Professional Practice in Psychological Health and Safety

Overview

Learn the history and key concepts behind psychological health and safety (PH&S). You’ll be introduced to how PH&S differs from other approaches to workplace mental health, how it fits within a best practice approach and key standards and legislation that provide guidance on how to prevent psychological harm and promote employee mental wellbeing.

Practice:

Perform a gap analysis of your current mental health at work strategy and identify key metrics.

Overview

Discover the history of psychosocial risk assessment, from early attempts to define the experience of work, to the latest applications of technology and human factors to identify hazards and assess risk at scale. Become familiar with the methods and tools available to conduct a quantitative risk assessment and how to choose the correct approach for different applications.

Practice:

Conduct a quantitative psychosocial risk assessment survey with a small team.

Overview

Discover how the hierarchy of controls can be adapted to be more suited to psychosocial hazards, with a particular focus on work redesign. Become familiar with key theories relating to work design including self-determination theory and job demands and job resources. Learn about qualitative worker consultation methods, especially focus group planning and facilitation.

Practice:

Consult further with workers in focus groups to better understand survey results and identify possible controls to address these.

Overview

In the final lecture, bring together your learning and practical experience over the 12-weeks and discover how to scale your approach in a large and complex organisation and embed into business as usual. Learn how to effectively communicate with company leaders and demonstrate safety assurance on psychosocial risk management.

Practice:

Reflect on your learning and consider what steps to take to scale your impact.