Workplace Mental Health Skill Set BSBWHS432X
GET CERTIFIED AS A WORKPLACE PSYCHOSOCIAL SAFETY OFFICER
The cross-sector BSBWHS432X Workplace Mental Health Skill Set microcredential course addresses the skills and knowledge required to support the mental health of employees in an organisation or work area. It equips participants with the skills and knowledge required to contribute to managing psychological health and safety in the workplace including identifying psychosocial hazards and risk management processes, and to provide effective mental health support to employees.
Who is this course for?
It’s for those who work in a variety of industries and work contexts, who may have some responsibility for supervising others. Some may have managerial responsibilities. Depending on the industry and work context, this may include frontline managers, supervisors, team leaders or small business operators. This skill set also applies to Human Resources, Wellbeing, Health and Safety Professionals.
IMPORTANT: This course does NOT qualify the participant as a mental health professional.
Course Content and Outcomes
Participants will learn HOW to:
- Identify internal and external business risk and potential impact to the organisation.
- Understand non-work-related stressors that have the potential to affect psychological health and safety, including:
– financial insecurity
– balancing work and caring responsibilities
– concern for vulnerable family members and friends
– change to activities that support psychological health
– received threats of domestic and family violence - Contribute to managing psychological health and safety, including reviewing and identifying psychosocial hazards and psychological risks and identifying risk control measures.
- Support development of a plan for reviewing and evaluating selected risk control measures.
- Support development of a communications and consultation plan for organisation or work area.
- Confidently identify and respond to employees experiencing psychological distress within the scope of own role.
- Refer employees showing signs of psychological distress to support services and resources according to individual needs.
- Effectively document support provided to meet legislative requirements.
- Support processes for introducing employees to the workplace environment in a physically and psychologically safe manner.
- Contribute to implementing reasonable adjustments for employees experiencing psychological injury.
- Provide support to employees permanently leaving the organisation within the limits of own role.
Course Inclusions
- 8 Self-paced topics completed within 3 months, including videos, virtual presentations, templates and workbooks.
- Delivered by expert facilitators.
- Access to unlimited support from our facilitators during the course via email or telephone.
- 12 months access to online course content.
- A highly valued list of the best sources of tools, resources, and professional support available to enable you to continue to remain current and confident to support the mental health of employees in an organisation.
- Upon successful completion, the Australasian Sustainable Wellness Academy will issue a certificate of completion of Workplace Mental Health Skill Set
You have 2 options for this course.
Option One – Course with Assessment: In addition to the above course inclusions, this course includes a written assessment for you to complete and submit. Upon successful completion, you will receive an accredited certificate for BSBWHS432X Contribute to organisational mental health in the context of disruptive events from Prestige Service Training RTO 31981. If you do not complete or submit your assessment, but do complete all the online course modules, you will only receive a certificate of completion of Workplace Mental Health Skill Set from the Australasian Sustainable Wellness Academy.
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Option Two – Course Only (No Assessment to submit): As per above course inclusions.
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Note: Both course options have the same course content (videos, virtual presentations, templates and workbooks).
CPD points apply for professional industry associations.
Meet Your Facilitator, Angela Derks
Angela Derks is a globally recognised leader in workplace wellness and a passionate advocate for creating psychologically safe and supportive environments where people can adapt, deliver, grow and thrive. With her diverse professional experience, including working across the globe with renowned health retreats and corporations, Angela is committed to sharing the transformative learnings of integrating evidence-based frameworks and best practices to enable health, happiness, and wellbeing with others. Discover more about Angela and her work.
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Upskilling Pathways
This course is ideal for gaining relevant workplace psychological health and safety skills for your current or ‘next step’ role. It also provides one unit credit (BSBWHS432X Statement of Attainment) towards Australia’s leading accredited qualification for workplace wellbeing – Diploma in Wellness Leadership Qualification.
Where do I go from here?
Want to further develop your wellbeing skills to future-proof your career? Then check out our other microcredentials courses and revolutionary accredited Diploma qualification in workplace wellbeing.
This cross-sector course provides the skills and knowledge required to contribute to identifying and managing psychosocial safety in the workplace and provide support to others.
DURATION:
8 hours – Online On-Demand
DETAILS:
$1,800 (Plus optional $800 for assessment option)
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