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Worker’s compensation claims for psychological injury are on the rise, worker exodus is increasing & businesses are often left scratching their heads as to how to understand & address their Psychosocial Risk. Employ Health has utilized research from the working landscape across the country to bring psychosocial risk assessments into our service offering.
Expert risk managers
In-depth hazard analysis
Tailored reports
What Is A Psychosocial Risk Assessment?
A Psychosocial Risk Assessment involves the screening of tasks, environments and the workplace itself for underlying psychosocial risk. Employ Health uses evidence-based, validated screening tools to capture this risk and report back to the business in real-time. These assessments lay the foundation for controls and interventions to create a mentally safe workplace.
Employ Health uses two key tools: The People at Work assessment & the APHIRM (Participative Hazard Identification and Risk Management) toolkit. The People at Work assessment is Australia’s only validated psychosocial risk assessment survey. The survey assesses the most common psychosocial risks within your business and identifies and controls risks to psychological health at work. The APHIRM toolkit builds upon evidence-based workplace risk assessments by assessing not only the manual risk of a job but also the psychosocial risk.
Psychosocial Risk Factors At Work
- Group task conflict
- Emotional demands
- Role conflict, overload & ambiguity
- Group relationship conflict
- Cognitive demand
Improve workplace culture
Much like physical risk, identifying psychosocial risk allows you to put in place controls that mitigate their effects.
Compliance
WHS Laws require that employers manage risks from hazards, including work-related psychosocial hazards.
Employer of choice
Many workplaces aspire to be a place that people love to be a part of. Having a mentally healthy workplace is a bedrock of becoming an Employer of Choice.
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Class leaders in risk management
At Employ Health, we pride ourselves on managing risk through our Worker, Work & Workplace paradigm. We utilize the latest evidence-based toolkits along with our real-time Data Management System to assess & deliver assessments across all areas of your business
Commitment to culture
We firmly believe that to become an Employer of Choice, you need to drive your systems & processes towards cultural improvement. Having a mentally safe workplace allows businesses to cultivate better relationships between workers, supervisors & managers.
Integrated systems
Great data is only as great as the controls that follow. At Employ Health, we pride ourselves on our involvement in the controls through integrating our Health Hub services into the process. From developing supportive & capable leaders through training to nationwide risk & cultural engagement initiatives, we leverage the power of our data to enact widespread solutions for business.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Poor supervisor/manager support
- Poor co-worker support
- Lack of job controls
- Poor follow through on procedural justice
- Lack of change consultation
- Low praise & recognition
While having Mental Health First Aid Trainers is a boon to creating a mentally safe workplace, training is not essential in fostering this environment.
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Early Intervention Physiotherapy
The key to a productive workforce is a proactive rather than reactive approach to employee health. Early intervention physiotherapy can be your best tool in working to reduce the overall risk to employees and your business.
Fit For Work Assessments
Employ Health’s Fit For Work assessment tailors assessments towards the specific demands of the role and provides guidance for businesses on how best to manage their worker risk.
Functional Capacity Evaluation
Musculoskeletal injuries continue to account for the largest proportion of workplace injuries. An important focus of the risk management process is the aim to prevent these injuries by implementing control measures.
Job Dictionary
The ever-changing landscape of jobs in the workplace through technology and innovation can be a complex space to navigate, with many stakeholders in the business advocating for different perspectives.
Manual Task Risk Assessment
Identification and assessment of risks is an essential aspect of workplace health and safety. Managing the risks arising from hazardous manual tasks is integral to taking a proactive approach to occupational musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) management.
Spirometry Screening
Exposure to harmful dust, fibres, fumes or other substances is a potential risk for workers’ health in various occupational settings.
Task Specific Ergonomic Assessment
Employ Health physiotherapists are experienced in providing a task specific ergonomic assessment across a wide range of industries and roles, to improve the comfort and safety of workplaces and maximise efficiency and productivity.
Vehicle & Driving Ergonomic Assessments
Vehicle and driving ergonomics is as important to workers that spend many hours in a car as workstation ergonomics is important to office based employees.
Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing
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Workplace Screening Audiometry
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