Meet Your Psychosocial Safety Obligations Before a Crisis
8 out of 10 managers don’t know how to reduce their team’s risk
Train your managers to identify and prevent hazards becoming big problems
A scalable, cost-effective, and customisable eLearning solution that helps you legally comply.
Psychosocial hazards stemming from job design, poor management, behaviours, or workplace culture can cause serious harm. WHS laws now require you to proactively prevent these risks. Regulators expect robust governance, oversight, and training, not just responses after harm occurs.
Under Australian WHS laws, directors must act or face fines up to $600,000.
We know that looking after the mental health of our employees can seem overwhelming and there may not be funds allocated to it in the budget.
But there’s a cost to doing nothing
Calculating Psychosocial Risk and Injury: The ROI of caring cultures
Here's the research
This calculator was created to show the indicative costs of poor mental health at work. It is based on well-founded research (see below). It is of course only indicative and every organisation is different. What's clear though is that by investing a little in better workplace mental health programs, that directly target early identification, you can positively impact productivity and reduce the risk of psychological injury claims.
* Australian Bureau of Statistics average absenteeism rates, presented in, ‘Key Australian industry indicators - March 2023’
https://www.aigroup.com.au/resourcecentre/research-economics/economics-intelligence/2023/key-australian-industry-indicators-mar-2023/
* 'Mental health and employers: Refreshing the case for investment' Deloitte 2020
https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/consulting/articles/mental-health-and-employers-refreshing-the-case-for-investment.html
* The Lancet Psychiatry is a world leading publication on mental health research. We have used figures on training managers to reduce absenteeism based on research published in the journal. For more, please see “Workplace mental health training for managers and its effect on sick leave in employees: a cluster randomised controlled trial” Josie S Milligan-Saville, BPsych; Leona Tan, MPsych; Aimée Gayed, MCrim; Caryl Barnes, MD; Ira Madan, MD; Mark Dobson, BArts et al.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(17)30372-3/fulltext
Our WeCARE programs help leaders build more caring and mentally healthy teams, who enjoy growing together.
Be caring. Lead with care. Grow with care.
Our award winning programs help managers to lead mentally healthy and psychologically safe teams. They reduce Psychosocial Risk, build Psychological Safety and mentally healthy teams who enjoy growing together.
OUR STORY
Other organisations who have used our
WeCARE learning solutions
If you want an immediate solution to improve your workplace mental health, we recommend our WeCARE programs.
WeCARE’s workplace mental health training is a flexible eLearning campaign
“If I had access to this content before I became Head of School, it would have saved me (and others) time and frustration”
PROFESSOR FRANS VERSTRATEN
Head of School of Psychology, the University of Sydney
Mental Health Training
But training, especially for managers, is one thing every organisation should consider as one part of the solution. Do you currently have mental health online courses? Do you have specific mental health training for managers? Do you have psychological safety courses? Are they working? How are you measuring them?
WeCARE eLearning is designed to
- Help people to identify someone who is struggling
- Know how to ask RUOK with empathy
- Guide people to the help they need
- Improve workplace mental health
WeCARE is an award winning eLearning campaign designed to be implemented across your entire organisation. It starts with leaders and then scales across your whole organisation. Its aim is to reduce psychosocial risk and psychological injuries, improve workplace mental health, build psychological safety and enable all staff to support their colleagues.
It begins with WeCARE Manager, a 50 minute elearning module, packed with many resources, followed by a 12 week program (a two minute ‘nudge’ video is released each week), with practical steps managers can take to build more caring and stronger teams.
This is amplified through our mental health training for all; a 20-minute WeCARE eLearning course for all staff, providing job aids such as help sheets, guidebooks, posters, the moodometer and wallet cards.
If you need an immediate solution, explore our products now.
Need more custom?
To make the most from our WeCARE products, you can customise them to connect your employees to all your mental health resources, such as Employee Assistance Programs, Manager Assist, Mental Health First Aid training, including white labeling and industry specific content.
“We found the content to be high quality and engaging, with best practice advice. I recommend absolutely everyone to complete this fantastic course, because it is suitable for both professional and personal settings.”
LUKA POPAVAC
Former National Customer Experience & Capability Manager, Volkswagen Group Australia
WeCARE can link to all YOUR resources
WeCARE365
Brings it all together
EAP+ Manager Assist
Mental Health First Aid training
Support Helplines
Diversity & Inclusion/Bullying & Harassment
What about Mental Health First Aid and EAP?
