Outplacement and Transition Support Services
Supporting organisations with integrity, knowledge and skills, and empowering exiting employeesthrough person-centred, integrative, and biopsychosocial approach
across Port Stephens, Newcastle, Maitland, Hunter Region, NSW and Australia-Wide
Biopsychosocial Outplacement Services
Delivered with Skill and Integrity
Blu Ripples® Outplacement and Career Transition Services, founded by Katherine Foster, draws on a rich, multidisciplinary background in Business and Human Resources where she facilitated in the coordination of redundancies, delivering career education and development, and counselling – support and guiding clients through voluntary and compulsory redundancies and career transitions, or helping them rebuild when standard outplacement services fall short. Katherine understands and recognises that periods of organisational transition, restructure, and redundancy are profound, life-altering moments of change that impact the biological, psychological, and social components of our lives and overall well-being.
For organisations, managing structural workforce transitions requires delicate risk mitigation, employer brand protection, and a genuine duty of care for departing staff. For exiting employees, redundancy is rarely just a contractual change; it can cause significant disruption, triggering physical shock, psychological stress, identity loss, and social displacement.
Our Outplacement Services bridge this gap. Integrating Human Resources, Career Education and Development, and Counselling principles, we deliver pragmatic, solution-focused, integrative, and person-centred career transition programs. We support organisations through periods of change while aiming to equip departing employees with emotional resilience, insights into productive coping, self-care strategies and resources to restore calm and equilibrium—alongside practical, contemporary job search skills that rebuild self-belief and confidence to step into their next professional chapter.
A Holistic, Whole-Person Approach:
Addressing the Biopsychosocial Impact
Traditional outplacement services often focus on redundancy and outplacement as a purely transactional exercise—updating a resume, offering a couple of career coaching sessions, and sending the employee on their way. At Blu Ripples®, we recognise that forced career change impacts the entire person: the biological, psychological, and social aspects commonly known as the biopsychosocial model. Going one step further, we explicitly incorporate self-care into our model—utilising our proprietary, peer-reviewed, and evidence-informed Self-Care—Awareness, Action, and Planning Workbook and Card Set to build practical and productive coping strategies and tools that minimise stress and support full-person well-being. Thus, our focus is on supporting the whole person through forced career change and transition, within the scope of our expertise, using Foster’s Biopsychosocial Model with Integrated Self-Care.
Delivering Dual-Value: Risk Management & Individual Support
Corporate Value
Biological, Psychological, Social and Self-Care Factors- Biological & Psychological: Mitigates primary and secondary psychological injury risks through registered counselling and evidence-based practice.
- Social: Assists in the protection of brand management and employer of choice status, while maintaining workforce and community goodwill, and preserving industry networks and affiliations.
- Self-Care: Delivers structured self-care frameworks (with options to include our published, peer-reviewed Self-Care Workbook & Card Set) to guide in the establishment and reinforcement of productive coping strategies.
Client Impact (Individual)
Biological, Psychological, Social, and Self-Care Factors- Biological and Psychological: Facilitates the processing of the grief and loss cycle, and change management cycle surrounding career loss and professional identity, restoring equilibrium, energy, balance, and calm while rebuilding self-worth.
- Social: Aims to restore meaningful daily structure, functioning, professional identity, and strategic job market connections and engagement.
- Self-Care: Empowers self-resilience through the building of practical, sustainable, and meaningful self-care strategies and tools during your career transition, period of change, and stressful job searches.
The Blu Ripples® Outplacement and Career Transition Advantage
A Multidisciplinary Leader and Specialist with Qualifications in Business (HR),
Counselling, Career Education and Development, and
Evidence-Informed, Peer-Reviewed Self-Care Publications
When you partner with Blu Ripples®, you work directly with our founder, Katherine Foster – a nationally registered Career Development Specialist and Counsellor; a published Author, and Specialist with an extensive background in Business, Human Resources, and Small Business Management.
Having facilitated employee and subcontractor redundancies, terminations, and separations as a corporate employee since the mid-1990s, a business owner and consultant since 2003, and a counsellor since 2009, Katherine appreciates and understands the complexities and challenges from both perspectives.
This multi-disciplinary background enables Blu Ripples® to deliver structured or tailored outplacement solutions, ranging from established tiered packages to tailored outplacement programs, that are strategically aligned with commercial and operational realities and goals while remaining deeply empathetic, person-centred, and clinically informed for the exiting employee.
Blu Ripples® Outplacement and Career Transition Programs
Foundational
New Hires and Probationary Employees, Non-Management and Operational Staff- 4 Weeks: 4 Outplacement Sessions Comprising Of:
- Resume Development: 1 x Professional Resume (includes up to 2 hour information gathering and factual intake consultation).
- Cover Letter: 1 x Tailored 1 Page Employment Cover Letter (includes up to 30 minute information gathering and factual intake consultation).
- Career Counselling: 1 x 1 Hour Career Counselling Session (personalised support focusing on transition support, confidence building, and emotional readiness).
- Job Search Strategy: 1 x 1 Hour Goal Setting & Job Search Strategy Session (includes a quick overview of online employment platforms).
Professional
Experienced Professionals, Specialists and Mid Level Management- 3 Months: 8 Outplacement Sessions Comprising Of:
- 1 x Initial Career Counselling Consultation: 1 x 1 hour intake session covering goals, limitations, strengths, and initial Q&A)
- Resume Development: 1 x Professional Resume (includes up to 2 hour information gathering and factual intake consultation).
