Staff Health and Wellbeing

Looking After Yourself Looking After Yourself At work, we focus so much on delivering care for our service users that we can sometimes forget to take care of ourselves. The foundations of good health and wellbeing come from looking after yourself, physically, mentally and practically first. Looking after yourself helps you to be at your physical and mental best, and we’ve got lots of ideas and resources to support you to do this. Employee Assistance Programme - PAM Wellness PAM Wellness is a confidential support service provided to GMMH employees. You can access support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year via their app or through calling their support line. PAM Wellness offers support in a range of areas including: mindfulness, telephone counselling, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), nutritional advice, financial wellbeing, family and relationship support, support for managers, addiction support and domestic abuse. Click here to find out how to access PAM Wellness Financial Wellbeing We have a range of recommendations, resources and guidance to help support your financial wellbeing. This includes: support for the cost of living crisis, financial planning tools and advice as well as a range of discounts and benefits available to you as a GMMH employee. Find out more about financial wellbeing support here Spiritual Wellbeing The Spiritual Care Hub provides for the spiritual needs of GMMH staff, carers, site visitors and accompanied service users. The Hub offers a setting, activities and support to meet your mind, body and spiritual needs. Whether it’s yoga sessions, prayer or meditation there is lots on offer at the Spiritual Care Hub to improve your spiritual wellbeing. Find out more about the Spiritual Care Club here Staff Networks We are all part of one GMMH community, but our experiences at work may differ depending on other communities we belong to, which can impact our wellbeing. GMMH have well-established Staff Support Networks focusing on race equality, disabilities, the LGBTQ+ community and neurodiversity. Check out the Staff Support Networks page on the GMMH intranet Supporting Others Supporting Others Once we learn more about our own health and wellbeing and how to support this, we are in a better position to be able to support our colleagues with their health and wellbeing. Whether you’re a manager, a Champion or a trusted peer, you can have a positive impact on the wellbeing of your colleagues. Health and Wellbeing Champions Health and Wellbeing Champion is a voluntary role aimed at helping to improve staff health and wellbeing in the area you work in. The main purpose of the Health and Wellbeing Champion is to promote relevant resources and support available. If you would like help to understand what support is available to you, speak to your local Health and Wellbeing Champion. If you don’t have a local Health and Wellbeing Champion and would be interested in becoming one, then head to the Health and Wellbeing Champions page on the GMMH Intranet. Discover how to become a Health and Wellbeing Champion here Health and Wellbeing conversations Every NHS employee is supposed to have health and wellbeing conversations with their manager or another trusted colleague. These discussions are confidential and will be different for each person in terms of what format they take and what topics are covered. Health and Wellbeing Conversations are a great way to help people to better understand what good wellbeing looks like for them, the support they need to get there and what to do if they are struggling with this. Sign up for one of our regular training sessions here Training and Resources Whether it’s a short Skill Booster video, a workshop or a workbook, there are lots of resources available to help you support health and wellbeing in your team. See the full range of support options by clicking here Getting Support When You Need It Getting Support When You Need It Sometimes we might need a bit more support for our health and