Outplacement and Transition Support Services
Supporting Organisations with Integrity, Knowledge, and Skill, and Empowering Exiting Employees ThroughA Person-Centred, Integrative, and Biopsychosocial Approach
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 coordinating redundancies, career education and development, and counselling—supporting 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, and self-care strategies 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.
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.
Flexible Outplacement Service Options
Our Outplacement Services can be configured in various ways to accommodate different preferences and circumstances:
- Individual (1-on-1) sessions: Personalised support and guidance tailored to the specific needs of each employee.
- Small group sessions: Collaborative sessions that allow employees to share experiences and learn from one another.
- Combination of small group and individual sessions: A balanced approach that combines the benefits of both personalised and collaborative support.
Additionally, we offer flexibility in terms of the delivery method. Our outplacement services can be conducted:
- Face-to-Face at our office: A comfortable and confidential environment where employees can receive support.
- Via Zoom: Convenient virtual sessions that allow for remote participation.
- Via Telephone: Flexible sessions that can be conducted from any location with access to telephone reception
- Onsite at your corporate offices: Customised support delivered directly at your organisation’s premises (subject to terms, fees, and availability).
With our guidance and support, you can navigate the redundancy period with confidence. Together, we will shape, shift, and move towards a successful career transition.
