Course Details
Date: Tuesday 19 May
Time: 9:30 to 11am AWST (90 minutes)
Location: Microsoft Teams (interactive, with polls, chat, and group reflection through breakout rooms)
Cost: $109 per participant (includes GST)
Course Overview
This focused 90-minute short course introduces practical, evidence informed approaches to managing chronic stress through the lens of contemporary Work, Health and Safety (WHS) obligations and psychosocial hazards. The short course clarifies how chronic stress develops in demanding roles and highlights workplace factors, such as, high workload, role conflict, low control, exposure to distressing material and limited support – that can intensify stress over time.
Designed for busy people who feel “always on”, the course provides a clear, non-blaming framework for understanding how chronic stress builds and how to recognise early warning signs across thinking, emotions, behaviour, and the body. Participants learn to identify common drivers of stress, including psychosocial hazards, and explore realistic, achievable strategies that genuinely support wellbeing without adding to already full schedules.
A brief workplace specific example helps ground the concepts in real world practice and clarifies how chronic stress management fits within shared organisational and individual responsibilities under WHS, in a clear, non-blaming way to make sense of stress and start turning it around. The short course supports participants to take meaningful, sustainable next steps, including when to seek support and how to approach safer, more effective conversations about capacity and needs.
Who is this course suitable for?
This short online course is ideal for anyone wanting a clear, practical way to understand and manage chronic stress and psychosocial hazards, including:
- Professionals across any sector who feel “always on” and need realistic, achievable strategies to sustain wellbeing in busy roles.
- Corporate teams working amid rapid change, high workloads, or performance pressure.
- Mental health, community, and human services workers navigating high emotional load, complexity, and cumulative demands.
- Not-for-profit and community sector staff experiencing chronic resource constraints and emotionally intensive work.
- Leaders, People & Culture / HR, and WHS practitioners responsible for enabling psychosocial safety and supporting safer, more sustainable work practices.
Resources provided
All participants receive a practical resource pack, including a PDF workbook, a stress quick check tool, strategy prompts, and a simple “next steps in 7 days” action plan they can apply immediately.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this short course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the core elements of chronic stress and distinguish it from general stress, and compassion fatigue.
- Describe what managing chronic stress means within a Work, Health and Safety (WHS) context, including the increasing legislative focus on psychosocial hazards.
- Identify the importance of psychosocial hazards in the context of their organisational roles and teams and understand how these link to organisational WHS responsibilities.
- Differentiate between organisational responsibilities (identifying, assessing, and controlling psychosocial risks) and individual responsibilities (noticing early warning signs, using supervision and support, setting boundaries, and reporting concerns).
- Identify practical, realistic next steps to support sustainable work over time, including sourcing resources and further learning.
Note
A minimum of 90% attendance and Polls participation will be required for successful course completion.
Participants will be notified when their Certificate of Completion is ready to be accessed through their Student Portal.
If withdrawn 48 hours before the course date and time (AWST), the participant is eligible for a full refund, where this request can be made by emailing rto@communicare.org.au, otherwise, no refund is available.
Deferral to a future course may only be possible for extenuating circumstances.
