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42 - Psychosocial Risk Management: How to Identify and Control Workplace Hazards with Dana Carver

42 - Psychosocial Risk Management: How to Identify and Control Workplace Hazards with Dana Carver

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 Psychosocial hazards are now recognised as one of the most significant and complex risks facing modern workplaces, but what do they actually look like in practice, and how can organisations address them in meaningful, effective ways? In this webinar, we unpack real-world case studies and discuss how factors such as workload, role clarity, leadership, culture, and organisational change can affect mental health, wellbeing, and performance at work. We will discuss what good practice really looks like, where organisations commonly get stuck, and how to move beyond a compliance mindset.

Dana’s biography:
Dana Carver is a Principal at the research and evaluation firm, Scarlatti. She has over 25 years’ experience in social research, organisational design and wellbeing. For the past 5 years, her focus has been on helping organisations identify, assess and mitigate psychosocial risks. Dana is also the co-creator and Chair of the Good Programmes Trust, home of the award-winning GoodYarn, https://www.goodyarn.org/, program, which has seen over 20,000 people educated in mental health literacy.

In this episode, we dive deep into answering the following thorny questions:
00:00 - Intro
02:05 - How did Dana become interested in psychosocial risk management?
03:00 - What are psychosocial hazards?
03:45 - How many psychosocial hazards are there?
04:40 - What are the most common psychosocial hazards?
05:25 - What is the framework used to prioritse hazards based on frequency and intensity?
07:00 - What is the definition of psychosocial risk?
08:45 - Should you eliminate or mitigate risk?
10:05 - What is an example of a control that eliminated the risk?
11:15 - Is psychosocial risk management a part of the Health and Safety legislation?
12:50 - What are the obligations of the employer?
13:55 - What are the 4 stages of psychosocial risk management?
14:30 - What are the warning signs you need to assess your psychosocial risks?
16:00 - What is the framework for identifying and assessing risks?
18:00 - Poor pay as a hazard vs personal life choices.
20:10 - What are some misconceptions about psychosocial risk management?
21:50 - How do you get management to buy in?
23:30 - How do you assess buy in up front?
25:00 - What is the definition and some examples of controls?
27:05 - Should employees be able to see the risk assessment results?
28:30 - How do you know the controls are effective?
30:05 - How long does it take to see impact?
32:05 - Are there differences depending on the size of the organisation?
33:00 - Dana’s top tips for psychosocial risk management.
34:00 - What are lead and lag indicators of success?
34:35 - How do you know if you have the right outcome measures?
35:25 - How often should you do a risk assessment?
37:25 - How do you get organisational buy in?
38:45 - Do you need to measure employee mental health to measure reduction in harm?
39:55 - What is the definition of psychological safety?
40:35 - The shift away from fruit bowls to systemic change.

Learn more about Dana (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-carver-a35553b1/)
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psychosocial hazards explained • workplace mental health risks • how to assess psychosocial risk • psychosocial risk management framework • employer obligations psychosocial risk
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