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Psychosocial hazards risk assessment tool

Psychosocial Hazards Risk Assessment Software & Toolkit

Assess psychosocial risk. Help people grow. Build healthier workplaces.

IdentifyAssessControlMonitor & Review

Consult with your people at every stage.

A simple, engaging approach to psychosocial risk management.

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Workplace Health & Safety Show
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Hort Connections
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Tripod Farmers
Lawson Grains
Warakirri
LaunchVic
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Plain English

What is a psychosocial risk assessment — and what does a risk assessment tool do?

A psychosocial risk assessment helps an organisation understand whether identified psychosocial hazards create risks to workers' health and safety, and what action may be needed. A psychosocial risk assessment tool is simply the software, or tools, that make that process repeatable — capturing insight, prioritising risk, recording controls and holding the evidence in one place instead of a spreadsheet or a PDF in a drawer.

Psychosocial hazards can arise from the design or management of work and may include high job demands, low support, poor workplace relationships, bullying, harassment, violence and low job control. A workplace psychosocial risk assessment considers each of these against real workplace conditions.

A useful assessment goes beyond a score — it helps an organisation understand the workplace, consult affected workers, decide on appropriate controls and review whether those controls remain effective as part of your broader psychosocial compliance process.

Free resources

Templates, PDF Guide & Risk Assesment Tool Ready for You to Download

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PDF · 8 pages

Psychosocial Risk Assessment PDF

An 8-page practical PDF covering legal obligations, the 14 model hazards (plus Victorian and Comcare variations) and the 4-step assessment process.

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Template · editable Word doc

Psychosocial Safety Policy Template

A ready-to-adapt policy template to formalise your organisation's commitment to psychosocial safety.

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Tool · 11 pages

Psychosocial Risk Assessment Tool

Identify psychosocial hazards, assess risk, plan controls and monitor workplace safety — all in one simple tool.

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The process

How the psychosocial risk assessment process works, step by step

Four practical stages that turn a one-off survey into an ongoing Identify → Assess → Control → Monitor & Review rhythm — the same process a good psychosocial risk assessment tool should support end to end. Once you've assessed risk, the next step is to record and review psychosocial risk controls.

  1. 01

    Identify

    Identify psychosocial hazards

    Identify psychosocial hazards and the workplace conditions that could create risk.

  2. 02

    Assess

    Assess the nature and level of risk

    Where necessary, assess the nature and level of risk and what may be contributing to it.

  3. 03

    Control

    Put appropriate controls in place

    Implement appropriate controls and actions to eliminate or minimise risk so far as reasonably practicable.

  4. 04

    Monitor & Review

    Review controls and outcomes

    Review controls and outcomes, and revise them when circumstances change or controls are not effective.

Consult with your people at every stage.

A simple, engaging approach to psychosocial risk management.

Human-centred by design

A psychosocial risk assessment tool built around people.

Most risk assessment software is built around the organisation. Flourish360 starts with the person. Employees aren't asked to engage simply to complete another compliance survey — they use Flourish360 because it supports personal growth, self-awareness, communication and leadership development.

Personal growth and better-human coaching

Psychosocial risk insight and assessment

Psychosocial hazard identification

Controls and actions

Ongoing monitoring

Reporting and evidence

Worked example

Psychosocial risk assessment example

A practical psychosocial risk assessment example: a team under sustained high job demands, walked through the four stages inside the tool.

Example 1: sustained high job demands

  1. Identify

    Workplace information indicates increasing workload pressure across the team.

  2. Assess

    Consider work design, demands, affected workers, existing controls and the level of risk.

  3. Control

    Review practical controls such as work design, resourcing, priorities, support or management practices.

  4. Monitor & Review

    Check whether controls are working and whether the workplace experience changes.

Consult with your people at every stage.

A simple, engaging approach to psychosocial risk management.

The outcome isn't simply a risk rating.

The purpose is better decisions about controls — and a safer workplace.

More psychosocial risk assessment examples

Psychosocial risk assessment example: low role clarity

Workers are unsure who decides what. Assess role design and reporting lines, control risk by clarifying accountabilities and decision rights, then monitor and review whether confusion and rework reduce. Consult with your people at every stage.

