Psych Health and Safety Podcast

In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Todd Hopwood, Manager Governance and Customer Service at Wollongong City Council. Todd shares the story of how he became an advocate for mentally healthy work, and his approach to advocacy as a non-expert.

In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Dr Lyndall Strazdins, Professor and Director, ANU Mental Health Review. Lyndall shares her views on time as a social determinant of health. We explore the current discussions about working hours in Australia, reframing working hours from the perspective of the household rather than the individual, and how individual and social factors interact with working hours to influence risk. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-do-work-hours-become-whs-hazard-centreforwhs/

In this episode, UK host Peter Kelly chats with Dr Edward Lynch, Emergency Doctor and Triple Certified Lifestyle Physician. Edward shares his views about the shared responsibility for mental health between the employer and the employee, particularly in healthcare settings where there are inherent stressors present in the nature of the work that are outside of the ability of the employer to prevent.

This episode is a recording of a Psych Health & Safety 101 Webinar delivered by Australian hosts Jason and Joelle.

In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Hayden Fricke, organisational psychologist, Managing Director at Steople, and Chair of the Australian College of Organisational Psychologists. Hayden shares his observations about why leaders often struggle to care for their own mental health, and offers suggestions and strategies to help leaders who may not be in a position to change the systems of work impacting the mental health of their employees and themselves. https://haydenfricke.com/book/ www.steople.com.au

Professor Sir Cary Cooper, a leading expert in organizational psychology and health, shares his 50 years of experience in workplace mental health. He discusses the evolution of stress management strategies and the necessity of supportive cultures in organizations. Cary argues for the inclusion of health and well-being metrics at the board level to combat issues like the gender pay gap. He highlights the urgent need for courageous research in workplace well-being and calls for managers to prioritize mental health to meet the demands of a younger workforce.

Francois Barton, CEO of the New Zealand Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum, discusses psych health and safety practice. Topics include challenges for Board members, strategies for workplace mental health, leadership's role in driving performance, and the importance of shifting perspectives in addressing health and safety issues.

Joelle Mitchell, an organizational psychologist and human factors specialist, discusses her background in risk management and her role in driving improvement in psychological health and safety outcomes. The podcast covers challenges in managing mental health in the offshore petroleum industry, the impact of organizational structures on safety outcomes, challenges with reward and recognition structures in organizations, evaluating the effectiveness of safety controls, and advice for someone beginning their safety career.

The podcast discusses the challenges of napping and tiredness, introduces guest Sue Freeman specializing in workers' comp claims for psychological injury, explores the shift to preventing claims instead of managing them, delves into the guest's professional career, highlights the failure of organizational justice, and discusses the need for mental health upskilling and mitigating psychosocial risks.

In this episode, UK hosts Peter and Hayley chat with Jonathan Hill, Head of Occupational Health at Anglian Water, the first water company to achieve certification to ISO 45003. They talk about the business case for investment in employee mental health, and Jonathan shares his learnings from going through the process of implementing ISO 45003.