Topic: Strategies For Supporting Vulnerable Workers

Supporting vulnerable workers requires a deep understanding of psychosocial risks and how to address them effectively. This webinar explores the latest insights into managing these risks, including strategies aligned with state-level legislation relating to managing psychosocial hazards in the workplace. We'll discuss the impact of job demands, workplace stress, microaggressions, and precarious employment, offering evidence-based solutions to create a safer, more inclusive environment. Learn how to assess risk levels, implement the Psychosocial Safety Hierarchy of Control, and establish indicators for health and safety that protect all employees, especially the most vulnerable.

In this webinar you will learn:

Key concepts in psychosocial factors and workplace health and safety obligations
The prevalence and impact of workplace microaggressions and racial discrimination
How to determine and manage psychosocial risks using best practices
The importance of psychosocial safety indicators for protecting vulnerable workers
Practical application of the Psychosocial Safety Hierarchy of Control
Evidence-based strategies for supporting workers in precarious employment

About the Presenter:

Dr. Tessa Bailey is a registered psychologist who completed her PhD focusing on lead indicators for worker psychological health and safety, for which she received the 2019 Ian Davey Award for the most outstanding PhD thesis at the University of South Australia. She has experience working in the areas of human resource management, injury preventions, and injury management.

In her prior role as a Research Fellow at UniSA Dr. Bailey assisted with coordinating the Australian Workplace Barometer project which analysed data on working conditions, worker health, and productivity outcomes for over 7,000 workers across Australia.

Her focus on applied practice led to the creation of The OPUS Centre for Psychosocial Risk working with industry partners to design integrated workforce health and safety systems that provide a psychologically safe environment, protect worker health, and promote wellbeing. As a Consultant Dr. Bailey has assisted organisations from a wide range of industries to design safe systems of work that optimise worker health and productivity outcomes.