Transcript Wellbeing
Carecall and Queen’s Staff Counselling/ Employee Assistance Programme Five a Day for Mental Wellbeing? • UK Government Foresight programme • Mental Capital and Wellbeing Project • New Economics Foundation identified five key drivers carecallwellbeing.com Employee Assistance Programme Overview Freephone 24 hour immediate telephone support Structured telephone counselling Structured face to face counselling available across NI Financial advice Legal advice Retirement planning service Work related problems Family relationship problems Health concerns Alcohol / substance abuse carecallwellbeing.com Employee Assistance Programme Employee Counselling Service Independent Self-referred Confidential Free service Complementary to professional support mechanisms Complementary to personal support networks carecallwellbeing.com Employee Assistance Programme Telephone Support Freephone number Answered 24/7, 365 days a year Immediate support Staffed by professional, qualified & experienced personnel at all times BACP accredited staff Appointments within 3 days/20 miles Evenings possible * British & Irish Associations for Counselling and Psychotherapy carecallwellbeing.com Employee Assistance Programme Counselling Model & Process Up to six one hour sessions Time limited, practical & solution focused (Brief Solution Focused Model) Clear boundaries of confidentiality Moves from analysis of the problem to identify your own skills, strengths & resources Helps you to find a solution carecallwellbeing.com Your Working Life Support Training Performance Work Colleagues Stress New Skills Office Politics Mediation & Conflict Coaching Stress Risk Assessments carecallwellbeing.com Your Personal Life Bereavement Caring for relatives Family frictions Childcare Losing independence Drug & alcohol abuse Personal Crises Ill health Depression & anxiety Discrimination Divorce carecallwellbeing.com 0800 389 5362 It helps to talk. carecallwellbeing.com Wellbeing • Feel Good • Function Well • • • • • • Key relationships going ok • Feeling purposeful • Having some sense of control Happiness Contentment Engagement Able to enjoy Curiosity carecallwellbeing.com Connect • • • • • …with the people around you Family, colleagues community The cornerstones of your life Invest in these relationships And get out what you put in Be active… • • • • Walk, run, swim, garden, salsa Find the activity you enjoy That suits your fitness levels Spend time outside Take notice… • Be present • Be aware of your (changing) environment • In conversation, really listen Keep learning… • Try new challenges • Rediscover and old interest • Take on a new task at work Give… • • • • • Pay it forward… Thank people Help someone Link to the community Volunteer 0800 389 5362 It helps to talk. carecallwellbeing.com