Dr Roxane L. Gervais

Overview

Supporting companies and workers in their occupational safety and health challenges, their productivity, mental health and overall well-being.

As a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society and a HCPCRegistered Occupational Psychologist, I am able to support organisations and workers in their safety and health challenges that can impact on their productivity and overall well-being. I provide a bespoke service, as I have to respond to the uniqueness of each organisation, due to its work culture, work structures, and work climate. My support to each organisation relies on a full understanding of the respective organisation and its workforce.

I offer a variety of services that can be contracted as an individual service, or can be combined, to provide a more in-depth assessment of the workplace. The services that I provide include providing organisational risk assessments, training, workshops, the design and delivery of organisational services, to more individual support, such as through coaching and mentoring. These services will assess workplace challenges that could lead to poor safety practices, along with ill health, inclusive of work-related stress, work-related anxiety, work-related depression and work-related fatigue, and determine how best to move forward.

Specialisms

Industry Years Experience
Construction 15
Health services 15
Local government 15
Education 15
Public services 20
Topic Years Experience
Diversity 20
Human factors 20
Leadership 20
Managing for health and safety 20
Stress 25
Sickness absence 25
Involving workers 25
Business benefits 20
Corporate responsibility 15
Violence (workplace) 20
Expectant mothers 15
Risk management 15

Services

General consultancy

  • Bespoke consultancy services to suit individual client requirements.
  • Risk assessments.
  • Assisting with the development of policy and procedures.
  • Training needs analysis.
  • Analysis of hybrid work and remote work.
  • Mental ill health assessments, including work-related stress, depression, anxiety, fatigue and sleep.
  • Well-being assessments.

Outputs: Relevant outputs will be agreed with the client.

Bespoke Training

  • As required by the client.
  •  Mental ill health: work-related stress, depression, anxiety, fatigue, sleep.
  • Supporting well-being in the workplace.
  •  Risk assessments.

Outputs: Relevant outputs will be agreed with the client.

Coaching

  • As required by the client.
  • Supporting leaders at all levels.
  • Developing workers to meet their potential.

Outputs: Relevant outputs will be agreed with the client.

Return to work

  • As required by the client.
  • Supporting the organisation in developing return to work plans.
  • Exploring what is required to manage sick leave to support a return to work.
  • Adjustments and accommodations.

Outputs: Relevant outputs will be agreed with the client.

Work History

Total years experience: 35
Role From - To Job Title / Description
Director / Consultant / Practitioner (December 2018 to present) 12.2018 - 10.2022

I provide consultancy services, inclusive of managing work-related stress and other mental health conditions, and bespoke organisational interventions. I run workshops on managing work-related stress and other mental health conditions, and provides coaching sessions to support individuals in managing their well-being. I train leaders and provides workshops on managing the menopause while at work.
Board member 10.2020 - 11.2022

I provide advice, as well as challenge and provide scrutiny on key issues and programmes around sleep, thereby assisting in shaping the future of sleep support at a national level.
Board member 07.2019 - 10.2022

I lead at a strategic level to ensure that the organisation is carrying out its purposes, complying with its governing document and the law, and managing its resources responsibly.
Chartered Psychologist 09.2005 - 11.2018

I conducted stress audits at an organisational level and advised clients on suitable interventions. I worked alongside a work-related stress policy unit to promote effective organisational interventions using the HSE’s Management Standards for Work-Related Stress Approach. I ran training courses on work-related stress and leadership. I provided coaching sessions to support individuals in managing their well-being. I project led a European-wide initiative to research, and assess occupational safety and health issues in respect of, for example, young workers, ageing workers, musculoskeletal disorders and women at work.

Membership of Professional Bodies

Professional Body Membership Member since OSHCR Eligible Since
BPS Chartered Member (CPsychol) 10.2004
BPS Associate Fellow (AFBPsS) 10.2004

Qualifications

Accrediting Institute Type Qualification Date passed
Other Degree or Above PhD.: Psychology 02.2002
Other Degree or Above M.A: Industrial/Organizational Psychology, 05.1996
Other Degree or Above B.Sc: Sociology (Honours), 1990 – 01/08/1990 08.1990
Other Diploma Foundation Chartered Manager (fCMgr) 08.2022
Other Other IAFPD Advanced Certificate in Coaching Psychology. 04.2022

Case Studies

Title / Description PDF Download
  • Health promotion programme of ULSS 22 for prevention of alcoholism.
  • This is a case study that I wrote for the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA). A synopsis follows.

    Over the last few years in Italy, the percentage of young people with unhealthy drinking habits has increased. In the Veneto Region up to 51.5% of young people between the ages of 14-19 consume alcohol on a regular basis. 41% of them even admit getting drunk at least once or twice a month. This alcohol abuse among young people causes negative effects on health, serious social problems and problems concerning work and the family. At the workplace, unacceptable consumption of alcoholic drinks represents one of the main factors of risk for the health and safety of employees. This risk is supported by data showing that the use of alcohol is linked to 10-30% of accidents at the workplace.
    © European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), [25/01/2010]
(PDF 2.49 MB)
  • A European-wide standard for safety.
  • This is a case study that I wrote for the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA). A synopsis follows.

    Noble is a leading offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry that has used a safety management system to engage in good practice over the last ten years. This system promotes management commitment and management visibility in facilitating good safety and health practices in its offshore rigs. Specifically, Noble feels that managers who have a broad understanding of business will be better able to promote and sustain good working practices.
    The organisation’s goals are to ensure that all rigs maintain a safe, competent and productive workforce, not to have any incidents on-site; to maintain high performance and productivity levels, not to harm the environment; and to be the preferred choice of clients.
    © European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), [03/09/2010]
(PDF 281.54 KB)
  • Coordination and support for unit leaders.
  • This is a case study that I wrote for the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA). A synopsis follows.

    Both short and long-term sickness absence levels have been steadily increasing in the Home Care Department of the Health Centre of the City of Helsinki, over the last few years. These absences have negatively affected the provision of the day-to-day customer services of the home care teams as well as their productivity levels.
    © European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), [17/09/2010]
(PDF 115.62 KB)
  • Reducing falls from vehicles: Introducing safety solutions.
  • This is a case study that I wrote for the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA). A synopsis follows.

    Balfour Beatty undertook a review of its incident trend data, which showed that there was a need to improve the safety of employees while working at height. The review assessed falls from heights incidents and causation and devised certain steps that Balfour Beatty should take to prevent and minimise injuries to its employees.
    © European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), [10/10/2012]
(PDF 629.53 KB)