Equip yourself & connect. Build effective stress management tools and increase connection at work.
In this 4-hour, live, interactive training led by mental health professionals, participants will develop and practice skills and tangible tools to manage stress, increase efficacy, and enhance social connection. In community with other colleagues, we will explore common stressors and barriers to wellbeing. Empowered with simple strategies to increase self-awareness and support others, participants will learn how to cope with stress, re-imagine self-care, and utilize proactive peer support skills.
Topics will include occupational stress injury, the biology of stress, 5 evidence-based themes of psychosocial resilience, role management, defining resilience from a collective and inclusive lens, and detecting and responding to signs of mental health distress, burnout, or stress in others.
Why take this training?
Collective Care for Communities (CC4C) is an integrated program which includes curriculum and evidence-based tools from two separate programs that have supported the health care workforce the past 4 years and have shown to be successful in supporting others.
Toolkit for Healthcare Workers
This Toolkit was developed to accompany the live virtual CC4C training. It includes reflective exercises to increase self-awareness of stress and tools to mitigate it. It also has a summary of proactive strategies to reach out to peers at work.
If you’re feeling irritable, chronically stressed, overwhelmed, or feeling like no one understands your stress or is willing to help, you may be feeling depleted. This could lead to occupational stress injury, and if not recognized or treated, may lead to further impact in your professional and personal life. Some other signs of burnout or stress injury may be:
- Dread going into work
- Anxiety
- Depersonalization or feeling detached
- Physical or Emotional exhaustion
- Insomnia or poor sleep
- Decreased self esteem
- Increased use of alcohol or drugs to cope
- Impaired concentration or focus …
This program will allow you to not only recognize and learn ways to mitigate occupational stress injury, but also learn how to hold supportive conversations with peers when they are under stress, going through a difficult time, or having a bad day. We are all human and go through some type of struggle. This training will provide you appropriate language and steps to take to proactively reach out to peers and create a better community and culture of care.
“The most valuable aspect of the series was the tangible exercises I can apply in real life to reduce anxiety and stress.”
Past the pandemic participant
“I feel like I was able to connect with a peer and a staff member. While the meeting remained professional, I feel like I connected with them in a more personal or meaningful way. It wasn’t all about ‘the work’. It was about how they are doing.”
Grit participant
“I learned a new perspective, also had the sense of community that was created and fostered. I found each session to be extremely relaxing and it helped me set a good tone on the days it was held.”
past the pandemic participant
Questions, feedback, or requests for in-person training?
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