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Managing the Risks of Psychosocial Hazards at Work
Get your free Digital Badge in Managing the Risks of Psychosocial Hazards at Work. A critical skillset for HR and WHS professionals and leaders.
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Program Overview
Changes to the way workplace mental health is regulated in Australia mean businesses will now (or soon) be required to apply a risk management approach. The first step in this process is to identify reasonably foreseeable psychosocial hazards.
This comprehensive 3-hour digital badge equips you with actionable tools, strategies and best practices to plan and implement an organisation-wide approach to psychosocial risk management.
Managing the risks of psychosocial hazards at work is now a crucial skillset for corporate leaders, HR and WHS managers. This digital badge will enable you to add value to your employer and your career.
What the Program Covers
An introduction to psychological health and safety concepts including psychosocial hazards
An overview of employers’ legal obligations regarding psychological health and safety
Planning for an organisation-wide approach to psychosocial risk management
Case studies, tools and resources for each stage of the risk management process
Just some of the benefits of the program include:
- Evidence-based guidance on managing risks from psychosocial hazards
- Practical strategies to transition your organisation from a reactive to proactive stance concerning psychological health and safety
- Clarity around the paradigm shifts required within organizations
- Understand the bigger conversation, nationally and globally, around mental health and wellbeing and work
- Gain familiarity with Australian work health and safety (WHS) terminology and the changing regulatory landscape
- Understand the difference between compliance and what it means to be a mentally healthy workplace
Who is this program suitable for?
This digital badge is designed for anyone that leads within organisations – senior leaders, HR executives, WHS managers and staff with supervisory responsibilities. To comprehensively address risks to psychological health and safety requires leadership commitment to organisation-wide approaches such as the design of good work and safe systems of work. Line managers also require an understanding of psychosocial hazards to effectively manage work and workplace relationships.
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Managing the Risks of Psychosocial Hazards at Work
When you complete this program, you’ll be issued with a Managing the Risks of Psychosocial Hazards at Work Digital Badge by Well Excel.
A digital badge is a form of digital credential (also known as ‘micro-credential’) that can be verified/validated online. A digital badge signals your achievement to potential employers and stakeholders, as they are able to verify your learning/skill acquisition outcomes in real-time, over the web.
Program Curriculum
Chapter 1
Chapter 1 unpacks core concepts from research into mental health and wellbeing such as the role of social determinants including work. The aim is to understand the drivers and context, both nationally and globally, for recent regulatory changes in Australia and to identify paradigm shifts in thinking leaders might need to make.
Chapter 2
Chapter 2 provides an overview of the legal obligations workplaces have in relation to managing psychosocial hazards. This chapter will be of particular relevance to leaders who are unfamiliar with WHS laws, WHS terminology and psychological health and safety principles.
Chapter 3
Chapter 3 makes the argument for moving beyond compliance with the WHS obligations (preventing harm) towards best practice (promoting mental health). It outlines the who, what, why and foundations of mentally healthy workplaces. This chapter also identifies core principles for change and provides step-by-step planning advice for an organization-wide approach.
Chapter 4
Chapter 4 is a comprehensive how-to guide for psychosocial risk management in the workplace. It covers common psychosocial hazards, practical methods for their identification, tools and strategies for conducting risk assessments, how to select control measures and review whether they are working, and recording the risk management process and outcomes.
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Frequently asked questions
This course is accessible online, on-demand, via the Well Excel learning platform. As a course participant, you’ll create your own login and be able to access content and progress at any time.
The course duration is 3 hours. This is based on the average time it takes to read the course content.
Upon registration, you’ll have lifetime access to all course content. Upon completing the course, you'll also have ongoing access to your Digital Badge, issued via the global Badgr Platform.
The course includes 10 multiple-choice, competency-based quiz questions designed to enhance your learning and help you apply your knowledge to practical scenarios. You are required to attain the minimum 80% competence rate to receive your Digital Badge (if you don’t initially attain the minimum pass, you will be able to review and re-submit your answers).
As this is a free program, we ask you not to share your login or the course’s learning materials with peers or colleagues. Instead, share the link to this page, and invite them to register (this will also allow them to access their own Digital Badges upon completing the program).
Well Excel is an enterprise platform that helps organisations craft psychologically safe workplaces, while advancing individual employee wellbeing and development. Get in touch with us to learn more.
Yes, Well Excel subscription (available to organisations) includes access to a range of digital badges and other text and video-based learning resources developed by global experts. Well Excel programs cover topics such as psychological health & safety, job design, leadership, workplace culture, mental health, employee personal and professional development, and much more. Contact us to learn more.