Background
Many European Directives related to safety and health at work require an assessment of risks. Risk assessment is considered to be a good practice to be taken to protect workers' safety and health. The prevention process starts with the reduction and if possible, total elimination of potential risks. It is generally acknowledged that the psychosocial work environment plays a considerable role for the occurrence of a number of risks as for diseases, for stress and burnout, general quality of life, for social exclusion, harassment and bullying, for sickness absence and personnel turnover. A risk assessment on psychosocial work environment is therefore of a considerable importance.
Objectives
The aim of the course is to provide the participants with theoretical and practical knowledge on psychosocial risk assessments at workplaces and its role in improving the health and safety of the worker. The latest research findings and best practices will be introduced. The course will focus on psychosocial work environment such as stress at work, burnout, work – home balance, working hours, changes of workplaces, harassment and bullying as well as on how to implement risk assessment to the psychosocial work environment and how to plan actions to reduce or eliminate risks.
Target group
Occupational health services, industrial safety personnel, occupational safety and health inspectors, practitioners in risk assessments, human resource managers and other professionals or researchers with interest in psychosocial environment and/or risk assessment.
Course structure and learning methodology
Lectures, team work and workshops.
Main lecturers
Stavroula Leka, Associate professor in occupational health psychology, Director, Postgraduate programme in occupational health psychology, WHO programme manager, Institute of Work, Health & organisations, Nottingham, UK
Birgit Aust, Senior researcher, PhD, National Research Centre for the Working Environment,
Copenhagen, Denmark
Brynja Bragadóttir, PhD in health psychology, consultant in occupational health and manager of occupational research, Capacent Gallup, Iceland
Venue and accommodation
The course will be held at Park Inn Island in Reykjavik.
Park Inn Island is located in the heart of the new business district in Reykjavik, only within a 20 minutes' walk from the city centre.
For more information on Park Inn Island, please visit www.parkinn-reykjavik.com
Registration fee
EUR 400 (accommodation and meals are not included in the price). All teaching and course material are included.