'Occupational Health - the oft forgotten partner in Psychosocial Risk'

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Session details:

Occupational stress remains a leading cause of work-related ill health, yet a recent survey by Occupational Health Assessments highlighted that many employers still struggle to implement effective stress risk assessments.
Occupational Health professionals are well-placed to support employers in meet their legal duties and improve working conditions that protect wellbeing.

Chaired by Amy McKeown, Professor Jo Yarker, Registered Occupational Psychologist and Managing Partner at Affinity Health at Work, will explore how OH teams can:

•    Take a proactive role in shaping and delivering effective stress risk assessments
•    Support employers to meet HSE requirements through practical, people-centred approaches
•    Navigate common challenges and build buy-in across the organisation
•    Draw on what works – and what doesn’t – to embed lasting improvements

Drawing on extensive consultancy and research experience, Jo will share practical strategies and tools that empower OH to drive meaningful change.

Speaker:
Professor Jo Yarker, Managing Partner at Affinity Health at Work and Professor of Occupational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London.
Jo is a Registered and Chartered Occupational Psychologist, Managing Partner at Affinity Health at Work, and Professor of Occupational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London. Her work focuses on supporting healthy, sustainable work for all, particularly how we design work, lead teams, and support people during periods of challenge or change. Jo has led research for the Medical Protection Society, Acas, the World Health Organization, and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, and currently leads Project OSCAR (Occupational Stress Consultation and Research) funded by the Health at Safety Excutive. She works closely with organisations, policy makers, and professional bodies to translate research into practical solutions.

Chair bio:

Amy McKeown is an Organisational Strategist and Consultant working at the intersection of leadership, culture, systems, and health, helping leaders and organisations cut through complexity to create change that lasts.  Amy has helped multinationals, FTSE 100s, international governments, SMEs and start-ups transform strategy into practical outcomes and solutions that work. She is an internationally recognised leader in workplace health, mental health, and women’s health (with 20+ years working at the highest levels). Her workplace mental health framework was adopted by the World Health Organisation as its own.  Amy offers something truly rare: A cross-industry, cross-sector, and cross-cultural perspective built over two decades of hands-on experience in differing roles and viewpoints (a health provider, in-house corporate lead, and an external consultant). She is the creator of ‘Do Workplace Health Right’—a leading international course on strategic workplace mental health and wellbeing.
 

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