The psychosocial risk is the risk arising from working conditions which may lead to psychological disorders o physicists to the worker. This type of risk arises due to the shortcomings involved in the management of the requirements and factors present in the workplace. Through this training programme in Psychosocial Risks in the Workplace Students will be able to function effectively within the sector and identify and evaluate the risk factors of a psychosocial nature, arising from the work activity through an understanding and interpretation of the regulatory framework in the field of prevention, as well as those relating to different assessment methods psychosocial risk.
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Psychosocial Risks in the Workplace
Introduction
Objectives
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Identify and evaluate the psychosocial risk factors.
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To examine the situations that constitute stress, workplace bullying and burnout, as well as job dissatisfaction or mental strain.
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Learning how to assess the psychosocial risks.
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Understanding the principles of preventive intervention.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK FACTORS.
- Psychosocial risk factors.
- Conceptual framework (the difference between exposure, aetiology and effect).
- Theoretical framework (demand-control and effort-reward models).
- Regulatory framework: the legal obligation to take action in response to psychosocial risks and to ensure that such action complies with the law.
- A legally sound and participatory approach.
TEACHING UNIT 2. ASSESSING PSYCHOSOCIAL RISKS.
- Scientific requirements of the method (validity, reliability).
- Operational requirements of the method.
- General methods for assessing psychosocial risks.
TEACHING UNIT 3. PRINCIPLES OF PREVENTIVE INTERVENTION.
- Principles of preventive intervention.
- The discussion on the origin.
- Organisational principles.
- Enriching work.
- Forms of direct participation.
- Work cooperatively.
- To report on everyday life.
- Stable working conditions.
TEACHING UNIT 4. STRESS, BULLYING AND BURNOUT.
- Stress.
- Burnout syndrome.
- Moral harassment: origins and definition – what is it and what isn’t it?
- Proposed measures.
- The role of trade unions.