Psychosocial Safety at Work
psychosocial safety training
Psychosocial hazards are now firmly part of the workplace health and safety conversation. But policies, frameworks and risk registers can only tell us part of the story. This session brings a lived-experience perspective to psychosocial safety at work:…
Workshop
Description
Psychosocial hazards are now firmly part of the workplace health and safety conversation. But policies, frameworks and risk registers can only tell us part of the story.
This session brings a lived-experience perspective to psychosocial safety at work: what workplace psychological injury can actually look and feel like, how harm can accumulate, what recovery involves, and how organisational responses can either support recovery or make an already difficult situation worse.
Jay draws on her own experience of workplace psychosocial injury and PTSD, alongside a long career inside complex government and political organisations. The workshop also references the Safe Work Australia Code of Practice on Workplace Psychosocial Safety.
This is not WHS compliance training. It is a candid, practical and human conversation designed to help leaders and teams better understand the people behind the terminology — and think more deeply about prevention, support and recovery.
Benefits
Participants will better understand and identify psychosocial hazards in their workplace. They will be empowered to address psychosocial hazards, and engage in help-seeking behaviours when they recognise the need to do so.
Hosted by Jay Piza
About the Host
I’m a Canberra-based speaker, facilitator, presenter and voice artist with a background that spans professional communication, government, diplomacy, intelligence, performance and the creative arts.
After more than two decades working in roles where communicating complex ideas clearly really mattered, I now use those skills in a much more eclectic portfolio career. I run practical workshops and one-to-one sessions in voice, presentation, audio and creative communication; speak about mental health, psychosocial safety and lived experience; facilitate and MC events; and work with creative organisations on marketing and audience engagement.
My approach is practical, warm and highly participatory. I’m interested in helping people communicate with greater confidence and clarity — whether that means speaking to a room, finding a more natural and engaging voice, handling difficult material, or getting an idea out of their head and into the world.
I’m also an active performer, including improv theatre and choral performance, and I bring that willingness to experiment, play and respond to the room into my facilitation work.
Travel Locations
Sydney, Central West NSW, South Coast NSW, Southern Highlands NSW, Snowy Mountains region NSW, Melbourne. Other locations possible depending on timing, location and expenses.
Client Requirements
I am flexible. I usually use a presentation but it's optional. For example, I've given presentations as 'morning tea' and led discussion rather than presenting in a traditional sence.
Focus Areas
Creative/CultureWell-being/Health
Location
Canberra, Australia
Corporate Experience
Significant
Certifications & Credentials
Mental Health First Aid (2026). Current public liability insurance.
Session Types Offered
Interactive (eg. improv, group-art, yoga etc.)
Past Experience Doing Sessions
Yes - Interactive
Past Clients
Beyond Blue lived experience speaker since late 2024
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