negotiated
Target audience: Managers, supervisors, leaders or employees
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A focus on prevention
For Managers and Supervisors
Focussing on prevention, this training provides participants with foundational skills to identify, assess and manage risks to psychological health and safety in the workplace. It is designed to enhance confidence of managers and supervisors to manage work-related psychosocial hazards and understand their legal duties relevant to psychological health and safety. Participants will learn to use the risk management approach for psychological health and safety.
Session Length: 2 or 4 hours
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For Executive Leadership
As above, but with an increased focus on the legislative duties of officers, the critical importance of leaders in psychological health and safety, how to build trust and model appropriate behaviour in the workplace and how to manage risk when the boundaries between work and personal blur.
Session Length: 2 or 4 hours
Common psychosocial hazards at work
This training takes a deep dive into psychosocial hazards at work, and what they may look like in your workplace or industry. This training can be tailored to cover all psychosocial hazards contained within the legislation, or can take a closer look at those that might present as a higher risk in your workplace. Below is a list of common psychosocial hazards to be considered:
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High and/or low job demands
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Low job control
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Poor support
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Low role clarity
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Poor organisational change management
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Low reward and recognition
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Poor organisational justice
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Poor workplace relationships
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Remote or isolated work
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Poor environmental conditions
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Traumatic events
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Violence and aggression
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Bullying
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Harassment including sexual harassment
Session length: Negotiated based on content​
Psychosocial risk management: A 'How to' workshop
This training assists workplaces in the implementation of best-practice risk management for psychosocial hazards in the workplace. Participants will learn how to apply the risk management process, including how to identify hazards, when and how to do a risk assessment (utilising the tool of your choice), how to control identified hazards and how to maintain and review chosen control measures.
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Session Length: Negotiated based on content
Action planning session
An action plan consolidates information from your psychosocial risk assessment and/or focus groups to guide future actions addressing psychosocial hazards in your workplace. The aim of action planning is to establish interventions or ‘controls’ that ensure that workers are protected from risks to their psychological health and safety. These sessions will help staff prioritise identified hazards, focus on a desired end state and agree on necessary steps and resources to achieve their goals.
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Session length: Negotiated based on content
Mental health in the workplace
The training is designed to provide participants with increased understanding of their responsibilities regarding mental health at work, how to identify and respond to individuals in distress and how to protect their own mental health and that of their co-workers.
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Session Length: 2 or 4 hours
Custom training development
Your needs are varied and wide and so is our experience and expertise. Please contact us to discuss requests for tailored training for your workplace.
Get in touch
Feel free to reach out to us for a consultation or any enquiries. We look forward to hearing from you.