Psych Health and Safety Podcast

In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Skye Buatava and Andrew Gavrielatos, representing the 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work. They tell us what has been involved in organising the Congress, the types of speakers and events available, and the events they are most looking forward to (one involves beanbags and popcorn!). We also chat in more detail about the increase in psychosocial content within the Congress and why the decision was made to do so. https://safety2023sydney.com/ https://chat.whatsapp.com/LpZ7uSa6FgJL261rtFwErA

In this episode, UK host Peter Kelly chats with Jodie Hill, Managing Partner at Thrive Law. Jodie shares about how her lived experience of psychological ill-health led her to found her law firm with the aim of being a psychologically safe and healthy workplace. We talk about the legislative environment in the UK and the role of legislation in driving wellbeing at work. https://www.thrivelaw.co.uk/ https://www.thelordmayorsappeal.org/initiatives/a-healthy-city/#section-2 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-to-ask-for-adhd-accommodations-at-work-jodie-hill-ep-32/id1677158558?i=1000632342420

In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Paula Davis, Founder and CEO of the Stress & Resilience Institute. Paula shares her observations on the misuse of the term 'burnout' and clarifies the real symptoms of burnout. She shares steps that individuals can take to protect themselves from burnout, when they are in a situation where they are not able to change the drivers of burnout in their working environment. **Includes an exciting announcement from FlourishDx!** https://stressandresilience.com/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/pauladavis/2023/08/01/are-you-burned-out-or-just-exhausted/?sh=7f35bd9d1342

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

In this episode, UK host Peter Kelly chats with Professor Sir Cary Cooper, Professor of Organizational Psychology & Health at the University of Manchester. Cary describes the evolution of psych health and safety research and practice over his 50 years of work. He shares his thoughts on the emerging field of intervention research, and describes how organisations can conduct their own intervention research.

In this extended episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Francois Barton, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum. Francois shares the work that the Forum has been contributing to the field of psych health and safety practice. We discuss the challenges and concerns facing members of the Board and Executive responsible for psych health and safety, share strategies and approaches that are helpful.

In this crossover episode with Safety Labs by Slice, regular Australian co-host Joelle Mitchell is interviewed by Mary Conquest.

In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Sue Freeman, Senior Consultant at Finity Consultants. Sue shares findings from her research into psychological claims in the workers compensation system

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.

In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Colin Newlyn, Founder of Decrapify Work. We discuss the much-publicised push to return workers to office-based work. Colin shares his views on who are the main drivers behind this push, reasons why employers might want their workforce back in the office, and the potential benefits and pitfalls of having people return to the office full-time. Colin then talks about the benefits of hybrid and asynchronous work. https://www.youtube.com/@workpunks7889 https://decrapifywork.substack.com/

In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Dr Kate Bone. Kate shares her experiences working as an internal researcher within the New Zealand public service. She reflects on the differences between academic research and internal research roles, contrasting the challenges and benefits of working within the public service. She explores what "evidence-based" can mean in different contexts.

In this episode, UK hosts Peter and Hayley chat with Daniel Chan, Global Workplace and Wellbeing Lead at dentsu international. Daniel shares his experiences in embedding and driving employee wellbeing within a multi-national organisation, and reflects on how to do this in a way that is respectful of diverse cultures.

In this special episode of the Psych Health and Safety Podcast, hear from Jason van Schie on a recorded webinar where he introduces a new 12-week program from FlourishDx. The 'Professional Practice in Psychological Health and Safety' program blends theory with practice in order to rapidly build new confidence and competence for people and safety professionals. Link to PPT slides here: https://tinyurl.com/mpmcw4sy Link to website here: https://flourishdx.com/professional-practice-program/

This episode marks one year since the start of the Psych Health and Safety USA podcast and again features a conversation with Joelle Mitchell and Jason van Schie, the co-hosts of the original Psych Health and Safety podcast in Australia. In a unique conversation, Jason and Joelle talk with Dr. Daniels about the last year of the USA podcast and some of what he’s learned over the year. They also fill him in on some of what has been going on “down under” relative to Psychological Health and Safety.

In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Alicia are joined by regular guest Dr Rebecca Michalak, Managing Director at Psychsafe. We take a case exploration approach, referencing a recent incident involving police response, to discuss the type of approach that should be taken during an investigation into incidents where individual decision-making is core to the event. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-rebecca-michalak-6a5b1115_psychosocial-fatigue-shift-activity-7066623161382932480-MFg7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with returning guest Jennifer Low, Director of Health, Safety, Resilience and Digital Policy at the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Jen provides an update on the progress of the psychosocial regulations since we last spoke with her, then gives us a crash course in work design for psychosocial hazards.

