Psychosocial Hazard & Violence Prevention
Risk assessment, policy, and program design that meet current legislative requirements and hold up under inspection.
Violence, harassment, and bullying are workplace interactions categorized as psychosocial hazards. They carry the highest potential for psychological injury, which is why they're where Sprout Safety's risk assessment starts. Psychosocial hazards carry the same legal duty to recognize, assess, and control the risks.
Sprout Safety designs assessment, policy, and program solutions built around that structure, informed by leading practice violence and harassment regulations, codes of practice, and alignment with ISO 45003.
On Offer
Workplace violence risk assessment and program review
Harassment policy development and review, aligned with current legislated requirements
Psychosocial hazard identification and risk assessment aligned with ISO 45003
Policy development across harassment, violence, and broader psychosocial hazards
Training framework development for leaders, safety committees, and staff
Incident reporting and investigation protocol design
Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee support, including training on evolving responsibilities under new harassment legislation
What you get
A program that meets current legislative requirements, not just past ones
Clear, defensible policies your Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee can stand behind
A structured way to prioritize and act on psychosocial hazards, not just react to complaints
Reduced risk of compliance orders, complaints, or claims tied to unmanaged psychosocial hazards
Who This Is For
Organizations building or updating a violence prevention or harassment program, and organizations getting started on broader psychosocial hazard management for the first time.
Track Record
Sprout Safety has developed psychosocial hazard and harassment programs across K to 12 education, healthcare, government, and post-secondary sectors, including a psychosocial hazard starter kit for a multi-board school cooperative, a province-wide virtual webinar series for long-term care homes across Nova Scotia, and leadership sessions on new psychological injury legislation for a university. This work is guided by two proprietary frameworks: GRO™, a phased approach addressing psychosocial hazards, and PRISM™, a focused methodology for workplace violence risk assessment.