Psychosocial Safety Net

Do you need assistance with managing psychosocial risk in the workplace?

With increasing regulatory, industrial relations, legal and organisational interest in Psychological Health & Safety (PH&S), organisations are being challenged to increase their sophistication and capabilities across all things health and safety. However, industry wide capability gaps, time and resourcing pressures, specialist wage costs, talent shortages across critical area such as psychosocial risk management, job redesign and PH&S more broadly can make this difficult to meet expectations through existing internal capabilities alone. This service has been designed to provide a strategic solution to these issues through partnership with genuine experts in PH&S.

 

Psychosocial Safety Net for AIHS Members

The Australian Institute of Health & Safety (AIHS) has partnered with Australian Psychological Services (APS), psychosocial risk management experts, to provide advice and guidance for AIHS members. Corporate Members can access a free 15-minute discussion with the APS national team of psychosocial risk management experts about ways to proactively or reactively manage psychosocial risks.*

Not everyone has access to a psychosocial risk management expert within their organisation. The Psychosocial Safety Net is corporate member benefit to connect with those actively working across nearly every industry to guide you regardless of where your organisation is - starting out or continuing to integrate and improve. Regardless of where you are on your risk management journey, get in touch for some non-judgemental support – everyone has to start somewhere!

*Note: This service does not constitute legal advice and is for separate matters only. 

Simply email [email protected] to set up your appointment.

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AIHS Corporate members use the Psychological Safety Net for:

  • Identifying where to start with psychosocial risk management
  • Exploring next steps after conducting a psychosocial risk assessment
  • Understanding effective and evidence-based controls to manage hazards like high-job demands, occupational violence and aggression and vicarious trauma
  • Understanding how to respond to identified hazards, such as those identified in engagement surveys and other organisational metrics
  • Working through how to manage a significant psychological health incident
  • Preparing to respond to a PIN from the regulator
  • Integrating changing national, state and territory legislative requirements
  • Exploring how leaders can be integrated into psychosocial risk management

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About Australian Psychological Services (APS)

APS is a specialist psychological consultancy providing a broad range or corporate mental health, complex customer strategy, psychosocial risk management and capability development services.

At APS, we operate through a national team of senior psychologists with an emphasis on evidence-informed initiatives that are theoretically robust and highly practical.


We partner with like-minded organisations to help them meet and exceed their psychological health and safety obligations, enabling people to thrive.


APS' Philosophy

Mental health is a positive concept


Mental ill-health does not discriminate

Good work is good for people


Work can be a protective factor for mental health

 

Our approach focuses on the prevention of psychological harm but also seeks to improve performance and productivity, along with psychological wellbeing outcomes. Our  preference is to work as a trusted advisor and partner with our clients to maximise return on investment, as much as possible. Our services are comprehensive and consultative upfront, supporting our clients to embed internal capability so that they are not reliant on external providers to meet and exceed their obligatory requirements.

Common Questions Asked

The team is skilled in all areas of psychosocial risk management. Some common questions they often field include:

  • Where do I start with psychosocial risk management?
  • We have done a risk assessment, now what?
  • What do effective and evidence-based controls look like for things like Occupational Violence and Aggression (OVA), vicarious trauma, and job demands?
  • We have identified a particular psychosocial hazard, what can we do?
  • We have had a significant psychological health incident at work, how do we manage it?
  • We have just been issued a PIN from the regulator, what do we do?
  • How do we improve the capability of our organisation to best manage psychosocial risk?

 

Simply email [email protected] to set up your appointment.

Book now