The Health Improvement Team would like to promote the Mind ur Mind Toolkit for staff and managers. This is a resource to enable staff to stay in good mental health and provide help to those who need it. The aims of this toolkit are:
- To increase understanding of our own and other’s mental and emotional health needs and perspectives.
- To develop an understanding and supportive work environment
- To help managers to support the mental and emotional wellbeing of their staff.
The Toolkit includes 3 sections:
- Mind Ur Language
- Mind Ur Self
- Mind each other
There are 2 training sessions on the Mind ur Mind Toolkit – please email william.moore@belfasttrust.hscni.net for more information:
Mind Ur Mind for Staff
Join us as we explore our mental and emotional health needs and perspectives. The session provides practical help to enable all staff to promote and protect their emotional wellbeing.
Mind Ur Mind for Managers
This session explains how managers can help support the mental and emotional wellbeing of their staff. We look at the role of a manager; how to spot signs and symptoms and provide practical support opportunities to help your staff.
If you would like to find out more about staff health and wellbeing please email Joanna.dover@belfasttrust.hscni.net
Self-Care Habits
The link below takes you to the Mindful Self-Care Scale survey which can help you reflect on your self-care habits. The results can help you identify areas of strength and weakness in your self-care behaviour and suggest how you can improve your self-care practices. Please note that the survey was developed by the University at Buffalo New York for workers in US healthcare systems, so some of the language relates to American qualifications and professional roles but this resource is equally helpful for us in NI.”
https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5556058/mscs
Regional Workplace Mental Health Campaign
To mark World Mental Health Day in 2024, the five local Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland alongside the Public Health Agency (PHA) and Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) have worked in partnership to develop a campaign to encourage people across Northern Ireland to prioritise workplace mental health.
The campaign encourages everyone to take 10 minutes out of their day for self-care using the ‘Take 5 steps to wellbeing’.
It is easy to start adding the ‘Take 5 steps to wellbeing’ to your daily routine – anyone can do it – and it is important because taking care of your mental health and managing stress helps to improve your personal resilience. It also can help you if you support or care for others.
The ‘Take 5 steps to wellbeing’ are:
Connect
Keep Learning
Be Active
Take Notice and
Give.
Online Resources
- https://www.get.gg/
A website filled with lots of useful information and self-help Cognitive Behavioural Therapy materials such as worksheets and videos. - https://llttf.com/
This is a free, online, life skills resource for individuals with anxiety, depression or low mood. The course helps users choose key life areas to change and encourages them to change the way they think and to respond in new ways to the many life challenges we face on a day to day basis. Modules can be completed from any computer with internet access. Users can also chose to have the modules spoken aloud, making this a useful resource for individuals with literacy problems. - https://www.actionforhappiness.org/take-action
Focusses on helping people take practical action to improve mental wellbeing—offers simple ideas on changing our behaviours. - https://www.mindingyourhead.info/
The Public Health Agency’s website for promoting positive mental health and Emotional Wellbeing in NI. Provides an overview of local organisations providing support for a range of difficulties. - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/reduce-stress/
Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, Cary Cooper, talks about managing stress at work. - Pocket Guide to Suicide Prevention and Bereavement Services BPLIG Promotional Leaflet Final
- Protect Life 2 Suicide Prevention and Bereavement Services video https://vimeo.com/725253279/c147ac185b