Psychological Health and Safety Training Course for Managers

Did you know these facts?

• The two most important elements of building and attaining psychological health and safety in an organisation are trust and respect.
• Some key behaviours that damage psychological health and safety at work include but are not limited to bullying, intimidation, ruling by fear, inappropriate body language and responses, having double standards, taking credit for success or micro-managing employees.

Course Overview

This online course on preventing and responding to psychological health and safety for supervisors and managers will help you to circumvent instances of psychological health and safety incidents and includes guidelines for responding to concerns of psychological safety or suspected psychological health and safety in the workplace.

This online preventing and responding to psychological health and safety for supervisors and managers course is legally compliant, kept up to date with legislation for all states and territories in Australia and New Zealand. It has been written together with Mills Oakley Law Firm for Australia and Simpson Grierson Law Firm for New Zealand.

Target audience

This preventing and responding to psychological health and safety for supervisors and managers training is suitable for supervisors and managers who are responsible for the management of employees, contractors and volunteers.

Topics covered

The following topics are covered in this preventing and responding to psychological health and safety for supervisors and managers online learning:

• Define what psychological health and safety is.
• Understand your duty to prevent psychological health and safety incidents.
• Identify and respond to concerns of psychological health and safety incidents.
• Handle reports of psychological health and safety incidents.
• Understand how an employer can investigate a complaint of a psychological health and safety incident.
• Contribute to a workplace that is safe, inclusive and respectful.

Duration

This preventing and responding to psychological health and safety for supervisors and managers eLearning course will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.

Learner experience

This online course for preventing and responding to psychological health and safety for supervisors and managers is simple to navigate, easy to understand and will accommodate all learning styles. It can be delivered through the Sentrient online workplace compliance system or human resource management platform, or via your existing learning management system if you already have one. During this training, learners will undertake case studies and learning activities to reinforce practical ways to ensure they understand the duty that supervisors and managers have to act on behalf of their employer to prevent and respond to psychological health and safety or suspected psychological health and safety incidents in the workplace, the steps to mitigate against psychological health and safety incidents. At the end of this course, there is a short online assessment. There is also a declaration that every supervisor and manager understand their duty to prevent and respond to psychological health and safety incidents in the workplace, and to promote a safe physical and psychological workplace environment.

Learning outcomes

Once your supervisors and managers have completed this course on preventing and responding to psychological health and safety, they will be able to:

• Have awareness of what psychological health and safety is and understand their duty to prevent psychological health and safety incidents
• Be able to identify and respond to incidents of psychological health and safety
• Be confident in how to handle reports of psychological health and safety
• Understand the complaint process when it comes to psychological health and safety incidents
• Understand your responsibility to contribute to a safe physical and psychological work environment

Business outcomes

Once your supervisors and managers have completed the online preventing and responding to psychological health and safety course, the following business outcomes will be achieved for your organisation:

• Reduce incidents of psychological health and safety in the workplace.
• Mitigate the risk of psychological health and safety incidents.
• Protect your reputation from the damage caused by incidents of psychological health and safety.
• Promote a psychologically safe work environment.
• Provide a healthy and safe workplace.

Other related online compliance courses

The preventing and responding to psychological health and safety for supervisors and managers training is one of a suite of online compliance courses that deal with the duty that supervisors and managers have to represent their employer and contribute to a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace culture.

• Preventing and responding to workplace bullying for supervisors and managers
• Creating a safe and healthy workplace for supervisors and managers
• Enabling diversity and workplace flexibility for supervisors and managers
• Preventing and responding to psychological safety for supervisors and managers
• Preventing and responding to domestic and family violence for supervisors and managers