Managing Workplace Psychological Hazards for Managers : Tackling 10 Common Hazards
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A few tears, a lot of laughs, some unexpected vulnerability, great role plays and a team of absolutely legendary Hacer people made the two days simply fly.
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Target audience
This workshop is designed for teams managers. It will suit leaders of individual contributors, and leaders of managers.
Note: we will review the target audience with you prior to delivering the workshop to gather more insight to make the workshop more relevant to your participants.
Program format | Interactive workshop
Length | Customisable: ranging from 2.5 hours to a full day
Format | Available both in-person and online, with a preference for in-person sessions
Limit | 25 participants
Facilitator | A domain expert, highly experienced workplace trainer with leadership expertise
CONTEXT & Summary
This workshop is designed to equip your managers and team leaders with the knowledge and tools to address the top 10 workplace psychological hazards effectively.
In Australia, recent legislative changes emphasize proactive management of psychosocial risks. However, many organisations face the challenge of leaders lacking awareness of these hazards and their responsibilities.
Our workshop is designed to bridge this gap by providing managers with in-depth insights into Australia's 10 most prevalent workplace hazards and a practical 4-step framework for risk mitigation. We also clarify the roles of individuals and compliance with government legislation. We ensure a hands-on learning experience, incorporating interactive exercises and proven strategies from our clients.
Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of the 10 common psychological hazards defined by Safework Australia and a comprehensive framework to manage them.
Additionally, we provide summaries and practical exercises for ongoing reference and support.Join us in making your workplace safer and more resilient.
“Employers are increasingly asking managers to attend mental health training to address widespread anxiety and depression among Australian workers.”
Why Now?
Expanding on the above, we’re seeing in Australia a number of recent developments with regards to Psychological Health and Safety Legislation (2022-23). We’ve broken down the changes in laws by state here to make them easy to digest.
In essence, these new laws mean you have to be proactive about the risks in the workplace. One simple step you take to make a difference is to train your employees.
Australia-wide:
- Safe Work Australia introduced changes to the Model WHS Regulations, incorporating psychosocial hazards.
- Amendment to the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011, mandating control measures for psychosocial risks, began on April 1, 2023.
Western Australia:
- Work Health and Safety Act 2020 commenced on March 31, 2022.
- Code of Practice: Psychosocial hazards in the workplace began on February 11, 2022.
Victoria:
- Draft proposed Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Psychological Health) Regulations.
(Public comment period closed in March 2022; WorkSafe reviewing submissions).
Tasmania:
- Work Health and Safety Regulations 2022 became effective on December 12, 2022, requiring PCBUs to manage psychological health and prevent psychosocial hazards.
- Code of Practice: Managing psychosocial hazards at work started on January 4, 2023.
Queensland:
- Managing the risk of psychosocial hazards at work Code of Practice 2022 came into effect on April 1, 2023.
DELIVERY STYLE
We can deliver on this topic with a webinar : 120 minutes virtually, delivered to maximum 25 participants.
We can deliver this in person. 2.5 hours, also capped at 25 participants.
Note we recommend 10-15 participants has a right size audience. Given these are sensitive topics, keeping the audience size a little smaller tends to improve the quality of the session.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcome #1: Gain insight into recent WHS law amendments and the common workplace hazard landscape
Icebreaker: Leaders modelling healthy behaviours and boundaries
Recent WHS changes relevant to you.
How common are psychological hazards at work?
Discussion around the warning signs, and how to spot them.
Learning Outcome #2: Tackling the 10 most Common Hazards
The most common causes of psychosocial health issues in the workplace:
Job Demands: too high or low
Low job Control
Poor support from supervisors/co-workers
Lack of role clarity
Role conflict
Poor workplace relationships
Poor organisational change management
Poor organisational justice
Low recognition and reward
Remote and isolated work
Poor environmental conditions
Violent or traumatic events (primary and secondary).
For each of these hazards, we describe what they mean in the context of today’s workplace, and offer real example.
We offer a safe space for healthy debates about best practice when it comes to tackling these, government guidelines on what to do, and what we’ve seen our clients have success with.
Exercises are role plays and group discussion based.
Summaries are provided.
Learning Outcome #3: The 4-step framework to mitigate workplace hazards
Overview of the process to manage psychosocial risks
Matters to consider when controlling risks
How you set the standard as a leader.
How to Identify psychosocial hazards & How to Assess the risks
Knowing what help is available, and promoting resources regularly.
Checking-in in your 1:1s
Group Exercise with your peers: Team Rituals
WHAT ATTENDEES ARE SAYING
“Just wanted to extend my appreciation and thank you again for the delivering of this course!
I can see you are truly passionate about mental health, and it shows!
Thank you for making us all feel so comfortable and for being there in our mental health journey. I found the course to be very informative and interesting.
It made me quite vulnerable at times and I am usually not so open, so thank you for leading the way and our terrific group!”
“I liked the pace and the focus on practical application”
Would you Like a Sneak Peak of the workshop?
If you would like a little more context around the structure and the main take-aways of this workshop, we would be very happy to guide you through and overview.
If you’re curious as to what makes In Bloom workshops different to other workshops, we can also run you through how we differentiate from others that offer offer wellbeing workshops.
PRICING | INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
Half Day (4 Hours) in-person workshop | $4,000+GST
Full Day (7 Hours) in-person workshop | $6,500+GST
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