Dear AFHTO Members,
We recognize that the pandemic has impacted our teams and continues to impact you many ways. PPE has been critical during the pandemic to help protect teams’ physical wellbeing; however, the “psychological PPE” is crucial to protect teams’ mental well being. Coping with the stress in a healthy manner will allow for you to take care of yourself and in return take care of patients. To support your mental well being, AFHTO has partnered with Mental Health Works to provide 4 workshops to help build your “psychological PPE”.
Mental Health Works is a nationwide social enterprise of the Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division. It provides capacity-building workshops, presentations and webinars that are person-centred, evidence based, and solutions-focused.
Mental Health Works will be offering 4 workshops for all AFHTO members, facilitated by Lawrence Blake, Certified Psychological Health and Safety Advisor, Program Manager, Mental Health Works. Below is a brief description of the workshops, dates & times, and links to register.
Health Anxiety
This session is all about how a pandemic can cause intense feelings of anxiety regarding our health and the health of our loved ones and friends. Using evidence-based methods, it will impart skills employers and staff can use in the context of business resumption to mitigate anxiety about returning to the workplace in a latent COVID-19 environment.
When: Dec 7, 2020 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Length: 1 hour
Register: Click here
Mental Health and Telecommuting
With telework becoming more common during the COVID-19 pandemic, this session addresses the unique challenges this brings to caring for and about employee mental health. It will provide a high-level overview on how we can build psychologically healthy and safe workplaces when the place of work is the home.
When: Dec 10, 2020 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Length: 1 hour
Register: Click here
Isolation and Loneliness
This session provides a high-level overview of how isolation and loneliness affect work, the workplace and our mental health. It focuses specifically on the experience of enforced isolation due to physical distancing measures, and provides concrete tools that can be used to mitigate the stress this causes.
When: Dec 15, 2020 02:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
Length: 1 hour
Register: Click here
Mindfulness at Work
This session talks about mindfulness, what it is, what we can do to achieve it, and introduces staff to skills that can be used to improve health, wellness and performance. Being more mindful of our thoughts and feelings enables better conversation.
When: Dec 17, 2020 01:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Length: 1 hour
Register: Click here
Q&A with CMHA
This session will be a wrap up of all the sessions above and an opportunity for a live Q&A with CMHA staff around resources, supports and questions for staff mental health.
When: Dec 18, 2020 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM EDT
Length: 1 hour
Register: Click here
Please share the workshop registration information with your team! For more information on the webinar series please click here.
Take care.
Thanks,
AFHTO
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