This event is only open to the council's current NQSWs undertaking their ASYE.
Due to the curent Covid-19 situation, this workshop will take place remotely, using ZOOM. If you do not already have a licence to use Zoom, please contact the council's ICT team via a Marval webform to request that you have one for training purposes, so you can access this workshop.

Well-being and resilience are developed in the context of both our internal sense of self and the external context we find ourselves in. When we work in a career which involves us in engaging with people who are experiencing emotional and psychological trauma, this will inevitably have an impact on our own resilience and well-being.

Developing well-being and resilience is more than just a set of tools or strategies. It is a holistic approach to life and work, based in our values and beliefs, which integrates daily practices to support ourselves in the challenging work we have chosen to do.

This workshop has been developed to provide a space for you to reflect and share with colleagues. You will:
• identify and acknowledge the impact of the work on your self
• identify your own triggers for increased stress and indicators of reduced resilience and potential secondary trauma
• develop your knowledge of the research into promoting well-being, resilience and happiness
• explore some practices for managing and maintaining your levels of resilience and well-being
• create a Well-being Action Plan to discuss with your manager in supervision.

About Penny: Penny has worked for over twenty five years in a child-care social work context. She continues to be involved in this sector providing individual and group supervision, practice education for student social workers and professional and personal development sessions. She also works with a group of like-minded professionals from a variety of backgrounds, to develop workshops and exercises which harness the natural environment as a source of emotional and psychological nourishment for those who work in frontline services.

You will:

o identify and acknowledge the impact of the work on yourself
o identify your own triggers for increased stress and indicators of reduced resilience and potential secondary trauma
o develop your knowledge of the research into promoting well-being, resilience and happiness
o explore some practices for managing and maintaining your levels of resilience and well-being
o create a Well-being Action Plan to discuss with your manager in supervision.