Psych Health and Safety Podcast

In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with David Savio, Director Health, Safety and Wellbeing at Australian Red Cross Lifeblood. In a highly practical conversation, David talks through the psychological health and safety strategy he is progressing at Lifeblood and the decision making process behind how he has ordered Lifeblood's activities.

In this episode, UK host Peter Kelly chats with guest Dr Judith Grant, Managing Director of the Wellbeing Exchange. They explore wellbeing trends in the UK, discuss the proliferation of wellbeing providers, and the primary prevention approach endorsed by the World Health Organisation. Judith encourages different specialisms to work together to implement workplace wellbeing, and shares her observations on the evolution of psychological health and safety as a concept. https://thewellbeingexchange.substack.com/

This was a live recorded webinar as a pre-launch to an all new leader training course by FlourishDx: 'Work Design for Psychologically Healthy and Safe Teams' In this 40 minute discussion, Jason and Joelle discussed the course overview, the practical activities designed to build work design and psychosocial consultation skills for leaders, how the program can be accessed, bulk discounts available and how to register your leaders for the first course commencing 5 December 2023. They also respond to questions from webinar participants at the end. Find out more about the all-new leader training and register here: https://flourishdx.com/leader-training/

Replay of the Sexual Prevention Webinar by FlourishDx 5 October 2023: The new statutory obligation in the Sex Discrimination Act to eliminate sexual harassment has been receiving a lot of press recently. While the idea of prevention is a new one in the context of this Act, Work Health and Safety legislation has imposed similar prevention duties on employers since the 1970s. In this webinar from FlourishDx, we will explored alignment between the requirements of the Sex Discrimination Act and the Psychosocial Risk Regulations (in the context of the WHS Act) including: - How are the requirements similar? (and how are they different?) - Sexual harassment as a psychosocial hazard - Sexual harassment as an outcome of organisational and industry risk factors - What does proactive prevention look like? - The seven standards underpinning a sound sexual harassment strategy - Can employers use their WHS frameworks to meet the obligations of the Sex Discrimination Act?

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.