Managing psychosocial hazards in the workplace - 4 Week Challenge!

Why get psychosocial risk-ready?

Ultimately, employers, managers, and workers all have duties under the Work Health and Safety Act to identify, assess and manage psychosocial hazards which can affect the health of workers and workplace conditions. (Comcare - Australian Government)

With $904.9 million per year of compensation paid for work-related mental health conditions, it’s no surprise that one of the hottest leadership topics right now is the management and reporting of psychosocial risks, as part of a broader employer responsibility for psychological health and safety. (Safe Work Australia)

Ready to get psychosocial risk-ready?

A Psychosocial Hazards Management Plan is the foundational tool to help your organisation proactively manage and prevent psychosocial hazards in the workplace, while meeting your legal obligation.

Whether you’re looking to create a Psychosocial Hazards Management Plan from scratch, or you’re keen to review and update the way your organisation currently manages psychosocial hazards, this program is designed and facilitated to make it easier for you to get it right.

Welcome to Get Mentally Fit's: 4 Week Challenge!

This program offers you a step-by-step approach to design, build out, and walk away with a Psychosocial Hazards Management Plan, that's tailored to suit your organisation.

Duration: 4 x 75 minute, live learning workshops (virtual)

Program summary:

Week 1: Program aims, and Introduction to Psychosocial Hazards

• The relevant legislation and psychosocial hazards explained
• The importance and benefits of effectively managing psychosocial risks in the workplace
• Overview of the Psychosocial Hazards Management Plan, and meeting legal compliance
• Access to program resources and Management Plan templates

Week 2: Identifying, and Assessing the Risks associated with, Psychosocial Hazards

• Best practice for 'Identifying' psychosocial hazards in your workplace
• Practical ways to engage your employees in the risk identification process
• Tools and methods for 'Assessing' the risks from psychosocial hazards in your workplace
• Compile all templates and resources(Section 1 & 2 - Identifying & Assessing), and start building out your Management Plan

Week 3: Developing appropriate Control Measures

• Best practice for 'Controlling' the risks from psychosocial hazards in your workplace
• Matching appropriate control measures to your identified hazards and risks
• Appropriate internal control measures to best protect your employees and organisation
• Appropriate enternal control measures to best protect your employees and organisation
• Compile all templates and resources (Section 3 - Controlling), and continue building out your Management Plan

Week 4: Reviewing and Finalising Your Plan

• Best practice for 'Reviewing' the effectiveness of your psychosocial risk control measures
• Compile all templates and resources (Section 4 - Reviewing), and finalise building out your Management Plan, including a Risk Register
• A framework for integrating your Psychosocial Hazards Management Plan with your overall employee safety and wellbeing strategy
• An approach for continual improvement

Enjoy the real benefits of being risk-ready

• Enhanced Employee Wellbeing
• Increased Productivity
• Reduced Employee Turnover
• Improved Organisational Reputation
• Better Risk Management
• Enhanced Creativity and Innovation
• Compliance with Legal and Ethical Standards

Ease the overwhelm - get your plan done

Creating or updating your Psychosocial Hazards Management Plan can demand great time and effort, but now it couldn't be easier.

By undertaking this 4 Week Challenge you will walk away with a tailored Plan that protects the safety and wellbeing of your employees and organisation.

New to the world of psychological health and safety?

State and federal authorities have released their codes of practice, updating WHS regulations, and have subsequently talken up the importance of psychological health and safety in the workplace.

All employers are now subject to specific legislation, and answerable to a regulator who could rule that they were aware of best practice but chose to ignore it.

"Any employers not already paying meaningful attention would be wise to step up their game – starting today." (Steve Bell, Managing Partner, EIRS at Herbert Smith Freehills)

Get psychosocial risk-ready in your organisation. Join the next cohort on the 4 Week Challenge, and let us help you to develop an appropriate Psychosocial Hazards Management Plan for your organisation.

Meet who designed, and facilitates, the 4 Week Challenge

Emily Johnson (Workplace Psychologist and Co-founder Get Mentally Fit)

Emily has supported the psychosocial wellbeing of business leaders, workforces, and whole organisations, from a diverse range of industry sectors (banking & finance, legal, retail & hospitality, construction, government, and not-for-profit organisations & charities), for the past 15 years.

You're in expert hands

With 20+ years experience as a business consultant, and a Master of Organisational Psychology from the University of Queensland, Emily is recognised at the forefront of delivering integrated, psychosocially focused workplace wellbeing and performance solutions, to a diverse range of organisations nationally.

What you can expect

Emily sees herself as a realist, or ‘common sense psychologist’, who will help you drill down to the core of specific issues that underly psychosocial hazard risk in your organisation. The outcome of this is you can be confident that you'll have suitable control measures in place to best protect your employees and organisation from any risk.

Emily is most passionate about teaching the practical ‘HOW’ to building out a Psychosocial Hazards Management Plan, so your organisation can get on with enjoying the real-world benefits of being psychosocial risk-ready.

Exclusive access to Emily's expertise and peer insights

Throughout this program, you will have direct access to Emily's knowledge and experience, as well as the collective insights and accountability from like-minded peers within your cohort.

This will enable you to practically implement a psychosocial hazard management plan that not only ensures compliance with the latest WHS Code but also demonstrates a genuine commitment to prioritising the safety and well-being of your employees.

About Get Mentally Fit

Get Mentally Fit is an organisational psychology company dedicated to improving the performance, productivity, and well-being of organisations and their employees. Our expert team of workplace psychologists and educators provide a wide range of workforce wellbeing and people performance solutions.

Our continual success and growth is a result of our clients’ confidence in our ability to astutely identify their needs, and expertly customise and integrate our services, to address their unique workforce challenges and capability building aims.

Essentially, we are experts in the science of people at work. Our team apply their deep understanding of human behaviour and organisational systems to improve individual, team, and organisational performance, productivity, and wellbeing.

What clients have shared

"Thanks so much for the highly engaging webinar, Emily. Drawing an online attendance of close to 400 certainly speaks to the popularity of the topic and you as a speaker, and the responses have once again been very positive. The biggest positive feedback was that the content was practical and applicable while being well-researched."

Susan Ellison (Derivco, South Africa) - Senior Talent Management Specialist

"I wanted to acknowledge the session run by Emily at the Broker Partnerships Senior Leaders day. The feedback received was tremendous; a quote from the GM we discussed at the 15 min mark of her session “Emily is excellent”. Indeed, Emily was dynamic, interactive and bought the material to life!"

Andrew Dyer (Metro Trains Melbourne – Formerly NAB) - Senior Human Resources Professional

"I can highly recommend the services of the Get Mentally Fit team. Over more than four years, Emily supported me through a highly demanding professional role and some significant personal challenges. With Emily's support, I learnt so many practical skills, which I have carried forward into my next role, making me a more effective and resilient leader."

Kylie Rolley-Cervenjak (Urbis) - Associate Director