Role-Based Psychosocial Risk Assessment Toolkit

Move Beyond Generic Risk Registers and Identify the Hazards That Matter
Many organisations have a psychosocial risk register, but few assess the specific psychosocial hazards faced by individual roles within their workforce.
 
A generic psychosocial risk register may identify broad organisational risks, however it often fails to capture the unique psychosocial hazards experienced by different workers, supervisors, managers, professionals and executives.
 
Our Role-Based Psychosocial Risk Assessment Toolkit provides a practical framework for identifying, assessing and managing psychosocial hazards at the role level, ensuring controls are targeted, relevant and effective.
 
Why Role-Based Assessments Matter
Different roles are exposed to different psychosocial hazards.
For example:
A Chief Executive Officer may experience political pressure, public scrutiny and governance challenges.
A Supervisor may experience high job demands, conflict management and people leadership pressures.
A Customer Service Officer may experience occupational violence, aggression and emotional demands.
An Engineer may experience competing priorities, project pressures and stakeholder conflict.
A Field Worker may experience remote work, isolation and exposure to traumatic events.
 
If all workers are assessed using the same generic risk register, important psychosocial hazards can be overlooked.
 
Role-based assessments provide a more accurate understanding of psychosocial risk exposure and support the development of more effective controls.
 
What's Included?
Role-Based Psychosocial Risk Assessment Template - A professionally designed assessment template that includes:
Role Overview
Risk Identification
Psychosocial Hazard Categories
Unwanted Events
Consequence Descriptions
Risk Ownership
Inherent Risk Assessment
Control Selection
Control Effectiveness Evaluation
Residual Risk Assessment
Review Requirements
 
Psychosocial Risk Matrix - Includes a psychosocial-specific risk matrix designed to assess:
Likelihood based on control effectiveness and work design
Consequence based on psychosocial harm and organisational impacts
 
Psychosocial Likelihood Scale - A unique likelihood methodology linked to:
Hierarchy of Control
Control Type
Control Effectiveness
 
Rather than relying solely on historical incident frequency.
 
Psychosocial Consequence Scale - Assesses potential impacts across:
Health and Wellbeing
Safety Performance
Community
Human Rights
Social Performance
Staff Attraction and Retention
 
Psychosocial Hierarchy of Control - Includes practical guidance for applying:
Elimination
Substitution
Engineering / Environmental Controls
Work Design
Administrative Controls
Support and Recovery
 
Control Type Framework - Guidance on selecting and classifying:
Preventative Controls
Monitoring Controls
Response Controls
Recovery Controls
 
Control Effectiveness Framework - Provides a consistent methodology for assessing whether controls are:
In-Place and Effective
In-Place and Ineffective
In-Place and Not Verified
Not In-Place
Planned
 
Example Completed Assessments - Includes completed examples to demonstrate how the methodology can be applied across different workplace roles.
 
Psychosocial Hazard Categories Included - The toolkit addresses common psychosocial hazards including:
Job Demands
Job Control
Support
Role Clarity
Change Management
Recognition and Reward
Organisational Justice
Traumatic Events or Material
Remote or Isolated Work
Physical Environment
Violence and Aggression
Bullying
Harassment
Sexual Harassment
Conflict and Relationships
 
Benefits
✔ Identifies role-specific psychosocial hazards
✔ Supports targeted risk controls
✔ Improves psychosocial risk assessment quality
✔ Supports compliance with WHS obligations
✔ Provides a consistent assessment methodology
✔ Easy to customise for any organisation
✔ Integrates with existing risk management systems
✔ Supports consultation and worker participation
✔ Demonstrates due diligence and proactive risk management
 
Suitable For
Local Government
Construction
Manufacturing
Mining and Resources
Healthcare
Community Services
Education
Transport and Logistics
Professional Services
Government Agencies
 
Don't Treat Every Role the Same
Psychosocial hazards are not experienced equally across a workforce.
 
Role-Based Psychosocial Risk Assessments help organisations identify the specific psychosocial hazards workers face, implement more effective controls and build safer, healthier and more productive workplaces.
 
Order the Role-Based Psychosocial Risk Assessment Toolkit today and take a more targeted approach to psychosocial risk management.