Work-Related Stress and Psychosocial Risk Assessment for Health, Safety and Wellbeing Managers

Training Outline

Who is the training for?

• Health, Safety and Wellbeing Managers responsible for risk assessment and compliance
• HR leaders and Occupational Health professionals embedding psychosocial risk practices
• Senior managers with accountability for employee mental health and wellbeing
• Wellbeing Leads working alongside H&S teams to align strategy with risk management

   

What will the training cover?

This practical one-day course is designed to give Health, Safety and Wellbeing Managers the knowledge, tools and confidence to manage psychosocial risk effectively.

Participants will:

• Build a clear understanding of psychosocial hazards and how they impact employee wellbeing and organisational performance.
• Explore the business case for psychosocial risk management, including the impact on absence, turnover, productivity and engagement.
• Learn how to conduct effective work-related stress and psychosocial risk assessments using appropriate tools and methods.
• Practise techniques to identify, assess and control psychosocial risks in the workplace.
• Develop practical action plans that can be embedded into existing health and safety governance.
• Reflect on how to promote a positive organisational culture where psychological health is treated with the same rigour as physical safety.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Recognise the range of psychosocial hazards and their impact on individuals, teams and organisational performance.

• Conduct effective work-related stress and psychosocial risk assessments using appropriate tools and methods.

• Identify and apply proportionate, evidence-based control measures.

• Develop credible action plans that integrate into existing health and safety governance.

• Communicate findings and recommendations with confidence to leaders, managers and employees.

• Contribute to a positive, preventative organisational culture where psychological health is supported alongside physical safety.

Why it matters

Work-related stress, depression and anxiety account for a significant proportion of work-related ill-health cases and working days lost in the UK each year. Recent cases, including investigations into the University of Birmingham and East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, show that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are making psychosocial risk a regulatory priority, and ISO 45003 has raised expectations for what good practice looks like.
For Health, Safety and Wellbeing Managers, the question is no longer whether to assess psychosocial risk, but how to do it well. This course provides a clear, defensible and practical approach that supports compliance, protects people and drives measurable improvement.