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Psychological health and safety, often called workplace mental health, encompasses principles and practices to foster a supportive, respectful, and psychologically safe work environment.
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Psychological demands

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

Achieving a good job fit means aligning employees' interpersonal and emotional competencies, technical skills, and knowledge with their designated roles. This encompasses the technical aspects of a job, psychological skills, and emotional intelligence, such as self-awareness, impulse control, persistence, self-motivation, empathy, and social deftness. It's important to note that an employee's subjective feeling of fitting their job can be more crucial than an objective assessment of their fit.

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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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Finding connection through empathy

Civility and respect, Communication, Empathy

In this engaging session, Dr. Shahana explores how empathy can strengthen workplace relationships, improve communication, and foster a culture where both caregivers and those they support can thrive.

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Self-care for care workers

Psychological Health and Safety, Psychological self-care, Self-care

Caregivers often offer compassion freely to others, but struggle to extend that same care to themselves. Learn why self-care can feel difficult, why it matters, and how practical self-care can help sustain care workers in...

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The kind of leader people don’t forget

Balance, Boundaries, Burnout, Civility and respect, Clear leadership, Communication, Communication, Empathy, Engagement, Growth and development, Leadership, Mental Health, Motivational Interviewing, Organizational culture, Psychological Health and Safety, Psychological protection, Psychological self-care, Psychological social support, Recognition and reward, Self-care, Self-talk, Work-life balance

It didn’t start with leadership. Karen Tasker’s journey at Sienna Senior Living’s Lakeview Lodge Community, in West Kelowna, began in 2013, when she returned to the workforce after 14 years as a stay-at-home mom. Her...

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Before you speak reflections

Communication, PHS Days

Take a few minutes to reflect before or after a difficult workplace communication. This resource is a companion to the webinar: "Before you speak: Communicate with intention."

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