Learners are enrolled in the Human Resources Co-op program at Conestoga College.

• Students know the importance of creating a healthy and safe workplace culture
• Students recognize the connection between employee health, safety, productivity, and benefit insurance costs.

Guarding Minds at Work is a free assessment.

Employers are asked to complete the 13 worksheets, one for each psychosocial factor, over a video/telephone interview with a student or a pair of students.

Employer will provide their availability for students to adjust their schedule to meet with the client over a one-time interview ranging from one to two hours, depending on how detailed your answers are.

(Optional) With your permission, students would like to interview a few employees, which will take about twenty minutes. The Employee Survey Statements will be anonymous, having the employee rate each question:

• 1 – Never if the statement is never true
• 5 – Always only if you believe this statement would be true in every instance
• 2-4 – Rarely, Sometimes, or Often if this better represents the frequency to which you believe the statement would be true.

Expected outcomes:

• results from the surveys and worksheets of how well the company is "guarding minds" at work
• suggestions on how to improve psychological health and safety in the workplace