Overview

New Micro-credential: As a psychologist, learn how Psychosocial Risk Management will impact your client and their world of work.

Psychosocial risk management is no longer optional — it’s now a legislative priority across Australia and internationally. This microcredential equips professionals at all career stages with the practical knowledge, frameworks, and an understanding of the legislation to address one of the most significant workplace changes of our time and impacts workplaces across Australia.

In a program that blends academic expertise with real-world insights, it will cover:

• psychosocial hazards listed in the Safe Work Australia framework, critical in supporting psychologists in understanding the obligations on Employers and Workers under the Code of Practice to manage Psychosocial Hazards.

• psychoeducation tools recommended by regulators and applied in businesses to recognise stress and early warning signs, and intervene effectively through the Look, Listen, Link process. You can then reinforce this within reporting and through Case Conferencing. 

• Knowledge of how to facilitate training around psychological flexibility to strengthen team resilience and adaptability.

• Practical strategies for communicating with employers to manage high job demands, organisational change, and workplace conflict.

• Insights into evolving workplace safety regulations and how to achieve alignment in your practice with what regulators will ask for in your reports (i.e. WorkSafe). 

Through three interactive modules and case studies, you’ll explore the progression from healthy functioning to psychological injury, the impact of stress on individuals and teams, and how early intervention can prevent harm while supporting productivity.

Preview what’s inside

• What is Psychosocial Risk Management?

• Psychosocial risk management for Leaders - Prevent workplace burnout & build resilient teams

Duration of access

Access to this eLearning activity is for 6 months from the date of confirmed registration.

Target audience

This activity is suitable for: psychologists, academics, allied health professionals, human resource professionals, health and safety professionals, mid-senior level managers/leaders across all industries, and diversity/learning and development professionals.

Level of Learning

Foundational. This activity is targeted to those new to the topic.

APS CPD-Approved

This activity has been assessed against the APS Standards for CPD activities and approved for its education quality. Learn more about the APS CPD Approval process.

Professional competencies for psychology

The Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) have updated the Professional competencies for psychology which come into effect on 1 December 2025. This activity addresses the following PsyBA Professional competencies for psychology: Competency 1, Competency 2, and Competency 6.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Identify psychosocial hazards, 

• Identify behaviour change and work-related stress, 

• Recognise strategies to support effective communication for empowering their team, and

• Recognise strategies to promote psychosocial risk management and build and resilient organisation.

Upon successful completion, participants will qualify with a formally recognised Microcredential in Leadership in Psychosocial Risk Management from Bond University and a certificate in recognition. 

Presenter(s)

Professor Alan Patching, Shehan Peiris

About the presenter(s)

Professor Alan Patching- Faculty of Society and Design, Bond University
Professor Alan Patching has over four decades of experience on major projects worth over $20 billion (in 2020 values), including his role as Project Director and owning entity CEO for the design and construction of the Sydney Olympic Stadium, where daily risk management was central to its on-original-schedule and within-original-budget completion.
He also holds a master's degree, a PhD, and has substantial clinical experience in psychology and human behaviour-related areas. Alan has taught postgraduate risk management, human behaviour and psychology-related subjects at several educational institutions for over 20 years. There is arguable no one better qualified to bring this course to you at such a crucially important time.
Shehan Peiris, People Risk, Howden Insurance Brokers Australia
Shehan has an extensive knowledge of Organisational Psychology including the development of large-scale psychological interventions, workplace transformation, solutions design, people leader capability and psychological risk management in organisations.
Shehan has experience in implementing change management initiatives that involve engaging at the Workplace, People Leader and Workforce to create systemic and individual change. Shehan applies evidence based best practices methodologies to build the capability of organisations and industry at a local, state, federal and global levels and has been recognised by industry for the transformational change projects that have created systemic change at the regulatory and industry levels across Australia.

Website/s

https://bond.edu.au/