How well is your workplace supporting psychological health and safety? Strong organisational goals shape workplace culture and drive engagement, productivity, and long-term resilience.
So where do you start?
By laying a strong foundation and taking meaningful action, leaders can create an engaged, thriving workforce, boost productivity, and build overall organisational resilience.
To help you on this journey, AP Psychology and Consulting Services have developed the Workplace Psychological Health and Safety Checklist – a practical, high-impact guide designed to support organisations in creating a mentally healthy and high-performing workplace.
Use this checklist to:
✔ Embed best practices into daily operations
✔ Identify and mitigate psychosocial hazards
✔ Proactively address workplace challenges with a structured approach
✔ Take actionable steps towards a healthier, more engaged workforce
✔ Strengthen workplace culture to drive engagement and productivity
A thriving, engaged workforce isn’t built by chance but by intention.
Why This Checklist Matters
Workplace mental health risks – stress, burnout, role ambiguity, and toxic cultures – aren’t just individual problems; they’re systemic issues that demand proactive solutions. Left unaddressed, these risks lead to:
❌ Higher turnover and absenteeism
❌ Reduced productivity and engagement
❌ Increased psychological injury claims and legal risks
❌ Negatively impacts to workplace culture and reputation
On the flip side, when organisations prioritise psychological health and safety, they unlock:
✅ Stronger employee engagement and performance
✅ Higher retention and team morale
✅ Reduced risks of workplace stress and burnout
✅ A more innovative, adaptable, and resilient workforce
This isn’t about quick fixes or ticking boxes – it’s about creating lasting change through meaningful action.
Workplace Psychological Health and Safety Checklist
1. Reaffirm Leadership Commitment
Organisational change and wellbeing begin with strong and visible leadership.
- Ensure leaders clearly communicate their commitment to workplace psychological health and safety, through internal messaging.
- Make psychological health and safety a core leadership priority by integrating it into strategic planning, performance goals, and organisational values.
2. Identify Psychosocial Hazards
A thorough understanding of psychosocial hazards is essential to mitigate risks.
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- What are the common psychosocial hazards in your workplace e.g. role ambiguity, workplace conflict, high job demands.
- Review and update your process for identifying psychosocial hazards and ensure worker consultation occurs.
- Consider an independent Psychosocial Risk Assessment to gain deeper insights into workplace hazards. See Our Solutions below.
3. Assess and Prioritise Risks
Evaluating the impact of psychosocial hazards ensures that high-priority risks are addressed promptly.
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- Review existing metrics and reports e.g. employee engagement survey results, incident reports, turnover rate absenteeism rates and claim data to identify themes.
- Measure the duration, frequency, and severity of hazards on your workforce through workforce consultation and the use of robust tools.
- Utilise our independently validated psychosocial risk assessment to identify your workplace hazards. Find out more here.
- Develop new, or utilise existing, psychosocial risk assessment tools to support risk management.
4. Implement Controls and Strengthen Support Systems
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- Review and update your organisational risk controls and align them with psychological health and safety best practice (e.g., does your Return-to-Work Policy and Procedure detail the process for psychological injury as well as physical injury)?
- Undertake a gap analysis to review coverage of controls for identified psychosocial hazards.
Leaders play a pivotal role in creating a safe and supportive workplace
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- Uplift your people leaders’ capability and confidence through targeted psychological health and safety management training.
- Which capability development solution(s) would best support your organisation to reach its psychological health and safety goals? (See below Our Solutions for more information).
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- E-learns
- Tipsheets and Videos
- Face to face or Virtual Training
- TM Thrive – One platform to complete all your psychosocial risk management needs
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5. Commit to Continuous Improvement – Review Control Measures
Sustained success requires a commitment to ongoing evaluation and adaptation.
How often do you assess what’s working and what isn’t?
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- Remeasure the impact of hazards on your workforce. Compare results to your first measurement. Develop an action plan to address any shortfalls.
- Re-review existing metrics and reports e.g. employee engagement survey results, incident reports, turnover rates, absenteeism rates, and claim data to identify themes and changes since the previous reporting period.
- Review the effectiveness of implemented controls regularly – especially after incidents or significant organisational changes.
- Are employees confident that they can raise concerns safely? Encourage safe reporting mechanisms.
What’s next? Ask: What can we do to improve psychological health and safety, minimise the impact of hazards, and prevent injury?
Our Solutions
We are here to help. Explore our solutions to find the best fit for your organisation’s needs.
Strategic Consulting Solutions
To create a mentally healthy workplace and assess the current psychological health and safety of your workplace, we help you understand the workplace factors effecting the mental health and wellbeing of your workforce through:
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- Psychosocial Risk Assessment – using our proprietary risk assessment tool, aligned with ISO45003 and Australian legislation, we create a detailed risk profile to pinpoint the psychosocial hazards affecting your workforce, empowering you to take immediate action.
- Gap Analysis – we conduct a thorough desktop review of your policies and procedures, assessing systemic factors to highlight strengths and identify areas for improvement.
- Workforce Consultation – we take a deep dive, through facilitated focus groups, to consult with your workforce to better understand what is impacting them and to generate potential solutions.
To find out more at Strategic Consulting.
Training Solutions
Enhance your workplace potential with AP Psychology and Consulting Service’s evidence-based, best practice training. Our interactive workshops (delivered both online and in-person) help leaders and teams strengthen psychological health and safety skills.
What You’ll Gain:
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- Client-centric approach to the design and development of all our programs.
- Learning outcomes are tailored to your organisation’s needs.
- Participants can immediately apply practical tools and strategies to their roles, driving sustainable performance improvements.
Discover how our tailored training solutions can support your workplace in achieving long-lasting improvements and enhanced organisational outcomes. Find out more about our Training Solution.
Digital Solutions
Bridges the gap between traditional training and modern workplace needs.
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- e-Learning Modules: Customised modules are designed to address specific workplace needs. Find out more, including information on modules available.
- Tip sheets & Videos: Comprehensive tip sheets and expert-curated video content on workplace psychological safety topics.
- TM Thrive Platform: An evidence-based platform that supports psychosocial risk management at scale, providing access to tools, resources, and compliance-aligned training.
Don’t let the challenges of employee engagement and compliance hold you back. Learn more about how one of our Digital Solutions can transform your workplace learning.
Create an Action Plan
Need expert guidance? We can help you develop and implement an action plan to identify and implement controls that eliminate or lessen the impact of psychosocial hazards.
Let us help you craft a comprehensive psychological health and safety strategy.
