During January and February 2021, we trained 48 care home managers in mental health awareness. The free training was delivered virtually by Bristol Mind with 94% of care homes managers who completed our post-training survey telling us it was helpful in supporting them to address their biggest concern around their staff’s wellbeing.
We have reflected on the positive feedback from cohort one and are now launching cohort two with six sessions available between 28 April and 28 June.
Find out more and book your space on our upcoming free mental health awareness training for care homes managers.
“This was a breath of fresh air, people wanting to engage, and talk about common situations, and positive ways to reduce risk and stress in the future. I have not really been asked how I was coping thorough this pandemic, so was initially difficult to answer.”
Clare Evans, Deputy Director of Service and System Transformation said:
“We know that the COVID-19 pandemic has put extraordinary pressure on care staff and that many are struggling with the effects of the ongoing response. We know that care home managers and deputy managers care about their staff and may have already developed some initiatives to support their wellbeing. Our free training from Bristol Mind can expand and build up those initiatives and support managers and their teams.”
The online workshop will cover the following topics:
- Looking after ourselves as managers and how we encourage others to do the same in the workplace
- Starting a sensitive conversation about mental health and well-being
- Recognising when self or employee getting overly stressed, anxious or low in mood
- Coping with loss
- Wellness action plans
- Signposting to community based services for staff and the wider community
“Great to speak to other people going through the same situation, and who understand the reality of the situations faced on a daily basis”
This training is for managers and deputy managers. Please ensure only one booking per care home, thank you. If you are a manager in supported living or domiciliary care, please contact ps@weahsn.net to discuss booking.
If you have any queries, or are experiencing any barriers that may prevent you from signing up, please do contact us at weahsn.transformation@nhs.net and we will try to help.
We are running a free programme of initiatives to support care homes in Bath, North East and North Somerset, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire. We are also offering free training on recognising deterioration in care settings through tools like RESTORE2 – find out more and book here.
Posted on April 13, 2021
