The health challenges of new ways of working following COVID

The health challenges of new ways of working following COVID

8th October 2020 - Online

£25 SOM and BPS members; £50 non members

Programme

Learning outcomes

-  What can we do to support workers - what is useful?

-  To enhance delegates’ knowledge of the key role of the manager and tools people can access.

-  To raise awareness of the latest thinking towards hybrid working.

-  What have we learnt from the pandemic?

With a core consideration of diversity and inclusion throughout.

Schedule

9.30am Chair and introduction, Professor Anne Harriss, Immediate Past President, SOM

9.40am Working safely – where are we now? Dr Robin Cordell, SOM Past President

10.15am The key role of managers to facilitate healthy and sustainable work. Dr Noreen Tehrani, Division of Occupational Psychology, British Psychological Society

10.50am Hybrid working – what has worked, what has not worked and challenges for the future? Jonathan Hill, Anglian Water With a particular focus on disability and inclusion                                

Break - 10 minutes

11.30am Presenteeism - managing the challenge. Professor Gail Kinman, Birkbeck, University of London

12.05pm The changing workplace environment - How are workplaces changing and psychological impacts? Dr Nick Bell, Honorary Principal Lecturer, Cardiff Metropolitan University

12.40pm Closing Q&A with speaker panel. Chair: Dr Roxane Gervais                      

1pm close

Audience – SOM and BPS members, students, industry.