E15 l The rise of the Chief Psychological Health Officer: Organisational Psychologists stepping up to the challenge | Panel Discussion & Interactive Workshop l 1 hr 50 mins
Tracks
Track E | Grand Ballroom 3
| Friday, July 8, 2022 |
| 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM |
| Grand Ballroom 3 |
Overview
In-person live
Presenter
Mr Simon Brown-Greaves
Director and Organisational Psychologist and inaugural Chief Mental Health Officer
FBG Group and Australia Post
E15 l The rise of the Chief Psychological Health Officer: Organisational Psychologists stepping up to the challenge
10:20 AM - 12:10 PM.....
Simon Brown-Greaves | CEO and Organisational Psychologist at FBG Group and inaugural Chief Mental Health Officer at Australia Post
Simon, the CEO and founding director of FBG Group, is a senior executive manager and Organisational Psychologist with extensive experience helping businesses and public sector organisations align people and performance.
Simon has more than 35 years’ experience working with clients in complex environments including education, law enforcement, a range of judicial systems, regulatory bodies, superannuation, banking and manufacturing and he has worked with a broad range of Federal and State Government bodies. Over 12 years’ ago, Simon founded FBG Group, a boutique consulting firm with a unique approach to organisational wellbeing, leadership and organisational consulting.
As of June 2022, Simon has commenced work with Australia Post in an inaugural role of Chief Mental Health Officer. In his new role, Simon will chair a Mental Health Council of external thought leaders to bring the latest thinking, trends and research to challenge the organisation to create an even better workplace. Simon will work closely with the Australia Post Leadership Team, applying a risk-based approach to preventing mental health issues, and use the latest research and learnings in mental health and psychosocial risk.
Ms Yasmin Cox
Executive Director, Specialised Health and Safety Services
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
E15 l The rise of the Chief Psychological Health Officer: Organisational Psychologists stepping up to the challenge
10:20 AM - 12:10 PM.....
Yasmin oversees teams of asbestos, engineering, major hazard facilities, hazardous chemicals, occupational health and hygiene, work design and ergonomic and psychological health specialists. These teams provide technical and advisory support to industry and Workplace Health and Safety Queensland’s compliance functions across the regions. Yasmin is a member of the Heads of Workplace Safety Authorities (HWSA) Group. Her combined industry and strong regulatory experience across private and public sectors as an Inspector, Investigator, lay advocate and professional consulting experience with firms including KPMG and WSP offer a unique skill set within the Executive Management team.
Yasmin holds an Executive Master of Business Administration (eMBA), a Master of Health Science (Occupational Health and Safety), a Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management and Workplace Mental Health and Counselling), a Diploma in Government (Investigation) and is a Certified Associate in Asset Management.
Miss Diya Dey
IO Psych and Organisational Wellbeing Manager
Victorian Government Solicitor's Office
E15 l The rise of the Chief Psychological Health Officer: Organisational Psychologists stepping up to the challenge
10:20 AM - 12:10 PM.....
Diya Dey | Organisational Psychologist and Organisational Wellbeing Manager
Diya is an experienced organisational psychologist with extensive expertise in helping individuals, teams and organisations work at their best. She started out in consulting with FBG group, working across a broad range of areas including leadership and culture, organisational reviews, psychological risk prevention and strategic wellbeing to deliver meaningful and sustainable outcomes. Her longstanding experience with public sector clients eventually led to her joining the Victorian Public Service in 2017. As an organisational psychologist with the Department of Education and Training, she led the development and implementation of a state-wide Principal Health and Wellbeing Strategy followed by the cornerstone Safe and Well in Education Strategy that targeted wide-ranging reforms within the health, safety and wellbeing space. In her current role as Organisational Wellbeing Manager within the Victorian Government Solicitor's Office, Diya drives organisational thinking and direction to foster a psychological safety culture. She works with senior leaders to advise them on managing the organisation's risk profile and develops systemic, fit-for-purpose workplace interventions for generating positive shifts in culture, wellbeing and sustainable performance.
