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The Care Workers Strategy: funding, crisis grants and wellbeing support for care workers

The Care Workers Charity is an organisation that support care workers in a variety of ways. They provide:

  • Emergency funding for care workers who have suffered a drop in income due to COVID-19, or who need financial support because of a COVID-related circumstance
  • Crisis Grant for care workers who have experienced a recent change in circumstance resulting in a significant financial impact.
  • Mental health and wellbeing programme offering care workers a series of up to ten support sessions with a qualified therapist, delivered by Red Umbrella.

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Monthly webinars to support your Health and Wellbeing Champions

Health and Wellbeing Champions are individuals who work at all levels of the NHS, from all demographics and roles. They promote, identify and signpost their colleagues to local and national health and wellbeing support offers.

Alongside any support your organisation has put in place, NHS England and NHS Improvement are offering a monthly development programme for Health and Wellbeing Champions. The themed online sessions offer the opportunity to join a safe space to share learning with other champions.

Topics range from the importance of a good night’s sleep and looking after your physical health, to creating cultures of kindness and compassion. You’ll also find sessions on how to stay up-to-date and motivated as a champion.

View details of topics and how to sign up for sessions via the pdf timetable below. You can also find out more about training for Health and Wellbeing Champions here.

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Implement Health and Wellbeing Champions to support your strategy

The NHS People Plan 2020-21 sets out a number of ambitions to improve the health and wellbeing of its staff, and create a culture where people feel supported and well at work.

This includes setting up a network of ‘Health and Wellbeing Champions’ across all NHS organisations.

Champions will support colleagues as needed, regularly check in, and signpost to relevant resources. In turn, this can help organisations create cultures of inclusion, compassion and wellbeing.

This e-learning programme is for all appointed champions, and aims to help champions to better understand their role.

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Access the mini-course

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The Importance of Health and Wellbeing for Organisations – report

This resource will help you define the case for a positive health and wellbeing culture within your organisation.

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the vital importance of supporting health and care workers’ mental and physical wellbeing. However, the response from health and care staff has also shown what can be achieved through working together. Multi-disciplinary teams have learned new skills and digital tools; innovations in care are being rapidly trialled, assessed and scaled up; and volunteers have mobilised to support staff.

This report by Public Policy Projects aims to help build momentum for positive reforms by laying out a series of policy recommendations across three key areas: getting in (recruitment and diversity); getting on (development and innovation); and getting through (wellbeing and retention).

It brings together ideas ranging from how the health and care system should plan for future workforce needs to how it should develop digital skills and support the mental wellbeing of its staff.

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Access the report (PDF) on the Public Policy Projects website

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NHS Health and Wellbeing Framework: An organisational diagnostic tool

This Excel-based tool provides an easy way to assess your organisation against each element of the NHS Health and Wellbeing Framework. This exercise can help you to prioritise which health and wellbeing interventions to invest in.

We know that each health and care organisation is different, from a large acute hospital to a smaller Primary Care practice. Keeping in mind the unique context of your organisation, this tool can support you to:

  • Quickly understand your status against the best practice elements within the NHS model for wellbeing.
  • Prioritise areas to focus on for further investment, to create a culture of wellbeing for your people.

You can use this tool together with the wider NHS Health and Wellbeing Framework. The framework explains in detail why each element is important, what good looks like, and offers detailed guidance.

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NHS Health and Wellbeing Framework: The Elements of Wellbeing

This resource illustrates the case for supporting staff health and wellbeing across the NHS. It also looks at some of the key things managers and leaders need to consider when creating a supportive culture.

In the NHS Health and Wellbeing Framework document linked below, The Elements of Wellbeing: Creating a health and wellbeing culture, you’ll find information and guidance on creating a positive health and wellbeing culture within your organisation. This includes:

  • Defining health and wellbeing for the NHS across organisations.
  • The academic evidence behind health and wellbeing interventions.
  • The business case and supporting data around improving staff health and wellbeing, from across the NHS and the broader UK workforce.
  • Things to consider for your organisation when approaching health and wellbeing.

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How to Have Courageous Conversations – Online Course

Challenging conversations are difficult to have in the workplace, emotions are high and people are invested in the topic. These conversations can impact our wellbeing and how we feel towards our working environment. This online course guides you through how to have these conversations, ensuring they are productive and a safe space for everyone.

This course is free for all NHS staff.

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How to Have Difficult Conversations Worksheet

Challenging conversations are difficult to have in the workplace, emotions are high and people are invested in the topic. These conversations can impact our wellbeing and how we feel towards our working environment. This worksheet guides you through how to have these conversations, ensuring they are productive and a safe space for everyone and you feel equipped to have them.

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Keeping Well NCL is a wellbeing and mental health project that connects and supports the North Central London health and social care workforce during the Coronavirus outbreak.

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