Instructor Profile

As Director and Principal Lead Trainer of WorkPlace Interventions, Teresa Coffey is a WorkCover, Health, Safety and Wellbeing subject matter expert with a real passion, and importantly significant knowledge base for improving mental health within the workplace. Teresa supports businesses of all sizes to create mentally healthier workplaces, including the implementation of policies and produces and early intervention initiatives such as peer support programs.

Combining health and safety, injury management, occupational rehabilitation and mental health, Teresa is renowned in the industry for her subject matter expertise, whilst her ability to use relevant workplace examples in her delivery of an energetic and vibrant session means she engages participants to consolidate learning, making her one of the most sought after facilitators in her field.

Teresa is also an ASORC registered Rehabilitation Counselor, and delivers WorkSafe Original Employer Services (OES) to assist injured employees who have lodged a mental injury claim. Services include WorkSafe approved Facilitated Discussion (FD), which is a service specialising in the early intervention of workplace mental injuries.

With a diverse background in education, business and health, Teresa Coffey possess over 18 years of corporate consultancy experience, both locally and nationally. Teresa's regularly teaches, coaches and assesses Cert III, Cert IV & Diploma in personal injury management through Deakin / WorkSafe.

As a point of difference, Teresa is an experienced trainer, with a sound background in psychology, which includes a Bachelor in Psychology studies, a Bachelor in Exercise Science and Human Movement and a Masters in Rehabilitation Counselling. Other qualifications include: Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessing, Diploma in Personal Injury Management, and Certificate IV in OHS. Teresa is also undertaking her Masters in Applied Positive Psychology through the University of Melbourne.

As an approved WorkSafe trainer, Teresa frequently delivers Return to Work Training, OHS and HSR courses, which coupled with her experience and qualifications offers workplaces a holistic, engaging and workplace specific mental health approach to assisting individuals as well as organisations proactively manage mental health challenges. Teresa delivers a suite of MHFA courses including the Standard, Blended, Youth, Legal, NSSI and the Suicidal course, offering monthly public courses held in Melb CBD as well as the option to run sessions onsite.

WorkPlace Interventions collaborate with many organisations include Allianz, Xchanging, EML, Victoria Police, Ambulance Victoria, Air Services, (many councils including Yarra Ranges Council, Stonnington Council, MVCC), CPB, Crown Casino, Yooralla, BlueCross, Depart. of Justice, Victorian Legal Aid, Kennedys Lawyers, ISS, (many hospitals including Eye & Ear , DHSV, Northern Health, Star Health and Central Gippsland Health Services), (Education sector which includes Mercy Education, CECV, Independent Schools, Polytechnic. Chisholm), and more.

As a highly sought after facilitator you can review Teresa's profile (including more than 70 written recommendations) via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teresa-coffey-7427a942/