Page 5577 - Week 14 - Thursday, 30 November 2017

Compassion Fatigue

• Articulate the personal rewards of working within the helping profession

• Differentiate between compassion fatigue, burnout, vicarious trauma, moral distress

• Identify the warning signs of vicarious trauma, reflect and discuss the impact

• Identify factors related to compassion satisfaction

• Know the principles of Low Impact Debriefing

• Identify strategies and resources for immediate self and longer term resiliency

• Begin a personal self-care plan based on your own personal and professional balance

How to beat fatigue

• The causes and risks of fatigue,

• How fatigue affects mental and physical wellbeing

• Practical strategies to reduce fatigue to enhance our day-to-day functioning

Managing Psychological Illness in the Workplace

• Be able to identify behaviours and symptoms which suggest a worker may be experiencing psychological injury or ill health

• Be aware of strategies for communicating with staff they are concerned may have a psychological illness or may be developing a psychological illness

• Have increased confidence in managing staff who may be experiencing mental health issues

• Understand the importance of the support of a line manager in successfully managing the durable return to work of an employee with psychological illness or injury

• Be aware of early intervention strategies available to all employees, such as the Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Understand ‘reasonable adjustment’ and how this can be implemented in their work area

• Understand how a non-compensable psychological injury is managed within the ACTPS and how this may differ from the management of a compensable injury

• Understand privacy provisions and what is appropriate to discuss with co-workers of an employee with mental health issues

• Be aware of the ACTPS work health and safety policy and how this relates to workers with a psychological illness or injury

• Be aware of supports available for them in managing staff with psychological injury or illness

Pillars of Resilience

• Understand the importance of building resilience

• Help build a working knowledge on the four pillars of resilience

• Recognise our own stresses and how to contain stress more effectively

• Understand how EAP can assist