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We are dedicated to providing comprehensive occupational health and safety (OHS) consulting services tailored to your needs.
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Psychological health and safety, often called workplace mental health, encompasses principles and practices to foster a supportive, respectful, and psychologically safe work environment.
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The Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum is recognized as best-practice in violence prevention training for health care workers.
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If adopted, the proposals would establish clearer and more coordinated requirements for employers to address psychosocial hazards, including specific frameworks that prevent and respond to workplace harassment and violence.
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Everything you need to know about the changes to WorkSafeBC's Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, Part 8, Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment — Respirators: Face Seal 
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Psychological and social support

Workplace psychological safety is demonstrated when employees feel able to put themselves on the line, ask questions, seek feedback, report mistakes and problems, or propose a new idea without fearing negative consequences to themselves, their job or their career.

Workplace psychological safety is achieved when employees feel they can freely express themselves without fear of negative repercussions. This includes asking questions, seeking feedback, admitting mistakes, raising concerns, or suggesting new ideas without jeopardizing their job or career. A psychologically safe and healthy workplace promotes employees' emotional well-being and actively works to minimize threats to their mental health.

Psychological safety is crucial for numerous reasons:

  1. Enhanced job satisfaction and performance: Employees in a psychologically safe environment report greater job satisfaction and improved performance.
  2. Encourages open communication: It fosters an atmosphere where employees feel comfortable speaking up and getting involved.
  3. Boosts morale and engagement: Employees are more engaged and less likely to suffer stress-related illnesses.
  4. Reduces workplace issues: Such environments experience fewer grievances, conflicts, and liability risks.

In contrast, the absence of psychological safety can lead to:

  • Employees feel demoralized, threatened, disengaged, and strained.
  • Perceptions of workplace conditions as ambiguous and unpredictable.
  • Potential undermining of shareholder, consumer, and public confidence in the organization.
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Jody Braam on listening beyond words in dementia care 

Alzheimers, Communication, Dementia, Grief, Mental Health, Person-centered care, Psychological Health and Safety, Resilience, Self-talk, Stigma, Stress

This fall, the Hearts and Hands conference for health care assistants will bring frontline care workers together for a day of learning, connection and celebration. In Langley, Jody Braam will lead a breakout session exploring...

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Brandi Heather on making space for play at Hearts & Hands 

Balance, Boundaries, Burnout, Civility and respect, Clear leadership, Collective Care, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Engagement, Grief, Growth and development, Harassment, Leadership, Mental Health, Moral distress, Organizational culture, Psychological Health and Safety, Resilience, Self-care, Self-talk, Stigma, Stress, Suicide, Trauma, Work-life balance

There’s a strange thing that happens when you become very good at holding everything together. People stop asking if you are okay.  You show up, do the work, care for the people who need you...

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Mattering at work: From understanding to everyday action

Burnout, Organizational culture, Psychological Health and Safety

In this Ask Me Anything session, we will explore what mattering means in the workplace, why it is particularly important in work centred on caring for others, and how it can influence employee wellbeing, connection,...

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