Psychosocial Risk Awareness (US)
Absenteeism due to mental health is estimated to cost the economy up to tens of billions of dollars a year. Employees’ health is not just about physical health, but psychological health too. This course helps employees identify hazards that give rise to psychosocial risks and describes how to implement controls to eliminate or minimize them. It helps employees recognize stress in their lives and provides guidelines on how to deal with it, including reporting psychosocial hazards and where to go for more information.
Covered in this course:
- How to recognize and minimize the hazards that give rise to psychosocial risks
- The effects of psychosocial hazards on employees
- Psychosocial risks associated with isolation
- How to report a psychosocial hazard