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Practical professional learning for school leaders who need clearer guidance on psychosocial WHS duties, risk management and legally informed action in real secondary school settings.
A practical online professional learning course for Head Teachers, aspiring Head Teachers, Deputy Principals and Principals who need clearer guidance on what psychosocial WHS duties mean in real secondary school settings.
Grounded in the NSW work health and safety framework and the SafeWork approach to psychosocial hazards, this course moves beyond general staff wellbeing language and focuses on what school leaders need to know, notice and do.
Participants work through realistic school-based scenarios, identify the psychosocial risks that commonly arise through workload, poor support, low job control, conflict, bullying, harassment, poor change management and weak follow-up, and develop a more professional approach to identifying, recording, controlling and reviewing psychosocial risk in their own context.
Duration: Approximately 6 hours self-paced professional learning
Format: Online, self-paced
Includes: Templates, toolkit resources, risk planning tools and scenario-based learning
Why this course matters
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Many school leaders were promoted for strong teaching, not formal WHS or risk-management training
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Psychosocial hazards are now clearly part of the WHS framework
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Leaders need practical guidance, not vague wellbeing language
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It can be difficult to find resources and materials that work in a school context
What this course covers
This course helps school leaders:
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Identify common psychosocial hazards in secondary schools
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Distinguish between support issues, conduct issues and risk-management issues
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Consult staff more effectively
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Choose stronger, reasonably practicable controls
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Respond more professionally to common and complex scenarios
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Create or strengthen a faculty or school psychosocial risk plan
Best for
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Head Teachers
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Aspiring Head Teachers
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Deputy Principals
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Principals
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Other school leaders with responsibility for staff, systems, behaviour or faculty management
Delivery options
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Online self-paced
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1 day Face-to-face facilitated delivery by request
Duration & Format
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Approximately 6 hours self-paced professional learning
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Online access available immediately
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1 day facilitated delivery option
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Suitable for individual enrolment or group purchase.
What makes it different?
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A NSW secondary school focus
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Grounded in the WHS framework and psychosocial code of practice
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Realistic school scenarios
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Practical templates and toolkit documents
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Builds toward a usable risk management plan, not just awareness
Leading Psychosocial Safety in NSW Secondary Schools gives school leaders practical guidance and tools to create or improve a compliant psychosocial risk management plan in their school context.
Included in the package
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Five (5) online learning modules
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Downloadable toolkit including
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Risk Management Plan template
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Whole-School Action Plan guide
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Faculty Consultation guide
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Consultation Record template
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Sample whole school Psychosocial Risk survey
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Evidence trail guide
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Reference links to key documents
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Reporting and escalation guide
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Action steps towards building a 'first draft' management plan
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Participant reflections
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Checkpoint quizzes for each module
This course draws on NSW state legislation, regulations and codes of practice as well as AITSL evidence and departmental guidelines and policies to provide practical guidance on how to establish a robust psychosocial safety plan in a school context.
Australian Professional Standards
Lead teachers: Standards 4.4, 4.5, 6.3, 7.1 and 7.2
HALT teachers: Standards 4.1, 4.4, 6.3, 7.1 and 7.2
Middle leaders: Standards 1, 3, 5 and 6
Principals:
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Developing self and others
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Leading improvement, innovation and change
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Leading the management of the school