WELLBEING CONSULTANT AND STRATEGIST

I partner with school leaders and staff to bring together psychosocial safety, staff wellbeing and whole-school strategy, helping you identify what’s really impacting your people, build shared understanding, and move forward with clarity and confidence.

Develop an approach that strengthens staff buy-in, aligns with Safe Work expectations, and embeds wellbeing into how your school leads, works and supports its people as part of everyday practice.

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Psychosocial Risk Management: A Practical and Authentic Approach

Moving Beyond Survival Mode

Many schools want to improve staff wellbeing, strengthen culture and introduce meaningful change — yet find themselves stuck in reactive patterns.

When workload pressures increase, student needs become more complex, or communication breaks down, even the most well-intentioned initiatives can struggle to gain traction. Staff may feel stretched, leaders may feel cautious about introducing change, and progress can begin to stall.

Rather than focusing only on individual coping or adding new initiatives, the work often begins with understanding what is really shaping the day-to-day experience of staff — including work design, leadership practices, consultation and shared expectations.

This is where a more strategic, whole-school approach to wellbeing and psychosocial safety can create clarity, direction and renewed momentum, leading to improved school performance and outcomes.

Ways To Work With Me

Staff Wellbeing Surveys and Data Analysis Reports

Gather meaningful staff insight and identify the psychosocial and cultural factors shaping your school’s experience. These reports help leaders move beyond assumptions and make confident, informed decisions about where to focus their energy.

"Well-Led" Schools Partnership Program

A structured partnership designed to help schools embed a strategic, staff-informed approach to wellbeing and psychosocial safety over time.

Through guided planning, leadership and staff development and tailored support, schools move from reactive initiatives toward sustainable cultural change.

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Benefits of School Wellbeing Consulting

Supporting staff wellbeing isn’t about adding more initiatives. It’s about creating the conditions that allow your people and your school to function well over time.

Here’s what schools begin to notice when wellbeing and psychosocial safety are approached strategically:

Overcome Staff Burnout

Address the underlying drivers of stress such as workload, role clarity, communication and change processes, rather than relying solely on individual coping strategies and "self-care."

Boost Whole School Wellbeing

Create shared understanding and prioritised action through consultation and clear leadership direction aligned with Safe Work expectations.

Improve Whole School Outcomes

Build wellbeing into your school’s foundations and create a ripple effect that positively impacts staff and student wellbeing, student learning outcomes, and whole school performance.

Enhance Workplace Culture and Morale

Involve your people in the process of change. When staff feel heard, understood, and supported they are more engaged and satisfied with their jobs, contributing to a happy and healthy workplace culture where staff and students thrive.

Why choose me?

Let’s face the facts. There are a lot of people out there that call themselves school wellness consultants. Here’s why I’m different.

Grounded in Real School Leadership Experience

I’m no armchair expert. I’ve been through teacher burnout myself. I’ve hit rock-bottom, turned it all around again and came out the other end stronger as a better and well-respected leader. I know what it's really like for leaders, teachers and staff on the ground having worked with 75+ schools and thousands of school staff.

Actionable and Strategic Advice

I don’t give band-aid solutions or woo-woo treatments. My tailored approach is aligned with Safe Work Australia Guidance on psychosocial risk management, Positive Psychology, up-to-date educational leadership research, and advice from leading Australian wellbeing and mental health organisations.

First-Hand Experience

As a school leader myself, I’ve seen first-hand the effects of poor health and wellness of leaders, teachers and staff. I equip schools with the tools they need to prevent burnout through better work design, consultation and strategic leadership practice - that goes beyond encouraging self-care or tokenistic approaches to staff wellbeing.

Data-Backed Results

We capture data before and after partnering with schools. The proof is in the numbers - schools who follow our recommendations see lowered reports of burnout, increased perceptions of morale, satisfaction and engagement and improved school culture and endorsement rates.

From Our Clients

Some kind words from our partnering schools

Meet the founder

Meet the woman behind the business.

Adrienne Hornby

School Wellbeing Consultant and Strategist

Biography

I partner with school leaders and their teams across Australia to bring together psychosocial safety, staff wellbeing and whole-school strategy — helping schools gather meaningful data, strengthen staff voice, and build tailored Staff Wellbeing Frameworks that create lasting cultural change.

Rather than adding another initiative, my work supports leaders to understand what is truly impacting their people, align with Safe Work/Work Safe expectations, and embed wellbeing into everyday leadership and practice. Each school’s approach is shaped by its context, ensuring that improvements to staff wellbeing also strengthen culture, performance and long-term sustainability.

Earlier in my career as a teacher and school leader, I experienced first-hand the pressure and overwhelm many educators quietly carry. That experience reshaped the way I led, moving from reactive wellbeing support toward a more strategic, staff-informed approach focused on morale, culture, engagement, communication and consultation — not simply mental health alone.

Since then, I’ve partnered with more than 75 schools to help them move from frustration, cynicism and fatigue toward healthier, shared and more sustainable ways of working. My work is grounded in a simple belief: when schools support their people well and share responsibility for wellbeing, everything else becomes possible.

Education

  • Masters in Educational Leadership - Current
  • Leadership in Psychosocial Risk Management - 2025
  • Group Coaching - Wellcoaches - 2020
  • Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) Certificate in Health and Wellness Coaching - 2018
  • Bachelor of Education (Primary) - 2010

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