Psychosocial Hazards in Youth Work: The 10 to Know
The ten psychosocial hazards that cause the most harm in youth work, what they look like on shift, and what Australian law expects your organisation to do.
The ten psychosocial hazards that cause the most harm in youth work, what they look like on shift, and what Australian law expects your organisation to do.
Understanding Psychosocial Hazards Psychological injury is often a product of how work is designed, not of how resilient a worker is. The ILO describe psychosocial hazards as the interaction between the work environment, job content, organisational conditions and workers’ capacities and needs. In the social and community sector, supporting people Read more
One standard, two systems: Addressing Psychosocial Hazards Every employer in Australia now has a legal duty to manage psychosocial hazards in the same way they manage physical ones. That much is settled. What is not settled, at least for anyone working across state borders, is how that duty is written, Read more