Download the Full Duty of Care Guidelines Part 4 of our Duty of Care Guidelines series Healthy work design is about more than creating jobs that people enjoy. It is about understanding whether the way work is designed, organised and managed allows people to work...
When organisations compare training courses, one question often comes up: Why does mental health risk assessment training cost more than basic risk assessment training? At first glance, both may appear to follow a similar process: identify a risk, assess it, put...
Download the Full Duty of Care Guidelines Psychosocial risk is not always easy to see, but the risks created by work can often be identified and prevented. The UK’s Duty of Care Guidelines for Workplace Wellbeing identify Psychosocial Risk Identification and...
Download the Full Duty of Care Guidelines Mental health risk can be created by the way work is designed, organised and managed, even when an organisation has strong values and a genuine commitment to employee wellbeing. The UK’s Duty of Care Guidelines for Workplace...
A mental health risk assessment can help organisations identify workplace factors that may be contributing to stress and poor mental health, but it is only effective when the people carrying it out understand what they are looking for and what action to take. That...
Download the Full Duty of Care Guidelines Workplace mental health is often discussed in terms of what organisations can do to support employees who are already struggling. Counselling, employee assistance programmes, wellbeing initiatives and mental health training...
“It’s too much.” When an employee says this, it should not simply be treated as an individual wellbeing issue. It may be a warning that something within the workplace is creating a risk to their mental health. For employers, this is more than a matter of good...
A new set of workplace wellbeing guidelines has just been released, bringing psychosocial risk further into the conversation about how organisations create healthy, sustainable and productive work. The UK’s Duty of Care Guidelines developed by the Policy Liaison Group...
Mental Health First Aid vs Mental Health Risk Assessment: Why the Difference Matters Over the last decade, organisations have become far more aware of the importance of workplace mental health. Many have invested in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training, appointed...
For many years, workplace health and safety focused almost exclusively on physical hazards. Slips, trips, manual handling and hazardous substances all remain essential areas of risk management, but today's workplaces present another equally important challenge:...