Psychological risk management
Psychological risk management Psychological risk management – is the application of the risk management framework to psychosocial risks in the workplace. As such it is based on the principles of prevention in line with occupational health and safety legislation, and it aims at risk elimination or reduction. Psychosocial risks are aspects of the design and management of work, and its social and organisational contexts, that have the potential to cause psychological or physical harm.
– Establish ways to reduce the risks:
– The control cycle involves three levels of risk reduction interventions;
– primary interventions – change working practices or procedures;
– secondary interventions – help employees detect and manage their responses to hazards without attempting to eliminate or modify them (training aimed at increasing resilience and coping skills is useful in reducing the impact of psychological hazards).
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