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Short Workshop | Max. 20 Participants
2 hours
Workshop Outcomes
- Position mental health disclosures as psychosocial hazard signals, not isolated events
- Apply psychosocial risk principles to disclosure management
- Design clear, auditable disclosure and escalation pathways
- Clarify roles between leaders, HR, WHS, EAP, insurers and clinicians
- Implement control measures that reduce risk and role confusion
- Integrate disclosures into existing psychosocial risk and incident frameworks
- Reduce cumulative exposure and emotional load for HR and WHS professionals
Topics Covered
- Mental health disclosures as a psychosocial risk issue
- Mapping disclosures to psychosocial hazard categories: Emotional demands, Role ambiguity, Exposure to distressing content
- Disclosure pathways as risk controls
- Governance, documentation and defensibility
- Integration with psychosocial risk registers, incident and hazard reporting and critical incident response frameworks
- Supporting leaders post-disclosure
- HR/WHS wellbeing, containment and sustainability
Location
- Willing to work remote
- Willing to work interstate
- Willing to work internationally
How can this workshop be delivered?
- Face to face
Overview
Mental health disclosures should not sit outside WHS systems. When unmanaged, they create predictable psychosocial risks including emotional overload, role confusion, delayed intervention and cumulative exposure for leaders and HR/WHS teams.
This workshop supports HR and WHS professionals to manage disclosures through a systems and risk lens, rather than relying on informal judgement or emotional labour. Aligned with ISO 45003 and contemporary WHS expectations, the focus is on governance, escalation pathways, role clarity and sustainable controls.
Participants learn how to treat disclosures as risk signals, embed them into psychosocial risk management frameworks, support leaders appropriately and protect their own wellbeing while doing so.
The result is clearer systems, reduced organisational risk and stronger, more defensible psychosocial safety practices.
Workshop Outcomes
- Position mental health disclosures as psychosocial hazard signals, not isolated events
- Apply psychosocial risk principles to disclosure management
- Design clear, auditable disclosure and escalation pathways
- Clarify roles between leaders, HR, WHS, EAP, insurers and clinicians
- Implement control measures that reduce risk and role confusion
- Integrate disclosures into existing psychosocial risk and incident frameworks
- Reduce cumulative exposure and emotional load for HR and WHS professionals
Topics Covered
- Mental health disclosures as a psychosocial risk issue
- Mapping disclosures to psychosocial hazard categories: Emotional demands, Role ambiguity, Exposure to distressing content
- Disclosure pathways as risk controls
- Governance, documentation and defensibility
- Integration with psychosocial risk registers, incident and hazard reporting and critical incident response frameworks
- Supporting leaders post-disclosure
- HR/WHS wellbeing, containment and sustainability
Who is this workshop for
This workshop is designed for HR and WHS professionals responsible for systems, governance and psychosocial risk management rather than frontline conversations.
It is particularly suited to:
- HR Managers and People and Culture leaders
- WHS Managers and psychosocial risk leads
- Employee Relations and Wellbeing teams
- Injury management and recovery coordinators
- HR/WHS professionals supporting leaders post-disclosure
The training is especially relevant for professionals who:
- Are managing inconsistent or unclear disclosure responses across the organisation
- Support leaders who feel uncertain or overwhelmed by disclosures
- Carry significant emotional load or cumulative exposure themselves
- Are responsible for psychosocial risk registers, reporting or governance
- Need clearer, defensible pathways aligned with WHS obligations
This workshop focuses on systems, controls, and sustainability — not clinical intervention.
Handouts/materials provided
- Disclosure pathway and escalation models
- Role clarity and governance tools
- Systems mapping templates
- HR/WHS containment and self-care tools
What to bring
Participants are encouraged to bring:
- An open, systems-focused mindset
- A willingness to reflect on existing disclosure pathways, governance and role clarity
- Awareness of the emotional load associated with managing disclosures and supporting leaders
- A notebook or device for personal notes (optional)
No clinical or therapeutic training is required. This workshop does not involve diagnosing or treating mental health conditions and does not require participants to share personal experiences.
The workshop discusses sensitive workplace scenarios and cumulative psychosocial exposure. Participants are encouraged to take care of themselves throughout the session, step out if needed and access appropriate support should any content feel activating.
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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