Psych Health and Safety Podcast

Live Panel Event - Mental Health in Law: Time for a New Strategy? 18.10.2021 1:34:43 ↓

Lawyers and others working in the law industry have traditionally been exposed to high job demands as part of their roles. Recently these psychosocial risk factors have been linked to increased burnout and early departure from the profession. This live panel will discuss the current psychosocial working conditions in law, the effects on worker wellbeing, and what needs to change in order to protec...

Workplace Bullying as an Organisational Problem - with Michelle Tuckey 04.10.2021 1:04:41 ↓

In this episode we chat with Professor Michelle Tuckey, Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology at UniSA. She describes her research into the organisational factors that enable and reinforce bullying behaviour. She describes systems-level approaches that organisations can take to address bullying as an organisational issue rather than an individual one. She discusses how employers can resp...

Adopting the ISO 45003 Standard - with Hayley Farrell 05.09.2021 1:08:29 ↓

In this episode we chat with Hayley Farrell, Wellbeing Business Partner Lead for Emcor UK. Hayley shares her experience of the process of adopting ISO 45003 in a large company. She discusses the importance of including psychological health and safety as a strategic objective underpinning successful implementation, and describes how different functions across the organisation are able to collaborat...

Psych Health and Safety Live! What can we learn from healthcare? 25.08.2021 34:09 ↓

In the 24 August edition of Psych Health and Safety Live! Alica and Jason delve deeper into Monday's podcast (episode 48) with Dr Jan Smith and the discussion on psych health and safety in healthcare.

Psych Health and Safety in Healthcare - with Dr Jan Smith 22.08.2021 51:04 ↓

In this episode we chat with Dr Jan Smith, Director of Healthy You. We discuss the current state of psychological health and safety in healthcare, the variability in current approaches to management, and some of the very basic control measures that healthcare organisations can implement to improve the psychological health and safety of their employees. We discuss the role of leaders in driving psy...

The role of line managers - with Alicia Papas 19.07.2021 1:06:30 ↓

In this very special episode, we introduce listeners to Alicia Papas, clinical psychologist, PH&S industry expert, and newest addition to the FlourishDx team! Alicia shares her experiences in implementing a psychological health and safety management system at a large university, discusses the important role that line managers play in creating a psychologically healthy and safe workplace, and provi...

The Role of Occupational Health Nurses in Psych Health and Safety - with Carolyn Haybittle 21.06.2021 59:51 ↓

In this episode we chat with Carolyn Haybittle, Occupational Health Nurse and Principal Health Advisor at Newcrest Mining. Carolyn gives us an overview of what an Occupational Health Nurse does and their contribution to workplace psychological health and safety. She shares her views on the main psychosocial hazards experienced by mine workers, and discusses the broad range of control measures that...