Course Overview
Psychosocial Safety Awareness is an awareness-focused session designed to give employees a clear, plain-language understanding of psychosocial safety at work. The workshop introduces the psychosocial hazards now formally recognised under work health and safety law, helps participants identify early warning signs in themselves and their colleagues, and explains how they can contribute to a mentally healthy workplace without carrying the burden of managing the hazards themselves.
What Participants Learn
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Increase awareness of mental health across the workforce
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Provide access to evidence-based information, frameworks, and resources
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Build a shared understanding of workplace requirements and WHS obligations relating to psychosocial hazards
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Identify and strengthen existing wellbeing initiatives within the organisation
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Build a healthier, more inclusive workplace culture
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Increase early intervention and proactive support practices
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Support leaders, managers, and supervisors to lead this work with confidence
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Promote help-seeking behaviour across all levels of the organisation
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Reduce stigma and normalise conversations around mental health
Course Outline
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Introduction and safe learning environment
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Self-awareness and contributing factors
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Group discussion: what does a mentally healthy workplace look like to you?
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Mental health and psychosocial safety in plain language
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The recognised psychosocial hazards, with everyday workplace examples
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What you can do: raising concerns, participating in consultation, and supporting one another
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Recognising early warning signs in yourself and your colleagues
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Q&A
Audience Fit and Notes
This workshop is suitable for both leadership cohorts and the general workforce, and content emphasis can be adjusted to suit each audience. For leaders, managers, and supervisors, the session focuses on their role in identifying psychosocial hazards, supporting their teams, and driving cultural change. For the general workforce, the session focuses on awareness, self-care, and knowing where and how to seek support.
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The session is deliberately positioned to complement leadership-focused training: leaders and managers are accountable for designing and controlling psychosocial risk, while the workforce is empowered to recognise, raise, and respond. The result is a workforce that understands its rights and responsibilities under WHS law, feels supported to speak up, and knows where to go for help.