Mr David Heap
Chair
College Of Organisational Psychologists
The rise of the Chief Psychological Health Officer: Organisational Psychologists stepping up to the challenge
10:20 AM - 12:10 PMPromotional description
Organisations have a growing focus on enhancing employee mental health and wellbeing. Recent shifts in the regulatory environment for managing psychosocial risks places a stronger onus on organisations to go beyond responsive supports, policy and training to adopting a systems approach to sustainable change. Understanding and modifying job design factors to address the underlying causes of psychological injury has become key. Traditional WH&S processes and clinical individual support mechanisms are no longer sufficient to meet this challenge.
This has prompted an increase in demand for in-house specialist psychologist roles such as Chief Psychological Health Officer or Chief Mental Health Officer. These roles demand an integration of organisational development and leadership expertise, change management and implementation expertise, data analytics and evaluation skills, as well as an understanding of risk management and health and safety management systems. Organisational psychologists are uniquely positioned to meet this demand with their understanding of organisational systems that impact on psychological health and wellbeing together with their foundational expertise as psychologists in mental health.
· Chair: David Heap, Chair of the College of Organisational Psychologists
· Yasmin Cox, Executive Director, Specialised Health and Safety Services, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (Pending)
· Simon Brown-Greaves, Director and Organisational Psychologist at FBG Group and inaugural Chief Mental Health Officer at Australia Post (Pending)
· Prof Karina Jorritsma, Professor of Practice at the Future of Work Institute, Curtin University
· Diya Dey, Organisational Wellbeing Manager, Victorian Government Solicitor's Office
This has prompted an increase in demand for in-house specialist psychologist roles such as Chief Psychological Health Officer or Chief Mental Health Officer. These roles demand an integration of organisational development and leadership expertise, change management and implementation expertise, data analytics and evaluation skills, as well as an understanding of risk management and health and safety management systems. Organisational psychologists are uniquely positioned to meet this demand with their understanding of organisational systems that impact on psychological health and wellbeing together with their foundational expertise as psychologists in mental health.
· Chair: David Heap, Chair of the College of Organisational Psychologists
· Yasmin Cox, Executive Director, Specialised Health and Safety Services, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (Pending)
· Simon Brown-Greaves, Director and Organisational Psychologist at FBG Group and inaugural Chief Mental Health Officer at Australia Post (Pending)
· Prof Karina Jorritsma, Professor of Practice at the Future of Work Institute, Curtin University
· Diya Dey, Organisational Wellbeing Manager, Victorian Government Solicitor's Office
Learning outcomes
Join us for this interactive panel discussion and workshop to explore:
• Regulatory factors driving the demand for these roles
• Designing an in-house specialist role - key skills and experience required
• Shifting the focus from individual factors to a systems approach
• Organisational enablers to set the role up for success
• Opportunities for IO psychologists to step up and have lasting impact
• Regulatory factors driving the demand for these roles
• Designing an in-house specialist role - key skills and experience required
• Shifting the focus from individual factors to a systems approach
• Organisational enablers to set the role up for success
• Opportunities for IO psychologists to step up and have lasting impact
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A/Prof Karina Jorritsma
Professor Of Practice, Future Of Work Institute
Curtin University
E15 l The rise of the Chief Psychological Health Officer: Organisational Psychologists stepping up to the challenge
10:20 AM - 12:10 PM.....
Karina is the inaugural Professor of Practice at Curtin University’s Future of Work Institute, a recently established Research Institute which promotes productive and meaningful work as essential foundations of a healthy economy and society.
Karina’s background is as an applied organisational psychology researcher working in non-traditional academic roles.
She holds over 20 years of experience in successfully bringing together academic thinking and industry stakeholders to address critical workplace challenges. Karina has successfully delivered more than 100 multidisciplinary projects in the public and private sectors across a wide range of industries, including health care, mining, aviation, fire and emergency services, law enforcement, and the Royal Australian Navy.
In recent years, her applied research has had a particular focus on employee well-being. She co-developed the Future of Work Institute’s Thrive at Work initiative, an award-winning, employee well-being initiative centred on providing organisations with the knowledge and tools to design, implement and sustain healthy, high-performing work environments. She currently also leads the Future of Work Institute’s Work Systems Design research stream. This stream seeks to optimise the performance and wellbeing of humans in complex human-machine systems and includes amongst other projects, a long-term research partnership with the Australian Defence Force to optimise crew endurance on Australia’s future submarine platform.
