Excellence in Preventing and Managing Psychosocial Risk
This category recognises an impactful initiative aimed at preventing psychological injuries in the workplace through a targeted risk management intervention.
About this award category
We’re looking for examples of workplaces that have successfully eliminated or reduced exposure to psychosocial hazards by implementing a structured intervention to address a specific issue.
Judging criteria
Keep this criteria in mind as this is what the assessment and judging panels will be assessing your entries with.
Strong applications will:
- Show how the risk was identified and assessed in consultation with workers.
- Articulate how the intervention was developed and delivered.
- Demonstrate how the intervention was evaluated, monitored, and reviewed for effectiveness.
- Provide evidence of impact, whether at a team, group, or organisational level.
- Describe how the intervention will be, or could be scaled up.
- Proven Leadership support.
Eligibility:
- WorkWell funding recipients are ineligible for nomination for any WorkSafe Award.
Consultation and Engagement
How were employees involved in identifying issues and risks within the workplace? And how did employees contribute to the development and implementation of the safe systems of work/strategies/policies/programs addressing the risks?
Work related factors
Work related factors (also known as psychosocial hazards) are anything in the management or design of work that increases the risk of work-related stress, which can lead to physical injury, mental injury or even both at the same time.
Which work-related factors does the safe system of work/strategy/policy/program seek to address:
- Low job control.
- High and low job demands.
- Poor support.
- Poor organisational change management.
- Poor organisational justice.
- Low recognition and reward.
- Low role clarity.
- Poor workplace relationships.
- Poor environmental conditions.
- Remote and isolated work.
- Violent or traumatic events.
Prevention-led approach
How do the safe systems of work/strategy/policy/program address the root cause(s) of workplace mental injury and/or risks to mental health and wellbeing?
Organisation commitment
How has senior leadership supported the safe system of work/strategy/policy/program and its implementation?
Evaluation and continuous improvement
How will the safe systems of work/strategy/policy/program be measured in terms of its impact? What impact has it had on the workplace culture? What opportunities are there for improvement(s) or wider application to include more staff or workplaces and industries?
Hear from a past winner
Commitment to Prevention of Mental Injury in the Workplace - Award Winner 2024 - Department of Transport and Planning
After you enter
The entry and judging process explains what happens from the time you enter through to the announcement of the winners.