Safeguarding psychosocial well-being at work: your role as manager

Target group

This training course can be followed by:

• leaders, team coaches, and HR professionals who actively contribute to promoting psychosocial well-being in the workplace;
• anyone wanting to gain basic knowledge about psychosocial well-being at work.

Required prior knowledge

Personal development training: this training requires no prior knowledge.

Programme

CONTENT

COMING SOON: This E-learning will be available from the end of April.

This E-learning consists of a theoretical part supplemented with videos, exercises, and practical examples so you can learn interactively.

• Introduction
• Violence, bullying, unwanted sexual behaviour
  • Definition and framing
  • Impact on employees and the importance of prevention
  • How to respond within the legal context?
• Prevention
  • The importance of a proactive and healthy work environment
  • The 5A-model: identify psychosocial risks in a structured way
  • Job Demands-Resources model: impact of work pressure and available resources
• Signals
  • How to recognise signals?
  • Active communication and open dialogue are essential; listen without judgment and avoid making assumptions
  • Understanding your own reference framework and discuss workload, work-life balance, and recognition
  • Following up on feedback to avoid blind spots in leadership and foster a healthy work environment
• Absence
  • Handling prolonged absence due to burnout
  • Keeping the dialogue open: privacy, trust, support
  • Collaborating on a recovery plan and sustainable return to work
  • Leader's role: patience, flexibility, and solution-oriented thinking
• Return
  • Preparing for the return during the absence
  • Flexibility: gradual integration and adjusted workload
  • Communication plan: expectations and recovery meetings
  • Making agreements: feedback, mutual expectations, and sustainable collaboration
• Possible Consequences
  • Federal responsibility contribution for high prolonged absences
  • Sanctions outlined in the Welfare Act: compensation and judicial rulings

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

• This E-learning will be available from the end of April..
• Duration: 1 hour
• Training material: interactive module
• Language: This training will be given in English
• CPD hours: This E-learning includes an online test consisting of multiple-choice questions. CPD hours will only be granted if you pass the test. You are entitled to 2 attempts to pass the test. If you do not pass (result lower than 60%), CPD hours will not be granted for this (sub)module. We therefore recommend that you take the test only when you are sure you master the subject matter.

Methodology

An ‘E-learning’ is 100% self-study. You log in individually on the MyFA learning platform and process, at your own pace, learning content that is provided to you via an interactive presentation. You can follow this online training wherever, whenever and as often as you want. The teaching material consists of a digital format with text, video, images, animations, test questions and/or references to relevant documents and/or websites.