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Short Workshop | Max. 20 Participants
2.5 hours
Workshop Outcomes
- Recognise vicarious trauma, cumulative exposure and burnout as occupational psychosocial hazards within WHS and HR roles
- Understand how repeated exposure to investigations, disclosures and critical incidents impacts the nervous system, judgement and wellbeing
- Identify early warning signs of overload, moral distress and burnout in themselves and their teams
- Apply ISO 45003-aligned prevention controls at individual, team and system levels
- Implement realistic self-care, recovery and boundary strategies that support sustainable practice in high-demand roles
Topics Covered
- Psychosocial hazards specific to WHS and HR work
- Vicarious trauma, cumulative stress and burnout: evidence and lived impact
- The neuroscience of chronic exposure, empathy fatigue and moral distress
- Exposure pathways: investigations, disclosures, complaints and critical incidents
- ISO 45003 prevention controls for people who manage psychosocial risk
- Recovery, boundaries and sustainable self-care in WHS and HR roles
Location
- Willing to work remote
- Willing to work interstate
- Willing to work internationally
How can this workshop be delivered?
- Face to Face
- Virtual
Overview
WHS and HR professionals are routinely exposed to some of the most psychologically demanding work in organisations - investigations, traumatic disclosures, conflict, occupational violence and critical incidents. Over time, this cumulative exposure creates a real risk of burnout, vicarious trauma and impaired decision-making.
This workshop reframes burnout not as an individual resilience issue but as a predictable and preventable psychosocial hazard inherent in WHS and HR roles. Grounded in neuroscience, trauma research and ISO 45003 psychosocial risk management, it provides practical strategies to reduce harm at individual, team and system levels.
Participants gain clarity on how exposure affects the nervous system and judgement, how to recognise early warning signs and how to implement realistic recovery, boundary and self-care practices that actually work in high-demand environments. The focus is harm prevention, sustainability and protecting the people who manage risk on behalf of everyone else.
Workshop Outcomes
- Recognise vicarious trauma, cumulative exposure and burnout as occupational psychosocial hazards within WHS and HR roles
- Understand how repeated exposure to investigations, disclosures and critical incidents impacts the nervous system, judgement and wellbeing
- Identify early warning signs of overload, moral distress and burnout in themselves and their teams
- Apply ISO 45003-aligned prevention controls at individual, team and system levels
- Implement realistic self-care, recovery and boundary strategies that support sustainable practice in high-demand roles
Topics Covered
- Psychosocial hazards specific to WHS and HR work
- Vicarious trauma, cumulative stress and burnout: evidence and lived impact
- The neuroscience of chronic exposure, empathy fatigue and moral distress
- Exposure pathways: investigations, disclosures, complaints and critical incidents
- ISO 45003 prevention controls for people who manage psychosocial risk
- Recovery, boundaries and sustainable self-care in WHS and HR roles
Who is this workshop for
- WHS professionals managing incidents, investigations, and psychosocial risk
- HR/People and Culture teams handling complaints, disclosures and employee distress
- Employee Relations, integrity and conduct advisors
- Managers responsible for supporting WHS/HR staff wellbeing
- Organisations seeking ISO 45003-aligned psychosocial risk prevention
Handouts/materials provided
- WHS and HR psychosocial exposure and burnout risk checklist
- Vicarious trauma and cumulative stress self-reflection tools
- ISO 45003 control-mapping templates for WHS and HR roles
- Recovery and self-care planning tools
- Case examples and applied discussion activities
What to bring
- Willingness to reflect on real-world work scenarios
- Openness to practical discussion (no forced personal disclosure)
- Notebook or device for personal notes (optional)
This workshop covers sensitive material. Participants are encouraged to pace themselves and prioritise wellbeing throughout.
Facilitator
About the facilitator
Tenneile Manenti is a Registered Psychologist with over 20 years’ experience across clinical, forensic, organisational and senior leadership roles. She has worked extensively in high-risk, high-pressure environments, supporting individuals, leaders and organisations to strengthen psychological safety, mental health, wellbeing and performance.
Her background spans criminal and juvenile justice settings, organisational psychology, consulting and executive leadership within emergency services. Tenneile brings deep expertise in psychosocial risk management, trauma-informed systems, workplace culture and the impact of leadership behaviours on safety and wellbeing. Her work is informed by postgraduate research into Corporate Psychopathy and Dark Triad behaviours and extensive experience designing and implementing large-scale mental health and safety initiatives.