In this episode, UK Hosts Peter and Hayley chat with Louise Aston, Wellbeing Director at Business in the Community. Louise shares insights from BITC's latest report - "Prioritise people: Unlock the value of a thriving workforce". https://www.bitc.org.uk/report/prioritise-people-unlock-the-value-of-a-thriving-workforce/

In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with returning guest Anna Feringa. Anna recently joined us on a live webinar series focused on how to pitch the business case for Psychological Health and Safety to the Board and Executives. The webinar series was so popular we decided to ask Anna to record a podcast episode with us on the same topic. Key points include: 1. How much do the Board and Executives actually know about the new Regs and what they mean – conducting a ‘pitch’ prior to assuming the level of insight from the board can often backfire – What is the general appetite? Lots, some, nothing? 2. Is there an executive (s) sponsor or someone of that level that is aware of the importance of Psychosocial Safety to act as an advocate in the room/ on the screen? This is helpful to field high level questions / resistance 3. What data will you be relying on? External v Internal 4. Do your research -understand what is out there to support your business case other than compliance – reporting, claims scheme performance, industry reporting such as Thriving at work report etc, productivity commission, Modern Work, reporting. 5. How much do you want to tell them? Too much detail can get overwhelming and drive the too complex attitude.

In this episode, UK hosts Peter and Hayley chat with guest César Gamio, Managing Director at Dharma Centre for Wellbeing. César distinguishes between 'wellness' and 'wellbeing', and explains how organisations can build an employee wellbeing approach that is comprehensive, strategic, resourced appropriately, and aligned with organisational objectives.

In this episode Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Cameron Stevens, safety technologist and Director of Pocketknife Group. Cam discusses the benefits to an organisation of having their safety function involved in technology application. He shares his observations about current pre-employment screenings and the significant opportunity to explore psychosocial factors using realistic job previews to provide better recruitment outcomes for both employers and employees. We explore the interaction between psychosocial factors and critical risk control and discuss how well this interaction is currently being managed by organisations engaged in critical risk work. NB: The arms of a T-Rex are about 3ft long. Joelle's arms are significantly shorter than those of a T-Rex, as are those of most humans.

In this episode, UK hosts Hayley and Peter chat with repeat guest Louise Hosking, who is joining us from a brand new role as Executive Director of Environmental Health with the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health. Louise speaks to the importance of environmental health in improving human health, and the relationship between mental health and public health.

With most Australian states now having specific regulations for managing psychosocial risks in place, regulators will be responsible for inspecting duty holders to ensure they have safe systems of work in place to prevent psychological injury. So what is required? Join Australian hosts Jason and Joelle as they share what to expect when a psychosocial inspector visits your workplace, and how to be prepared with information to demonstrate you are compliant with WHS regulations. Download the cheat sheet here: https://psychosocialriskassessment.com/download-the-psychological-health-safety-cheat-sheet/

In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Donna Lawrence, Clinical Psychologist and Head of Wellbeing, Safety and Injury Management at St John WA. Donna shares the bespoke approach St John WA takes in maintaining its own Employee Assistance Provider network of Psychologists, (including the work involved in establishing and maintaining the network!) and then we discuss how St John encourages employees to make a workers compensation claim when it becomes apparent that this is the more appropriate recovery pathway than EAP. This is a practical and fascinating exploration of an organisation doing psychological support and injury response a bit differently.

In this episode, UK hosts Peter and Hayley chat with guest Amy McKeown, Strategist and Consultant in Organisational Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing. Amy offers advice on the importance of clarity of our terminology. What is an organisation actually targeting when developing a "wellbeing strategy"? What do we mean as a society when we talk about "mental health"? She explores the conflation between mental health, mental ill-health, and mental illness and how this informs policy both at a company level and a societal level.

In this episode Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Rachel Clements, Co-Founder of the Centre for Corporate Health. We chat about an emerging trend in the psych health and safety space - wellbeing washing. Rachel explains what this looks like in different organisations and why some organisations may not realise that their approach is poor. She offers advice for organisations to move away from wellbeing washing and ensure that their approach is robust.

In this episode we chat with Lynnell Beeck-West, Staff Wellbeing Program Manager at the East Metropolitan Health Service in Western Australia. Lynnell describes the approach she has taken to develop a psychosocial risk management process within the Health Service, sharing practical information about the organisational drivers, the process involved in scoping the work, how a pilot group was selected, and how actions were identified.

