Supporting Your Staff
As we learn to co-exist with COVID-19, it’s imperative we continue to support our employees in their well-being. With no end in sight for COVID-19, we need to focus our attention specifically on supporting their mental health now and building resiliency using the many challenges we have already overcome so we can be best prepared for the weeks and months ahead. There are a variety of resources available to employees of Texas Health that have previously been communicated but as you and our employees continue to support our Texas Health Mission, Vision and Values and our Texas Health PromiseSM, we want to equip you with the right tools, resources and ideas at the right time and in a consolidated way for you to best support your staff.
Ways to Support Your Team Right Now
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Individuals Caring for Their Mental HealthAs a leader, encourage your team to care for their own mental health. The ability to cope with challenges, reactions to emotions, feelings about ourselves, and relationships with others – is just as important as taking care of physical health. A toolkit for individuals to use with benefits through Texas Health and community resources can be found here. |
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Other Ways to HelpEven if your team’s mental health seems fine, there is so much going on in the world that we have never had to deal with before. Get to know the resources available and really listen to your team when they talk. Be prepared to offer these up as solutions. Consider adding a standing agenda item in staff meetings to spotlight these. The resources below have been provided to Texas Health Resources from trusted community partners, vendors, etc. |
Ways to Support Your Team as We Learn to Co-Exist with COVID-19
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Building ResiliencyAfter months of preparation, lifestyle adjustment and wearing additional personal protective equipment both on and off the job, we’re all tired physically and emotionally. By all accounts, COVID-19 is here to stay in one way or another. Now is the time to build the skills in your team to be successful in the months and years to come, and one of the best skills we can build is resilience. Resilience is the process of adapting well when facing significant stress, adversity, trauma, tragedy or threats. Being resilient is about looking at life’s challenges from a different angle so you can bounce back more easily and learn from stressful situations.
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Actions and IdeasBelow are ideas on ways to weave these resources into your support of your staff. Whether it’s virtual or physically distanced, in a department meeting, rounding or one-on-one, any of the ideas below can be modified to fit your team’s dynamic and situation. ACTIONS TO TAKE
IDEAS TO CONSIDER
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Remember to care for your own mental health and build your own resiliency too. All that you are doing with and for your team is applicable to your own personal work and life situations. Remember the Promise Behavior “I promise I will defer to those with expertise and support the team in order to provide the safest care and experience for our consumers.” You can’t carry the weight of this pandemic on your shoulders. We are all in this together, so be sure to ask for help when you need it. Take a minute to pause, breathe and even reread this through the lens of your own personal situations. Your teams need you now more than ever, but you too need to take time for your own well-being—body, mind and spirit.