Examples of Tenneile’s experience include:
- Designing and establishing the first in-house psychological services within a large emergency services organisation, including operating models, clinical governance, referral pathways and critical incident response frameworks
- Leading the development and implementation of an integrated mental health and wellbeing strategy for a complex, volunteer-based workforce operating in high-risk environments
- Designing and delivering psychosocial risk assessment frameworks, policies, and controls for large organisations prior to legislative requirements, supporting improved compliance, safety outcomes and organisational capability
- Designing and implementing psychosocial risk management training for a national security client, building leadership and workforce capability to identify, assess and control psychosocial hazards
- Developing and delivering a targeted workplace intervention for a national security organisation to address psychosocial hazards including role overload, poor role clarity, lack of leadership support, low psychological safety, limited autonomy and reduced role control
- Developing and implementing a leadership development series for a large national intelligence organisation focused on mental health literacy, navigating mental health disclosures, reducing stigma, strengthening psychological safety and aligning leadership behaviour with organisational purpose and values
- Leading joint-agency initiatives across multiple emergency service organisations to improve coordination, safety governance and workforce wellbeing
- Designing and delivering leadership, safety culture and psychological safety programs for large workforces (250+), integrating neuroscience, performance psychology, communication and human factors
- Leading a global facilitation team to modernise a flagship leadership and safety culture program, including the development of a premium train-the-trainer model delivered across multiple countries
- Supporting leaders and teams through organisational change, critical incidents, trauma exposure and complex workforce environments while maintaining safety and operational performance
Tenneile is passionate about helping individuals and organisations create safer, healthier and more human workplaces. Her approach is evidence-based, practical and grounded in lived experience, with a strong focus on psychological safety, leadership capability and sustainable performance.
Qualifications, Registrations and Memberships:
- Registered Psychologist – Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA)
- Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology)
- Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)
- Master of Organisational Psychology
- Certificate in Project Management (Agile)
- Member, Australian Association of Psychologists
Key Expertise
- Psychosocial Risk
- Organisational Culture
- Cumulative Trauma and Risk
- Workplace Mental Health
- Leadership Development
Industry Focus
- Government
- Local Council
- Emergency Services
- First Responders, Health and Hospitals
- Mining and Energy
Based in:
About the facilitator
Tenneile Manenti is a Registered Psychologist with over 20 years’ experience across clinical, forensic, organisational and senior leadership roles. She has worked extensively in high-risk, high-pressure environments, supporting individuals, leaders and organisations to strengthen psychological safety, mental health, wellbeing and performance.
Her background spans criminal and juvenile justice settings, organisational psychology, consulting and executive leadership within emergency services. Tenneile brings deep expertise in psychosocial risk management, trauma-informed systems, workplace culture and the impact of leadership behaviours on safety and wellbeing. Her work is informed by postgraduate research into Corporate Psychopathy and Dark Triad behaviours and extensive experience designing and implementing large-scale mental health and safety initiatives.
Examples of Tenneile’s experience include:
- Designing and establishing the first in-house psychological services within a large emergency services organisation, including operating models, clinical governance, referral pathways and critical incident response frameworks
- Leading the development and implementation of an integrated mental health and wellbeing strategy for a complex, volunteer-based workforce operating in high-risk environments
- Designing and delivering psychosocial risk assessment frameworks, policies, and controls for large organisations prior to legislative requirements, supporting improved compliance, safety outcomes and organisational capability
- Designing and implementing psychosocial risk management training for a national security client, building leadership and workforce capability to identify, assess and control psychosocial hazards
- Developing and delivering a targeted workplace intervention for a national security organisation to address psychosocial hazards including role overload, poor role clarity, lack of leadership support, low psychological safety, limited autonomy and reduced role control
- Developing and implementing a leadership development series for a large national intelligence organisation focused on mental health literacy, navigating mental health disclosures, reducing stigma, strengthening psychological safety and aligning leadership behaviour with organisational purpose and values
- Leading joint-agency initiatives across multiple emergency service organisations to improve coordination, safety governance and workforce wellbeing
- Designing and delivering leadership, safety culture and psychological safety programs for large workforces (250+), integrating neuroscience, performance psychology, communication and human factors
- Leading a global facilitation team to modernise a flagship leadership and safety culture program, including the development of a premium train-the-trainer model delivered across multiple countries
- Supporting leaders and teams through organisational change, critical incidents, trauma exposure and complex workforce environments while maintaining safety and operational performance
Tenneile is passionate about helping individuals and organisations create safer, healthier and more human workplaces. Her approach is evidence-based, practical and grounded in lived experience, with a strong focus on psychological safety, leadership capability and sustainable performance.
Qualifications, Registrations and Memberships:
- Registered Psychologist – Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA)
- Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology)
- Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)
- Master of Organisational Psychology
- Certificate in Project Management (Agile)
- Member, Australian Association of Psychologists
Key Expertise
- Psychosocial Risk
- Organisational Culture
- Cumulative Trauma and Risk
- Workplace Mental Health
- Leadership Development
Industry Focus
- Government
- Local Council
- Emergency Services
- First Responders, Health and Hospitals
- Mining and Energy
Based in:
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