SafeSpace Mental Health Consulting
Practical, trauma-informed support for individuals, families, schools, health services, disability providers, community organisations and workplaces responding to mental health complexity, distress and behaviours of concern.
Trauma-informed, recovery-oriented and least-restrictive practice for complex care settings.
SafeSpace brings together specialist mental health nursing expertise, behaviour support, tailored training and safety-focused consultation to support safer care, stronger teams and more compassionate responses.
Services
Specialist support for individuals and families experiencing mental health complexity, distress, psychosocial challenges or changes in functioning. Support may include assessment, recovery-focused care planning, psychoeducation, service navigation and practical strategies to support wellbeing and stability.
Practical assessment, consultation and support planning for behaviours of concern. SafeSpace focuses on understanding unmet need, reducing risk, strengthening support strategies and promoting dignity, safety and least-restrictive care.
Tailored training for organisations of any size, from small teams through to large services, across low to high-risk environments. Training can be developed to suit schools, hospitals, health services, disability providers, community organisations and workplaces.
Support for health, disability, education, community and workplace settings to prevent, prepare for and respond to occupational violence and aggression. This may include training design, risk assessment, policy review, staff coaching, post-incident reflection and restrictive practice reduction.
About Me
I am a Credentialed Mental Health Nurse and organisational safety leader with more than 18 years of experience across forensic, acute and community health settings. My work brings together clinical expertise, behaviour support, workforce capability development and practical safety-focused consultation.
In my current role as an Occupational Violence and Aggression Advisor, I lead the development and implementation of an organisation-wide strategy to prevent and manage occupational violence. This work is aligned with legislative requirements, human rights principles and best practice frameworks, while remaining grounded in the realities of complex healthcare environments.
I bring more than eight years of management and leadership experience, with a strong record of driving system-wide improvement. My practice is trauma-informed, human rights-based and focused on reducing restrictive interventions by embedding safe, therapeutic and least-restrictive approaches to care.
I have led the comprehensive review and redesign of an organisation's OVA training model, introducing a tiered, risk-based approach to workforce capability. This included e-learning, simulation and face-to-face training, supported by a scalable hub-and-spoke delivery model for sustainable workforce development.
My work spans governance, stakeholder engagement and strategic influence, including collaboration with executive leaders, multidisciplinary teams and lived experience representatives. I use incident data, risk assessments and staff feedback to shape practical strategies that improve safety outcomes for both staff and patients.
I am recognised for strong project leadership, critical thinking and the ability to deliver complex initiatives in dynamic environments. SafeSpace reflects my commitment to building workforce capability, strengthening organisational responses to occupational violence and aggression, and fostering cultures of safety, psychological wellbeing and continuous improvement.
Who we support
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SafeSpace offers a free 15-minute online consultation to discuss your needs, answer initial questions and explore the most appropriate next step.
Appointments are held online and provide an opportunity to briefly talk through your situation, understand current availability and consider which service may be the right fit.
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