Mental Health First Aid training, EAP, internal help lines and initatives around Diversity and Inclusion, Bullying and Harrassment, Responding to Psychosocial Risk and Injuries, all play an important role in keeping our people safe. In their own way, each of these programs and support services aim to improve psychosocial health and safety. But organisations often struggle to connect the dots for their people. Our WeCARE programs make the connection. We improve workplace mental health by bringing it all together, connecting your other programs and resources to provide practical steps we all can take.
WeCARE eLearning can plug into your organisation’s existing Learning Management System (LMS) or you can use our own online portal which can be easily viewed on a phone, tablet or laptop.
The WeCARE program follows the ICARE framework
- Guidance on how to find a mental health savvy GP, prepare for a mental health discussion, and to see a psychologist.
- Encouraging the manager through mental health training for managers and teammates to stay in contact with the distressed employee
- Provide critical strategies such as regular exercise, staying connected and amplify your other programs, such as mental health first aid training.
We have developed a lot of resources to help you support your whole organisation, wherever they are, all year, from digital, to print, to job aids.
WeCARE’s workplace mental health training is a flexible eLearning campaign
The WeCARE learning methodology
The Ebbinghaus forgetting curve reveals that we forget 75% of what we learn in one week unless it is reinforced with ongoing reminders.
WeCARE provides a spaced learning approach. By connecting learners to practical content, led by local leaders, accessible from any device, support given in print and digital form, and reminders used, over time, spaced learning enhances recall (Journal of Neuroscience 3 July 2019, Spaced Learning Enhances Episodic Memory by Increasing Neural Pattern Similarity Across Repetitions).
The WeCARE learning campaign provides you and your people the know how to improve workplace mental health. We build your people’s confidence to support a teammate in distress and stop little problems getting bigger.
We have been recognised by our mental health training industry and partners.
Meet Our Founders
Our founders are committed to helping leaders build more caring, resilient and growth oriented teams.
“We know that leaders need to learn new skills to prepare for rising stress, and the riskiest thing is to keep doing the same thing.”
Graeme Cowan is the author of best selling BACK FROM THE BRINK book series and is a Board Director of R U OK? Over the last 5 years he has helped thousands of leaders and teams to be more caring, mentally healthy, and growth oriented. He is a regular media commentator on workplace resilience in volatile times. See Graeme Cowan’s Online Speaker Showreel – Building caring and mentally healthy teams
Brenden Carter is the Founder and Creative Director of The Learning Hook, a longstanding, multi-award winning elearning solutions company. As an educator and content producer, he’s always been passionate about learning and particularly how we turn our knowledge into action. Having worked with many large organisations, he recognised a common need for more support and training to create mentally healthy workplaces. See more of Brenden’s work in the elearning industry here: The Learning Hook
Navigating Mental Health Challenges in the Workplace: The Crucial Role of Online Mental Health Training Courses
Mental Health at Work Training
As organisations strive to create environments that prioritise employee well-being, mental health at work training has emerged as a key component in addressing these complex issues. This article explores the critical role of mental health at work training and online courses in fostering a supportive workplace, drawing on statistics from the Deloitte UK study on absenteeism, presenteeism, and turnover.
Recognising the urgency of addressing mental health in the workplace, organisations are turning to scalable mental health at work training programs to equip their workforce with the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate these challenges effectively.
A major UK Study highlights the need for addressing mental health at work training.
High turnover rates are another consequence of unaddressed mental health challenges in the workplace. Employees experiencing persistent stress or burnout are more likely to seek alternative employment, resulting in a costly cycle of recruitment and onboarding for organisations. Mental health at work training emerges as a proactive solution to reduce turnover by fostering a supportive culture that prioritises employee well-being.
Mental Health Online Courses
WeCARE365 stands out as an award-winning mental health online training program dedicated to addressing mental health challenges comprehensively. With a diverse range of courses covering stress reduction, resilience building, and cultivating a positive work culture, WeCARE365 aligns with the goals of mental health at work training. Organisations can benefit from this program to create lasting positive changes in their workplace culture, supporting employees in their mental health journey.
Drawing insights from the Deloitte UK study on absenteeism, presenteeism, and turnover, it is evident that investing in mental health at work training is crucial for creating a supportive workplace culture. By integrating online courses, such as those offered by WeCARE365, organisations can proactively address mental health challenges, fostering a work environment that prioritises employee well-being and, ultimately, achieving sustained success.
We know
- There are simple strategies we all can learn that make a big difference.
- Most people want to help but don’t know how to.
- What we do at work matters. When we treat people with care, respect and we build trust, we see the greatest results at work and at home.
“Together we can stop little problems getting bigger.”