Training & Workshops for Suicide Response and Recovery

Workplace Aware delivers tailored training and workshops that equip managers and staff to respond effectively to suicide and sudden loss. Co-designed with frontline professionals, our programs combine practical skills, reflective learning, and psychological insight to build safer, more supportive workplaces.

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Supporting workplaces through the most challenging of times.

Our training and workshops build the skills, systems, and confidence needed to respond safely and compassionately to suicide and sudden loss.

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Training

Professional Training Programs for Managers and Staff Responding to Suicide and Sudden Loss

Our training programs provide the knowledge and confidence your team needs to respond when suicide or sudden loss affects your workplace or clients. Delivered by qualified psychologists, the sessions blend research-based frameworks with lived workplace experience.

    • Managers and team leaders coordinating workplace responses

    • Staff supporting colleagues or clients affected by suicide or loss

    • HR and wellbeing professionals developing support protocols

    • Core postvention principles and recovery frameworks

    • How to provide effective support while maintaining professional boundaries

    • Communication tools for sensitive, real-world scenarios

    • Steps to strengthen awareness, preparedness, and response across teams

    • Interactive group sessions (in-person or online)

    • Practical exercises, reflection, and case-based learning

    • Tailored delivery to suit your workplace culture and needs

    • Ongoing evaluation to measure impact and outcomes

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Workshop

Facilitated Workplace Workshops for Postvention Planning and Psychosocial Risk Mitigation

Our workshops help organisations develop clear, coordinated systems for responding to suicide and sudden death. Each session supports leaders and staff to plan proactively, reducing psychosocial harm and strengthening wellbeing across the workplace.

    • Designing or refining postvention and recovery plans

    • Reviewing policies, communication pathways, and support systems

    • Building leadership and peer support capacity

    • Embedding sustainable approaches to mental health and safety

    • Facilitated, solution-focused discussions

    • Custom tools and templates for real-world application

    • Cross-department collaboration and shared understanding

    • Practical, evidence-based outcomes tailored to your workplace

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Ali Clements

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Meet Your Facilitator:

Ali Clements is a certified psychologist and the facilitator of the Workplace Aware program, an evidence-based service that helps organisations respond to suicide, sudden death, and workplace trauma. With a Master’s in Psychology and professional experience across journalism, politics, and psychology, Ali brings a broad perspective to her consulting work.

She works with businesses across Australia to strengthen their capacity to manage workplace suicide prevention and response, provide support for staff after sudden death, and address WHS psychosocial hazards. Her approach is strengths-based, focusing on awareness, resilience, and growth for both individuals and teams.

Ali’s post-graduate research laid the foundation for the Workplace Aware program, which equips workplaces with practical strategies to navigate crisis, loss, and recovery. As a workplace mental health consultant, she is committed to creating safer, more compassionate environments where people feel supported during life’s most challenging times.

Ali’s Qualifications

Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Allied Health, University of Western Australia

Masters Philosophy, Allied Health, University of Western Australia

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science

Bachelor of Psychology

Advanced Training Certificate in Couples Therapy, Couples Institute, California.

Murray Bowen Family Systems Theory, Western Pennsylvania Family Center

Case Studies

Real Change in Action

Partnerships & Collaboration, Suicide Prevention, Workplace Wellbeing, Training & Capacity Building, Case Studies Ali Clements Partnerships & Collaboration, Suicide Prevention, Workplace Wellbeing, Training & Capacity Building, Case Studies Ali Clements

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What Our Clients Say

  • “This room should have been FILLED with management!”

    – Primary Healthcare Provider

  • “The program has been invaluable to our staff. Managing funerals brings with it an emotional load… programs like this have a significant impact in ensuring health and wellbeing for employees.”

    – Funeral Director

  • “Invaluable – will support us to support our staff and other first responder agencies – fantastic!”

    – First Responder

  • “We are really excited with this program because in the past it’s been very much a case of reacting.”

    – Community Housing Worker

Tailored learning for real-world impact.

Every workplace is unique, and so is every response. Our programs are designed with you — to strengthen awareness, preparedness, and care across your teams.

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