Psychosocial Safety

The foundation of a safe screen workplace: identifying your unique hazards to determine the precise supports your team requires.

Navigate psychosocial safety with confidence

With psychosocial safety now a legal requirement across the country, all screen workplaces must identify hazards and eliminate or minimise the risk of harms, or risk serious consequences.

Screen Well is here to help. We provide expert guidance to help your teams make cost-effective decisions that achieve tangible results and are aligned with leading industry practice, as defined in the Australian Screen Industry Mental Health Action Plan (MHAP).

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  • This workshop guides key production personnel through the process of risk identification and mitigation. We help you identify your unique production risks and put realistic mitigation strategies in place based on the resources and budget you have available.

    • Mapped to: MHAP (Act Now) rec 1.1

  • A comprehensive, industry-specific introduction to psychosocial safety designed for business owners, producers, and HODs. This self-paced online course builds essential comprehension and awareness of psychosocial safety and your legal obligations.

    • Mapped to: MHAP (Act Now) rec 4.4

  • Designed for HODs in pre-production, this workshop makes the theoretical practical. It reinforces knowledge from our online course, ensuring your people managers can confidently apply learnings to their specific departments and unique contexts.

    • Mapped to: MHAP (Act Now) rec 4.4

  • Moving beyond 'tick-box' compliance, this trauma-informed workshop addresses the cultural 'grey zones' of high-risk behaviour. We establish a strong foundation of respect and provide participants with practical, low-risk tools to de-escalate tension in real-time.

    • Mapped to: MHAP (Act Now) rec 2.3

  • This session provides Contact Officers with the foundational skills to confidently handle sensitive disclosures. Participants will learn how to effectively navigate reporting pathways and provide trauma-informed support to your team.

    • Mapped to: MHAP (Act Now) rec 4.2

Real Feedback, Real Impact

  • "The Screen Well resources are great and helpful in simplifying what can be quite heavy material. Thanks for everything you do to support the industry.”

    - Alexandra Armstrong, People & Culture Advisor, Screen Queensland.

  • "… a game changer for employers, producers and frankly as a human. It gives you a frame work, language and tools to be able to understand, identify, and provide basic support for mental health”.

    - Chloe Rickard, producer, Jungle Entertainment

  • “Mental health promotion practices are an integral part of my productions now, just like any standard safety process and has helped me establish the open framework and team culture that I want to be a part of”

    - Tsu Shan Chambers, Actor, Writer, Producer, Wise Goat Productions

  • "Screen Well's Mental Health First Aid training was relevant, practical and directly applicable to the screen industry…"

    - Kirsty Stark, Producer, Epic Films

  • “Screen Well Is a vital part of our industry. From helping us all to normalise mental health to be in our everyday conversations and work practises to providing great resources, research and education.” 

    - Ange Lavey-Manche, Freelance Production Manager 

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Psychosocial Safety for the Australian Screen Industry

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Learn how to identify, assess, and proactively manage psychological hazards to prevent risks and harms, and to create safer, healthier workplaces in the screen industry.