Psychosocial risk assessment
Want to enhance your employees’ wellbeing? Request a psychosocial risk assessment. Identify the psychosocial risks at your organisation. That way, you can make smart and sustainable decisions about your wellbeing policy. We will guide you through the process, from assessment to action plan.
On this page:
- What is a psychosocial risk assessment?
- Why is a psychosocial risk assessment necessary?
- Identify the psychosocial risks at your organisation.
What is a psychosocial risk assessment?
A psychosocial risk assessment is used to identify psychosocial risks in the workplace. Examples include stress, bullying and burnout . The risk assessment is part of your workplace psychosocial wellbeing policy.
During your assessment, you will explore where the risks are, but also which resources contribute to motivation, engagement and wellbeing. This provides you with a comprehensive understanding of which factors are enhancing or threatening your organisation’s psychosocial climate.
More specifically, your risk assessment will explore five aspects of work:
- Work organisation
- Job content
- Working conditions
- Living conditions at work
- Working relationships
By assessing these five areas, you can discover where risks may arise, but also which positive changes your organisation can make to improve the wellbeing of your employees.
Why is a psychosocial risk assessment necessary?
Psychosocial risk assessments are required by law. You must conduct them at regular intervals. When you draw up a new Global Prevention Plan every five years, this is an ideal opportunity to also repeat the risk assessment. It is also good to do so after any big changes such as a reorganisation, new process or merger.
What will this do for your organisation?
- You are working on a preventive wellbeing policy: discovering your organisation’s strengths and challenges to help you prevent problems such as burnout.
- You are improving your company culture: creating an environment with motivated employees who can work safely.
- You are ensuring efficient solutions: receiving practical recommendations for improvements.
Identify the psychosocial risks at your organisation
As an involved partner, we will work with you to design a risk assessment process tailored to your organisation’s needs and context. We believe in tailored solutions and flexibility: depending on what will be most suitable, we can take either a qualitative approach, using individual interviews or group discussions, or a quantitative one using our RAPSi questionnaire.
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OiRA for Psychosocial Risks
The Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue, IDEWE Group, various social partners and employer representatives have worked together to develop OiRA, an Online interactive Risk Assessment for the simple and cost-effective identification of psychosocial risks.
With this handy online tool, even smaller businesses can act to improve psychosocial wellbeing at their organisation.
Why choose IDEWE?
- Science-based approach – Our questionnaire was developed in collaboration with KU Leuven and uses validated methodologies for reliable results.
- Sector-specific expertise – We provide tailored solutions to different sectors, ensuring that your assessment aligns perfectly with your organisation’s specific challenges.
- User-friendly tools – Online tools such as RAPSi make risk assessments easy and accessible, whatever the size of your business.