Introducing the RTW Toolkit - A guide for healthy recovery from psychological workplace injury.

With gradual onset psychological injury compensable this September, employers need to be ready. Find out what you need to know to help prevent psychological injuries in your workplace and how to support your valued workers should one occur. As always, work can often be part of recovery.

This guide covers the importance of having a RTW strategy and understanding psychological health in the workplace. It provides guidance for RTW plans for employees with a psychological injury including tips on conversations and accommodation strategies to consider.

You can find even more roadmaps and resources to guide return-to-work approaches for workers with physical injuries, too, at Employer Return-to-Work Toolkit (wcb.ns.ca)

These new resources were made possible through a partnership agreement with WorkSafe Saskatchewan and author Dr. Joti Samra, R.Psych., a national thought leader on issues relating to psychological health, wellness and resilience.

New resources available for psychological health and safety

WCB Nova Scotia is proud to introduce a suite of resources for Nova Scotians found in this newly launched Psychological Health and Safety Resource Centre. 

We have adapted a suite of resources that will be helpful to Nova Scotians as we work to prevent and manage gradual onset psychological injury, courtesy of our colleagues at WorkSafe Saskatchewan, who are at the leading edge of psychological injury prevention in Canada.

Use these resources to help you to build and maintain a psychologically safer workplace in your organization.

What you'll find in the Resource Centre

Workplace Psychological Health and Safety: A closer look at the National Standard for Psychological Safety at Work, and the 13 psycho-social factors that support positive mental health.

Psychologically Safe Leadership: This section outlines the five domains that comprise psychologically safe leadership and provides valuable insights and action plans for leaders.

Tools and Resources:  From new assessment tools to discounted educational resources and more, the Resource Centre provides practical solutions to support ongoing mental health initiatives.

Next employer webinar - July 24

Registration is open!

Who: Members of WCB's GPI team and guests

What: Employer Webinar: Gradual Onset Psychological Injuries

  • Learn more about the resources, tools and services we're offering in preparation for this new coverage in September

When: Wednesday, July 24, 3 - 4 p.m. AST

Where: Webinar

Registration is open! Sign up early for this popular offering!

WCB Nova Scotia has more information and tools you can use to talk about gradual onset psychological injury in your workplace. Here are a few highlights which can be found on wcb.ns.ca/gpi and worksafeforlife.ca:

Questions and Answers

 

Drop us a line at gpi@wcb.ns.ca to ask us questions about gradual onset psychological injury and we'll be in touch.

You can also find answers to common questions about GPI at the following links:

Q&A GENERAL

Q&A WORKERS

Q&A EMPLOYERS