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42 - Psychosocial Risk Management: How to Identify and Control Workplace Hazards with Dana Carver
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- Mar 30, 2026
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Summary
Psychosocial hazards are now recognised as one of the most significant and complex risks facing modern workplaces, but what do they actually look like in practice, and how can organisations address them in meaningful, effective ways? In this webinar, we unpack real-world case studies and discuss how factors such as workload, role clarity, leadership, culture, and organisational change can affect mental health, wellbeing, and performance at work. We will discuss what good practice really looks like, where organisations commonly get stuck, and how to move beyond a compliance mindset. Dana’s biography: Dana Carver is a Principal at the research and evaluation firm, Scarlatti. She has over 25 years’ experience in social research, organisational design and wellbeing. For the past 5 years, her focus has been on helping organisations identify, assess and mitigate psychosocial risks. Dana is also the co-creator and Chair of the Good Programmes Trust, home of the award-winning GoodYarn, https://www.goodyarn.org/, program, which has seen over 20,000 people educated in mental health literacy. In this episode, we dive deep into answering the following thorny questions: 00:00 - Intro 02:05 - How did Dana become interested in psychosocial risk management? 03:00 - What are psychosocial hazards? 03:45 - How many psychosocial hazards are there? 04:40 - What are the most common psychosocial hazards? 05:25 - What is the framework used to prioritse hazards based on frequency and intensity? 07:00 - What is the definition of psychosocial risk? 08:45 - Should you eliminate or mitigate risk? 10:05 - What is an example of a control that eliminated the risk? 11:15 - Is psychosocial risk management a part of the Health and Safety legislation? 12:50 - What are the obligations of the employer? 13:…