09.00 – 16.00 Tuesday 21 October 2025, Melbourne
Full Day Pre-Conference Workshop:
Designing effective interventions for workplace psychosocial risk management and wellbeing
Psychosocial wellbeing of employees is critical to mitigating the risk of serious injury, fostering positive workplace culture, and ensuring you get the best out of your people. Though many of the new psychosocial risk provisions have now been implemented in some form across Australia, psychological injury and mental ill-health continue to impact organisations of every size. It is more vital than ever that your approach to occupational safety and wellbeing is designed around the key psychosocial hazards and regulatory obligations facing all workplaces – before it’s too late!
This workshop will equip your safety team with the key tools and knowledge needed to create and implement comprehensive and meaningful psychosocial safety interventions. Framing the learnings of the 11th Psychological Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace Congress the two days following, you will develop effective mechanisms which measure and address the psychosocial wellbeing of employees strategically, aligned with current WHS regulations, evidence-based tools, and operational best practice. Led by an expert workshop leader, with decades of experience in the psychological safety space, you will build effective and sustainable person-centred psychological safety strategies, based on the specific needs of your workforce, with particular insights including:
- Building your psych safety system around core components of workplace psychosocial wellbeing
- Identifying potential psychosocial hazards for early intervention and prevention
- Ensuring your psychosocial risk management approach is aligned with national best practice
- Investigating potential incidences of realised psychosocial risk with care
- Developing a comprehensive psychosocial safety approach which targets root causes
- Engaging employees and stakeholders in the development of meaningful psychosocial wellbeing programs
- Evaluating the success of wellbeing programs and making continuous improvements
Don’t miss this opportunity to ensure you don’t fall behind! Protect the mental wellbeing of your workforce, above and beyond your obligations!
About your workshop leader:
Dr Tessa Bailey, Principal Consultant, Director, OPUS Centre for Psychosocial Risk
Dr Tessa Bailey is a registered psychologist and leading researcher who completed her PhD on Psychosocial Safety Climate & Psychosocial Safety Factors at Work, for which she received the 2019 Ian Davies award for the most outstanding PhD thesis in the University of SA. Dr Bailey has 20 years experience working in the areas of human resource management, injury prevention, and injury management in both public and private sectors across a wide range of industries including health, social services, and aviation.
She was also a Research Fellow on the Australian Workplace Barometer (AWB) project at the University of South Australia which collected and analysed data on working conditions, worker health, and productivity for over 7000 workers from across all Australian states and territories since 2011.
Dr Bailey’s current appointment as Principal Consultant at OPUS focuses on applied practice engaging with industry to build the capacity of Workforce Health and Safety systems to provide a safe environment, protect worker health, and promote wellbeing.
Testimonials from Dr Bailey’s past clients
“I would recommend all business leaders, WHS professionals, government inspectors enrol in this masterclass. I liked the fact that it was practical and examples I could relate to were used. It was also full of exercises… everything I wanted covered was actually covered in detail.”
Assistant Director Psychosocial, Psychological Health WorkSafe ACT
“I highly recommend this masterclass which guides participants through the scientifically validated steps to identify and understand psychosocial hazards at work assess the risks and put in place practical actions to improve psychological safety for everyone. I came away full of ideas and inspiration. A much needed addition to the ubiquitous physical safety interventions.”
Wellbeing & Employee Experience Specialist, Chisholm Institute
“You will use this information again and again, so be prepared to take lots of notes”
Senior Advisor – Wellbeing, Department of Communities and Justice