Psychosocial risk assessment example: bullying and harassment

Reports and sentiment point to unacceptable behaviour in one area. Assess exposure, severity and existing controls, control risk through leadership capability and clear reporting pathways, then monitor and review behaviour and confidence to speak up. Consult with your people at every stage.

Psychosocial risk assessment example: remote or isolated work

Team members work alone or off-site. Assess support, communication and emergency response, control risk through check-in rhythms and connection, then monitor and review isolation, wellbeing and incident data. Consult with your people at every stage.

Psychosocial risk assessment matrix: how to prioritise

A simple matrix rates likelihood against consequence so the highest risks are addressed first. Treat the rating as a prompt for action and consultation, not the outcome of the assessment.

Buyer questions

Psychosocial hazards risk assessment questions, answered

Straight answers to the questions Australian WHS, HR and people leaders ask before choosing a psychosocial risk assessment tool.

What is a psychosocial risk assessment tool?

A psychosocial risk assessment tool is software that helps an organisation identify psychosocial hazards, assess the level of risk, record controls and monitor whether those controls are working. Flourish360 is a psychosocial risk assessment tool for Australian workplaces that gathers insight through a personal-growth experience employees actually want to use.

What is a psychosocial risk assessment?

A psychosocial risk assessment is the process of understanding whether identified psychosocial hazards create risks to workers' health and safety, and what action may be needed. It covers the hazard and work context, who may be affected, consultation with workers, the level of risk, controls and review.

What is a psychosocial assessment in the workplace?

In a workplace health and safety context, a psychosocial assessment looks at how work is designed, organised and managed — job demands, support, job control, role clarity, relationships, recognition and exposure to bullying, harassment or violence — and how those conditions affect workers' psychological health.

Can you give a psychosocial risk assessment example?

A common psychosocial risk assessment example is sustained high job demands: workplace information shows workload pressure rising, the organisation assesses work design, resourcing and who is affected, controls risk by adjusting priorities, resourcing or management practices, then monitors and reviews whether the workplace experience improves, consulting workers at every stage. Further examples on this page cover low role clarity, bullying and harassment, and remote or isolated work.

What should a psychosocial risk assessment template include?

Hazard and context, who may be affected, evidence considered, consultation, risk prioritisation, existing and additional controls, ownership, and review and monitoring.

How often should a psychosocial risk assessment be done?

It should be reviewed when circumstances change — new work, incidents, restructures — and periodically as part of ongoing monitoring, rather than treated as a one-off exercise.

Is a psychosocial risk assessment matrix required?

A psychosocial risk assessment matrix (likelihood against consequence) can help prioritise risks consistently, but it isn't mandatory and a single score is not enough on its own. Effective psychosocial risk management needs consultation, practical controls and ongoing monitoring alongside any matrix or rating.

Do NSW employers need a specific psychosocial risk assessment tool?

No regulator approves a particular tool, but NSW employers must be able to show how they identify, assess and control psychosocial risks under the WHS Act 2011 (NSW) and the WHS Regulation 2017. Flourish360 is a psychosocial risk assessment tool NSW employers use to capture insight, record controls and hold the evidence SafeWork NSW expects — while employees get a personal-growth experience they actually want to use.

What does a psychosocial risk assessment in Victoria involve?

A psychosocial risk assessment in Victoria follows the same practical Identify → Assess → Control → Monitor & Review process, with consultation at every stage, as the rest of Australia, but under Victoria's own OHS Act 2004 and the Psychological Health Regulations that commenced on 1 December 2025. Flourish360 supports Victorian employers through hazard identification, risk assessment, controls and the evidence WorkSafe Victoria expects.

Is a psychosocial risk assessment PDF or template enough on its own?

No. A psychosocial risk assessment PDF or template is a practical starting point and useful evidence, but ongoing identification, consultation, controls and monitoring matter more than a static document — which is why organisations move from a PDF to a psychosocial risk assessment tool.

Flourish360 is a psychosocial risk assessment tool for Australian workplaces — with a worked psychosocial risk assessment example, a template and a free PDF guide. It gives employees something they genuinely value: a personal growth and leadership coaching experience that helps them become better humans. People use Flourish360 because it helps them grow. Organisations gain a more engaging way to understand psychosocial risk and move from insight to action.

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