Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association Workplace Mental Health Symposium 2023

A practical, cross-sector meeting focused on creating psychologically safe, high-performing workplaces. Sessions translate evidence and lived experience into tools for prevention, early intervention, return-to-work, and sustained wellbeing across industries.
What You Will Learn

How to design and implement psychosocial risk management aligned with contemporary standards

Early-warning signs, supportive conversations, and pathways to care (internal and community)

Building leader and peer capability: mental health literacy, stigma reduction, and help-seeking

Return-to-work frameworks that balance safety, performance, and legal obligations

Measuring impact: dashboards, pulse surveys, claims data, and ROI beyond dollars (retention, safety, culture)

Strategies for remote, hybrid, shift, and frontline workforces; considerations for small vs. large organisations

Who Should AttendExecutives, HR/People & Culture leaders, WHS/OHS and risk professionals, EAP and wellbeing teams, clinicians supporting workplaces, union/industry representatives, researchers, and program vendors.
Why Attend

Convert policy and research into simple, repeatable practices that fit your context

Learn from sector benchmarks and real implementations—what worked, what didn’t, and why

Leave with playbooks for leaders, managers, and teams that improve safety, engagement, and retention

 
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*Note: these are continuous video recordings during the conference, they include individual lectures mentioned in the Detail section below

September 7.mp4
September 8.mp4

*Detail:

Psychosocial hazards: workload, low role clarity, remote isolation, bullying/harassment, moral injury

Prevention & promotion: job design, autonomy, recognition, civility, and psychological safety

Early intervention: peer programs, mental health first aid, crisis pathways, critical incident response

Recovery & RTW: reasonable adjustments, staged duties, monitoring, confidentiality and documentation

Legal & governance: duty of care, standards alignment, reporting lines, contractor considerations

Inclusive practice: culturally safe approaches for First Nations and diverse communities

Data & evaluation: metrics, dashboards, privacy, and translating insights into action

Special settings: healthcare, education, public safety, construction/mining, and SMEs