In this episode, UK hosts Peter and Hayley chat with Lee Chambers, Founder of Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing. Lee discusses the relationship between inclusion and wellbeing, both as organisational activities and as individual outcomes, and the wellbeing impacts on individuals experiencing exclusion in the workplace. He shares his views on the breadth of skills required for a Wellbeing Officer role, and the importance of utilising a range of communications strategies to ensure messages are heard throughout the workforce. https://leechambers.org/

In this episode we chat with Nicola Hemmings, Doctoral Candidate at Birkbeck University of London. She tells us about the doctoral projects she's undertaken so far - Mission to Mars (helping to address burnout in entrepreneurs), and a maturity model of HR-owned mental health strategies. We chat about her next project, exploring mental health support for small and medium enterprises in the UK. https://setsquared-bristol.co.uk/news/nicola-hemmings-guest-blog-founder-burnout-from-surviving-to-thriving/

In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Dr Kim Hamrosi, CEO of the Corporate Mental Health Alliance. Kim describes how the Alliance was founded, its membership, aims, and activities. She talks about how Alliance members share and learn from each other, and shares how the topics and discussions have evolved and matured from "fruit bowls and yoga" to psychosocial risk and work design. https://cmhaa.org.au/ https://haveyoursay.mentalhealthcommission.gov.au/blueprint-for-mentally-healthy-workplaces

In this episode, UK hosts Peter and Hayley have a discussion about the things that are bothering them both in the dominant approaches to workplace wellbeing - from terminology and fixing the individual, through to corporate metrics and the S in ESG.

In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Angelina Badri, Director at Universal Safety Wellness. From her experience working in high-hazard industries, Angelina shares her observations about how an individual's mental state can impact safety outcomes at work. We discuss the relationship between psychological safety and psychological health and safety, and Angelina shares her thoughts on the role of the organisation (beyond the team-level) in creating the conditions that enable psychological safety. https://universalsafetywellness.com

In this episode, UK hosts Hayley and Peter chat with Catherine de la Poer, Founder of Halcyon Coaching Ltd. We discuss the contribution of psychological health and safety to the innovation economy, the growing importance of meaningfulness at work, the significance of the S in ESG, and how these elements contribute to an organisation becoming an employer of choice.

In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Dr John Chan, Organisational Psychologist and Managing Director at Infinite Potential. John shares insights from Infinite Potential's research report titled "The State of Workplace Burnout 2023". We explore how burnout rates are changing over time, discuss the relationship between hybrid work and burnout, and consider the impact of burnout at a team level. John shares his observations about why leaders are not taking more action to prevent or address burnout in their organisations, and offers suggested starting points for leaders to work with their teams to prevent or reduce burnout. https://infinite-potential.com.au/the-state-of-burnout-2023

In this episode, Hayley and Peter chat with Jamie Broadley, Head of Health & Wellbeing at Serco. Jamie talks about Serco's experiences in implementing ISO 45003 and how they have approached operationalising the standard in the face of competing resource priorities and what are some and the future for psych health and safety in the UK

In this episode we chat with Susanna Harkonen, CEO and Founder of Inner Work. We discuss the implications of the recent International Labour Organization to include a safe and healthy working environment as a fundamental principle and right at work; along with the WHO-ILO Joint Policy Brief on mental health at work. She shares insights from her work as a member of the WHO's Pan-European working group on workplace mental health, identifying positive trends and areas of concern.

Peter and Hayley chat with Kate Field From the British Standards Institute. Kate discusses the state of psych health and safety in the UK, talks about the role of standards in helping setting the agenda in Psych health and safety and were she sees psych health and safety evolving over the next couple of years.

In this special episode, hosts Jason, Joelle, and Alicia get together to celebrate the second birthday of the Psych Health and Safety podcast. They reflect on the past year, discuss what they anticipate in the coming year both locally in Australia and internationally, and share their hopes for the immediate future of psych health and safety.

In this episode, hosts Peter and Hayley chat with Jonathan Gawthrop, Executive Director Wellbeing Sustainability & Assurance at EMCOR UK. Jonathan discusses the state of psych health and safety in the UK, talks about the utility of different legislative instruments, and considers what is required to drive meaningful change across UK businesses.

In this episode, co-hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Sonia Hennessey, Senior Manager at PKF Integrity. Sonia explains what a trauma-informed investigation involves, takes us through an example of a trauma-informed workplace investigation she conducted, shares tips on considerations for trauma-informed investigation processes, and suggests a range of resources for listeners who want to learn more about this topic. https://www.pkf.com.au/our-services/integrity/ https://app.secure.griffith.edu.au/griffithpay/Centre-for-Investigative-Interviewing-Online-Courses-Australia.html

In this episode, Jason and Joelle are joined by past guests Hayley Farrell and Peter Kelly to make an exciting announcement about the future direction of the Psych Health and Safety Podcast! Click here to see the photo referenced during the episode... https://fdxanon.blob.core.windows.net/stable/podcasts/assets/christmas-tree.png

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