Mental health is just as important as your physical health. Below are resources designed to help you with the topic.
Care for Caregivers
Care for Caregivers provides mental health support and resources to healthcare professionals across British Columbia. This project is a partnership between SafeCare BC and the Canadian Mental Health Association – BC Division, with funding provided by the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions.
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Care for Caregivers website
This website is an online platform of free online mental health resources and webinars designed for healthcare workers. Created in a partnership by SafeCare BC, the Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division, and the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions
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Care to Speak
This peer support service provides free, unbiased and confidential peer mental health support to ALL healthcare workers. Phone and online chat are available. The service is a part of the Care for Caregivers website.
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Care2Listen
Care2Listen aims to reduce stigma around mental health in the healthcare profession and shed light on the difficulties caregivers face, while also providing accessible resources and support for those who need it.
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Poster | Care for Caregivers services
This poster provides a quick overview of the services offered by the Care for Caregivers and Care to Speak websites.
Care for Caregivers webinars (on-demand)
De-escalation strategies for health care
Principles of psychological first aid
Healthy sleep
Stress management for healthcare workers
Sick and tired: A conversation about stress and fatigue.
Understanding stress injury and enhancing resiliency
SafeCare BC resources
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Safety Huddle | Respectful return to work
Use this Safety Huddle to discuss how to respectful handle a return to work of a co-worker.
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Safety Huddle | Incivility vs. bullying
Use this safety huddle to discuss the difference between bullying and workplace incivility and how to report each appropriately.
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Safety Huddle | Work-life balance and self care
Use this safety huddle to discuss the importance of work-life balance and self-care.
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Safety Huddle | Workplace incivility
Use this safety huddle to understand what workplace incivility is and identify when you may be enabling incivility at work.
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Civility matters checklist
Review the questions in this document and tick-off those situations that you have actively participated in. Remember that bullying is repeated and persistent unreasonable behavior and not necessarily a one-time occurrence only!
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Civility matters toolkit
Check out our Civility Matters Toolkit for strategies and resources to address workplace incivility and create supportive workplace relationships.
SafeCare BC webinars (on-demand)
Workplace Civility
Safety and Support: Responding to Critical Incidents in the Workplace
Training and education
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Enhancing Psychological Health, Wellness, and Resilience
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Other resources
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Psychological Health and Safety Standard
Psychological Health and Safety Standard (CSA-Z1003-13) is a document that outlines a systematic approach to developing and sustaining a psychologically healthy and safe workplace. It focuses on mental illness prevention and mental health promotion.
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Sample Audit Tool
This gap analysis tool that provides you with a baseline measurement of current status of psychological health and safety in your workplace.
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Psychological Health and Safety Standard FAQ
This document reflects general answers to some frequently asked questions by Canadian organizations around the four-phased approach to implementing the Standard.
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Guarding Minds at Work
Guarding Minds is a tool for employers to effectively assess and address the psychosocial factors known to have an impact on organizational health, the health of individual employees, and the financial bottom line
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Psychological health and safety
Program planning resources to support worker well-being and decrease the risk of work-related psychological injury or illness.
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13 Factors: Addressing Mental Health in the Workplace
Created in partnership with Ottawa Public Health, with adapted content from the Mindful Employer, this series of short animated videos aims to raise awareness around the evidence-embedded 13 factors that can impact the mental health of employees in the workplace and encourage conversations on ways to promote psychologically healthy and safe