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The Home Care and Community Health Support Pocketbook was created to bring awareness to several health and safety issues faced in home and community care.
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In long-term care it is increasingly apparent that who is on shift is just as important as how many staff are on shift. Quality care is difficult to achieve when we do not routinely engage with one another in a positive, or civil, manner.
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Leading from the Inside Out
Leading from the Inside Out provides a safe space for leaders in continuing care to share their challenges and learn self-care practices.
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The Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum is recognized as best-practice in violence prevention training for health care workers.
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The Province has introduced a new masking policy for all healthcare workers who provide direct care effective immediately. Staff Requirements Visitor Guidance With an increase in viral respiratory illnesses (VRI) across the province, the Ministry of Health has introduced new masking measures to help control the spread of these illnesses. It's important to remember that […]
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Staff Requirements Visitor Guidance With an increase in viral respiratory illnesses (VRI) across the province, the Ministry of Health has introduced new masking measures to help control the spread of these illnesses. It's important to remember that masking is just one part of a comprehensive infection prevention and control (IPAC) strategy. To enhance your efforts, […]
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Psychological health and safety in the workplace

The National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace, commonly known as "The Standard," is an innovative framework developed by the Mental Health Commission of Canada in collaboration with employers, unions, and experts in law and policy.

A collaborative initiative for healthier workplaces: The National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace, commonly known as "The Standard," is an innovative framework developed by the Mental Health Commission of Canada in collaboration with employers, unions, and experts in law and policy. This comprehensive guide offers a suite of voluntary guidelines, tools, and resources designed to prevent psychological harm and foster psychological health in workplaces.

The importance of adopting the standard: While it is voluntary for employers to adopt it, their responsibility towards ensuring a psychologically healthy and safe workplace is not. Seven distinct areas of law underline an employer's obligation to protect, promote, and accommodate the psychological health and safety of employees. This emphasizes integrating The standard's principles into workplace practices to fulfill legal obligations and promote a healthier work environment.

Psychological health and safety in the workplace

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Get Psyched! January 2025

Self-Care 

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Self-care is an attainable way, over which we have full control, to single-handedly better our own self and the experiences we have with the world around us.

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Organizational culture

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Organizational cultures, in general, are basic assumptions held by a particular group.

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Support for psychological self-care

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 A healthcare workplace where staff are encouraged to care for their psychological health and safety.

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Psychological protection

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Workplace psychological safety is demonstrated when employees feel able to put themselves on the line, ask questions, seek feedback, report mistakes and problems, or propose a new idea without fearing negative consequences to themselves, their job or their career.

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Psychological and social support

Workplace psychological safety is demonstrated when employees feel able to put themselves on the line, ask questions, seek feedback, report mistakes and problems, or propose a new idea without fearing negative consequences to themselves, their job or their career.

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Protection from moral distress

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Moral distress in the healthcare sector, particularly in long-term care (LTC), refers to the psychological distress experienced by healthcare professionals when they are unable to act in alignment with their ethical or moral values due to organizational or systemic constraints.

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Growth and development

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A workplace where employees receive encouragement and support in the development of their interpersonal, emotional and job skills.

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Balance

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Work-life balance is a state of well-being where individuals can effectively manage their work, home, and community responsibilities.

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Psychological demands

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Achieving a good job fit means aligning employees' interpersonal and emotional competencies, technical skills, and knowledge with their designated roles.

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Recognition and reward

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A workplace where there is appropriate acknowledgement and appreciation of employees' efforts in a fair and timely manner.

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Workload management and clear leadership and expectations

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A workplace where there is effective leadership and support that helps employees know what they need to do, how their work contributes to the organization and whether there are impending changes.

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Engagement, involvement, and influence

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Employees enjoy and feel connected to their work and where they feel motivated to do their job well.

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Civility and respect

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Civility and respect are based on showing esteem, care and consideration for others, and acknowledging their dignity.

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Protection of physical safety

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Protection of physical safety in the workplace, a key factor outlined by the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) in the national standard, focuses on safeguarding employees from physical harm.

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Psychological health and safety in the workplace

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Psychological health and safety in the workplace

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A toolkit that shows how other health-care organizations have addressed psychological health and safety in their environments (includes links to practical tools and templates used in the sector).
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Assessment tools uniquely designed to help the health-care sector assess and mitigate psychological risk (includes a staff survey and organizational review).
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A public pledge from health organizations to show that they value the psychological health and safety of their staff and are committed to taking action on improving their work environments.
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