Supporting the psychosocial safety of workers in aged care

Content
3 modules
Course length
60 mins
Instructor
Essential Skills
Released
06 May 2025
Price
$46.50 AUD

Description

This essential online course empowers aged care workers to recognise and respond to psychosocial risks, build mentally healthy workplaces, and understand their rights and responsibilities under the Fair Work and WHS Acts. Learn practical strategies for managing stress, supporting your own wellbeing, and contributing to a psychologically safe and inclusive care environment. Because your mental health matters too.

 

This course has been mapped to the Aged Care Quality Standards: 2.2.2 & 2.8.2

Objectives

This online course covers:

  • The importance of psychological and psychosocial safety in aged care

  • Key psychosocial hazards and how they impact mental health at work

  • Risk and protective factors affecting worker wellbeing

  • Legal responsibilities under the Fair Work Act and WHS Regulations

  • Employer and worker roles in maintaining a mentally healthy workplace

  • Strategies to manage stress, promote support, and build inclusive cultures

  • Recognising and responding to mental health crises in the workplace

  • Encouraging self-care and early help-seeking for sustained wellbeing

Certificate

By completing/passing this course, you will attain the certificate Certificate of Completion

Learning credits

CPD
1.0

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