Thrive Series: Team Toolkit: Psychologically Healthy Workplaces

"Psychological safety is present when colleagues trust and respect each other and feel able – even obligated – to be candid."

Amy Edmundson

The National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace has defined 13 psychosocial factors that can affect mental health in the workplace.

The Canada School of Public Service as created job aids and videos to assist teams in addressing mental health in the workplace. The title of each job aid includes the name and number of the psychosocial factor it addresses.

Tools

Job aids: Psychosocial Factors

How to use

Download (PDF) and read the Psychosocial Factors Introduction job aid. Watch the video, review and share with your team
Gather the team to review all 13 Psychosocial Factors and identify which factor(s) the team would like to explore/discuss
Ask the team to download and read the identified job aid(s) and watch the video(s)
Set up a meeting to discuss the key concepts, lessons learned and the way forward to creating a more psychologically healthy and safe workplace
Commit to working together to explore all 13 factors
Reflection - How has your team benefited from this learning?

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