- Cover Letter: 1 x Tailored 1 Page Employment Cover Letter (includes up to 1 x 45 minute information gathering and factual intake consultation).
- 1 x Brief Key Transferable Skills Report: 1 hour session utilising Blu Ripples® methodology, including narrative and card sort techniques, for up to 3 previous positions and up to 15 skills in totality
- 1 x Selected Assessment: Choice of MBTI® Career Report OR Work Personality Index® (Change, Development, or Leadership Potential report).
- 1 x Job Search Strategy Session: 1 x 1 hour dedicated LinkedIn consultation focusing on either (a) critiquing and verbally recommending improvement strategies for an existing profile OR (b) Blu Ripples creating a basic LinkedIn profile framework
- 2 x 1-Hour Career Counselling Sessions: Client-led sessions exploring redundancy emotions, transition hurdles, and biopsychosocial impacts, aligned with your specific goals
Strategic
Senior Leaders, Executives and Executive Leadership Team Members- 6 Months: 12 Outplacement Sessions Comprising Of:
- 1 x Initial Career Counselling Consultation: 1 x 1.5 hour intake session covering goals, limitations, strengths, and initial Q&A)
- 1 x Psychometric Assessment: Work Personality Index® (WPI) Leadership Report administration with up to 1 x 1 hour feedback session (MBTI® Career Exploration Assessment available as an optional add-on)
- 1 x Executive Resume Development: Includes up to 4-hour information gathering and factual intake consultation (delivered across 2 x 2-hour sessions)
- 1 x 1 Page Executive Bio: Includes up to 1 hour information gathering and factual consultation (undertaken after Executive Resume)
- 1 x Brief Comparative Labour Market Analysis: 1 Hour Session - Evidence-informed analysis of up to 3 preferred positions (1 location per position; subject to data availability). Additional positions or locations available at fee-for-service rates.
- 1 x Brief Key Transferable Skills Report: 1 - 2 hour session utilising Blu Ripples® methodology, including narrative and card sort techniques, for up to 5 previous positions and up to 25 skills (excluding WPI Leadership Outcomes) in totality
- 1 x Job Search Strategy Session: 1 x 1.5 hour dedicated LinkedIn consultation focusing on either (a) critiquing and verbally recommending improvement strategies for an existing profile OR (b) Blu Ripples creating a Intermediate LinkedIn profile framework
- 5 x 1-Hour Executive Career Counselling Sessions: Client-led sessions tailored to the client's individual goals and needs, exploring areas such as the biopsychosocial impact of redundancy, coping and self-care strategies, transition hurdles, career exploration, management, and development Q&As
Custom
Custom Programs for Australian Businesses and Enterprises- Customise Your Program: Aligning with your objectives
- Embedded Services: Enrich Foundational, Professional, or Executive programs by embedding targeted Blu Ripples® services and assets—such as the Self-Care—Awareness, Action, and Planning framework, psychometric profiling, career interest testing, and tailored Career Development Reports and Labour Market Analysis reports.
- Tailored Scope: Modify or streamline features across Foundational, Professional, or Strategic programs to align with your organisation's specific budget, timeframe, or exit parameters.
- Extended Support: Scale consultation hours or extend the length of the program (e.g., from 4 to 6 sessions, or 3 to 6 or 12 months) to provide high-level support for complex career pivots, long-tenured employees, or niche executive placements
- Small Group Workshops: Delivered onsite or online small group outplacement services structured in accordance with your organisation's goals, timelines, and budget requirements.
- Bespoke Program Design: Collaborate directly with Blu Ripples® to co-design a fully customised outplacement program tailored to your organisation’s unique operational requirements, specialised employee cohorts, or complex redundancy scenarios.
Delivery Modes & Operational Flexibility
Delivered Australia-wide through flexible options tailored to your organisation and workforce needs:
Virtual (Nationwide): Interactive online sessions via MS Teams or flexible telephone consultations.
In-Practice (Individual): Confidential 1-on-1 consultations at our Port Stephens practice.
Onsite (Corporate Premises): Individual consultations or small group workshops delivered directly at your organisation’s premises.
(All delivery modes are subject to schedule availability, location parameters, applicable travel and accommodation fees, and SLA terms)
Since 2016, Katherine has had the privilege of partnering with small businesses, regional enterprises, and established institutions—such as retail, automotive, manufacturing, and religious organisations—to deliver meaningful outplacement support. Blu Ripples® guides and supports exiting team members across all stages of their career journey, from new hires and early-career personnel to dedicated staff with tenures spanning several decades.
To view a representative selection of corporate and participant outplacement testimonials, click on the link below:
Ready To Engage?
Blu Ripples® brings a rich history of delivering specialised outplacement services to small, regional, and national businesses since 2016. Grounded in multi-disciplinary qualifications and extensive experience, we provide tailored support to team members at every stage of their career life cycle—from managing the practicalities of career transition to offering a safe, neutral space to decompress, process emotions, and clarify future goals.
Ethical practice means we cannot offer guarantees. However, we are deeply committed to providing your departing personnel with high-quality, person-centred, and individualised care – supporting their professional transition while supporting your organisation to mitigate risk and maintain brand integrity through compassionate transition management.
If our approach aligns with your organisation’s values and workforce needs, we would welcome the opportunity to speak with you.
