Occupational Stress Risk Assessment Template

Pre-filled Risk Assessment for Stress at Work: Save Time, Reduce Absence, and Strengthen Wellbeing

Protect your team’s wellbeing and strengthen your business resilience with this ready-to-use Occupational Stress Risk Assessment Template — a pre-filled, professionally written, and fully editable document that helps you identify and manage the root causes of stress in the workplace.

Occupational stress can affect every level of an organisation, from senior leaders to front-line employees. If left unmanaged, it can lead to absenteeism, low morale, reduced concentration, and high staff turnover. This assessment helps you take a proactive approach to identifying and reducing psychosocial risks before they impact wellbeing, productivity, and performance.

The template is pre-filled with detailed occupational stress-related content, written by health and safety specialists, saving you valuable time while ensuring a comprehensive and professional approach. Each section focuses on genuine workplace stress factors — such as excessive workload, poor communication, lack of role clarity, organisational change, bullying, and isolation — supported by practical control measures that promote a healthier working environment.

Having a pre-filled, industry-standard risk assessment gives you a strong foundation to build on. It's ideal for business owners, managers, and HR teams who want to meet compliance requirements, reduce stress-related absence, and create a more positive, resilient workplace culture.

Whether you manage an office, school, care setting, or any other type of organisation, this template provides a simple, adaptable, and effective way to assess and control occupational stress risks, helping to safeguard employee wellbeing and maintain long-term organisational health.

 

What’s Included?

• Comprehensive coverage: A ready-to-use Occupational Stress Risk Assessment Template covering all major psychosocial hazards — the work-related factors that can cause stress, such as workload, control, support, poor communication, and more.

• Professional layout: Clearly formatted four-column structure — Potential Hazards, Who might be harmed and how?, What will you do to control the risks?, Person/s responsible.

• Time-saving content: The document is pre-filled with detailed occupational stress-related information to save you time while maintaining a professional standard.

• Manager support: Includes a detailed Manager’s Guidance Sheet that explains how to spot early signs of stress, hold supportive conversations, apply the control measures, and create a healthier working environment. Designed to give managers clear, practical steps for reducing workplace stress and supporting their teams effectively.

• Fully editable design: Editable PDF format with fillable fields for fast customisation of pre-filled content.

• Flexible for any workplace: Includes blank sections for adding additional stress-related hazards specific to your workplace environment or industry.

• Industry best practice: Based on recognised best practice and designed to be adaptable to any industry.

 

Why You Need This Assessment for Work Related Stress:

Work-related stress is one of the leading causes of sickness absence and reduced productivity across all industries. It affects employee morale, concentration, and overall wellbeing — and, if left unmanaged, can result in long-term absence, staff turnover, and reputational harm. Employers have a responsibility to assess and control the risks of occupational stress in the same structured way they would for physical hazards.

This pre-filled Occupational Stress Risk Assessment Template provides clear, evidence-based content to help you:

• Identify stress factors in your organisation and who may be affected.
• Implement practical control measures that reduce pressure and improve resilience.
• Demonstrate compliance with recognised stress management standards.
• Build a positive, healthy working environment that supports mental wellbeing.
• Reduce absenteeism, increase engagement, and boost productivity.

By tackling occupational stress proactively, you can prevent issues before they occur and strengthen the wellbeing culture within your organisation.

 

Key Features of the Template:

1. Fully editable and reusable PDF with fillable fields.
2. Professionally written by health and safety specialists.
3. Pre-filled with occupational stress-related content to save you time.
4. Includes space to record additional stress hazards unique to your workplace.
5. Designed around recognised stress management standards.
6. Suitable for all industries and organisation sizes.
7. Instantly downloadable after purchase.

 

Fill-in on a computer, or by hand.

This downloadable risk assessment for occupational stress is fully editable on a computer. You can open it, make your edits, save and you're done. It can also be printed out and filled in by hand. If you're unsure how to do either of these don't worry, simple instructions are included.

Health and safety documents you will receive:

• 1 x Pre-filled Occupational Stress Risk Assessment (A4 size, Editable PDF)
• 1 x Blank Occupational Stress Risk Assessment (A4 size, Editable PDF)
• 1 x Occupational Stress Manager’s Guidance Sheet (A4 size, PDF)
• 1 x User instructions