Psychological health and safety training

Educate your team to create a healthy and safe workplace

Employers are responsible for developing training that reflects the needs of their workers. In addition to safe work procedures, employers and workers can supplement their training with the courses below.

When training new and current workers on a psychologically safe workplace, the training should: 

• Define key terms: train all workers (workers, managers/supervisors and senior leadership) on the definition of psychosocial factors and their impact on occupational psychological safety.
• Recognize the signs and symptoms of psychological injury.
• Promote active listening and open communication
• Develop emotional intelligence.
• Encourage a growth mindset.
• Address work-life balance.
• Highlight the psychosocial factor literacy.
• Foster compassionate leadership.
• Implement strategies to prevent harassment and violence.