Workshop: Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work

Workshop:

Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work

Recent changes to the Commonwealth laws which came into effect on the 1st October 2022, mean that employers are required to manage psychosocial hazards and risks.

This workshop will assist you in developing psychosocial risk management in your service.

The Details -

We offer this workshop in a variety of formats:

Onsite Live Delivery: $355 per person

Online Delivery: $300 per person

Offsite Live Delivery: $395 per person

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Why do you need this workshop?

In October 2022, important changes to Commonwealth work health and safety laws came into place.

The Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation 2022 makes several amendments to the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017 (WHS Regulation)

The Amendment Regulation inserts new provisions on the management of psychosocial risks in the workplace. It defines ‘psychosocial hazard’ and ‘psychosocial risk’ and clarifies the appropriate control measures that persons conducting a business or undertaking are required to implement to manage those risks.

Organisations need to consider and review approaches to managing psychosocial risks and fostering mentally healthy workplaces. This includes engaging and consulting with workers.

What will you learn?

Legal Obligations to meet legislative requirements for managing psychosocial hazards and risks.

What the common psychosocial hazards are at work including occupational violence, role overload, exposure to traumatic events, lack of role clarity, low job control, poor worker relationships, remote and isolated work.

How to identify areas for improvement in the management of Psychosocial hazards and risks in the business/service.

Participants will workshop strategies for the risk management process including consultation, record keeping processes and the use of workplace surveys.

Discussion and content on Psychosocial Risk Management using a mix of good work design, safe systems of work, and suitable and adequate information, training, instruction, and supervision

How to book

To book for yourself, or on behalf of any employees of your organisation please contact Maureen [email protected], or fill out the form below.

Payment is required at the time of booking. Refunds and rescheduling please refer to our Terms and Conditions.

Specific disability requirements, on registering for one of our training sessions please advise if you have any specific disability requirements. Our chosen venues are accessible and staff will assist with access through opening doors, greeting participants at the venue, providing transcript text in online training, any participants that require a carer in attendance please notify on registration so that additional seating can be arranged.

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Legislative Changes Require Your Action.

Booking & attending this workshop equips your business with practical strategies to manage psychosocial risks and ensure compliance with the latest workplace safety legislation.

Mental illness is now the leading cause of sickness absence and long-termwork incapacity in Australia. More workers are absent due to stress and anxiety than flu and other physical illnesses or injuries. Mental illness is also associated with high levels of presenteeism.

In Australia alone, poor mental health at work is estimated to cost the economy billions. With this in mind, it makes perfect sense to address mental health and wellbeing in each and every workplace. (Blackdog Institute)

Contact Maureen at Creative Training today to organise a workshop for your business and team.

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I am writing to thank and congratulate you on the excellent training session you delivered for our team on psychosocial safety in the workplace. The feedback from both staff and Board members who attended was overwhelmingly positive!

Staff were particularly grateful for the opportunity to apply their learning in small groups, discussing the various psychosocial hazards they have encountered at Endeavour, along with existing strategies to manage those hazards and new ideas to increase safety. Apart from the important awareness-raising that occurred from these activities, we have been able to continue this work since the workshop by collating the team’s responses, identifying our priorities (as a team) and working on collective strategies to address some of those hazards. This process has helped to embed an understanding within the team that we are all responsible, both individually and collectively, for creating and maintaining a safe workplace.

- Garth Norris, CEO Endeavour Clubhouse

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