Workplace Mental Health: What Health & Safety Committees Should Know

• The evolution of occupational health and safety towards prevention of harm as it relates to mental health.
• Defining mental injury and psychological safety in the workplace.
• Why the prevention of mental injury and promotion of psychological safety could and should be the business of Joint Health and Safety Committees.
• Examining how this work can be done and what the challenges you may face along the way.

Upon completion, you will be able to:

• Use their increased awareness and confidence to be involved in the prevention of mental injuries in their workplace.
• Discuss the promotion of psychological safety and the evolving expectations to provide a psychologically safe system of work.
• Proactively assess and address mental health issue in efforts to prevent mental distress or injury in their workplace.

Though the session is targeted to workplaces with 20 or more regularly employed workers across all sectors and sub-sectors, specifically health and safety committee members, it is also open anyone who is interested in starting the conversation to understand how mental injury and mental distress impacts the workplace. The audience will be seeking the knowledge, skills and tools to be more confident and effective when assessing and addressing psychological health and safety risks in their workplace.

WSPS online instructor-led courses are delivered via Microsoft Teams Meetings.

Private delivery is also available for employees in your workplace, either in-person or virtually. Please contact Customer Care at 905-614-1400 or 1-877-494-WSPS (9777) for more information about private training options.

• Participant requirements include a webcam, capable hardware, software & internet.
• Our live online instructor-led training courses are delivered via Microsoft Teams Meetings.
• Specific platform details for this course will be shared upon registration.
• Please view the Frequently Asked Questions for more details on Microsoft Teams Meetings delivery

To ensure an optimal training experience, we strongly recommend participants to use laptops or desktop computers and avoid using mobile phones or tablets. 

The cost is based on the total number of seats purchased.

To qualify for group discounts:

1. Participants must be from the same organization
2. Participants must register for the same course. However, course dates and locations can vary; CSA/WSPS courses excluded
3. Registrations must be received by WSPS at the same time