Psychological Health and Safety for Workers

Learn how psychosocial factors can affect mental health and your role in creating a psychologically safe work environment.

Icons representing psychosocial factors, including reasonable and clear demands, growth and development, work-life balance and challenging work.

Single seat:: $19.95

Format:: e-Course

Language:: English/French

Duration:: 1 hour

Access:

Single Seat (90 days access from date of purchase)

Group Training (multi-seat) (1 year access from date of purchase)

Description

This e-course features an improved look and functionality to enrich your learning experience.

People in Canada spend a significant amount of time in the workplace, making its potential impact on our mental health substantial. This course builds upon the learning from introductory courses (Psychological Health and Safety Awareness and Reducing Mental Health Stigma in the Workplace) to give participants a deeper understanding of the roles and factors in creating a psychologically safe workplace.

Topics include:

Why psychological health is important
How mental health issues affect workers
Work environments and mental health
Stigma
Psychosocial factors and their categories:

Work-life balance
Reasonable and clear demands
Valued, respected, supported
Feeling safe at work
Challenging and engaging work
Roles and responsibilities

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

Define psychological health and safety
Recognize how work environments affect mental health
Identify factors that influence mental health in the workplace
Understand your role as a worker in promoting psychological health and safety in the workplace
Identify an employer’s role in promoting psychological health and safety in the workplace

Average time to complete this course is approximately 60 minutes.

Target Audience

This course is recommended for anyone interested in learning about mental health and psychological safety at work. This course is suitable for workers in organizations of all sizes, across all industries and occupations.

Prerequisite

None.

Certificate of Completion

Upon completion of the course and passing a final, multiple-choice exam, learners will be able to print a certificate of completion

System Requirements

This course is delivered online. View the minimum system requirements to take this course.

Review Process

CCOHS courses are unique in that they are developed by subject specialists in the field, and reviewed by representatives from labour, employers and government to ensure the content and approach are unbiased and credible.

VuBiz Partnership

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