COVID-19 Support Training
COVID-19 Training
Psychologically-Informed support for Care Home teams during COVID-19
TRAINING OVERVIEW
This training package has been developed to support employees of care home organisations during COVID-19.
The training aims to help the learner better understand the emotional responses of care workers to the Coronavirus pandemic.
It provides practical ideas about how to provide psychologically informed support within the workplace. This webinar was originally delivered to help care home managers provide psychologically informed support for their staff teams, however it will be of interest to a wider audience including all employees of care homes.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the range of unique challenges faced by care home workers in the times of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Raise your awareness about the range of emotional responses to COVID-19.
- Familiarise yourself with national guidance regarding the phases of emotional response to COVID-19 in healthcare workers
- Gain confidence in providing the appropriate level of emotional support to your colleagues and team
- Be equipped with some conversation starters
- Knowing when and how to refer for psychological support
- Familiarise yourself with a range of freely accessible external websites and apps to support psychological wellbeing
Supporting Documents
- Combat Stress COVID19 Training Reflection Exercises (PDF document)
- Combat Stress_COVID19 Support Training 2020 (Powerpoint document)
Intended Audience
Care home employees, including managers, care workers and non-clinical roles.
Total Learning Time: Approximately one hour; fifty-minute recorded webinar and three brief self-reflection exercises. You may wish to schedule longer for discussion time if you are learning in a group format with your colleagues or team.
Acknowledgements:
- Sincere thanks to all the authors who contributed to the resources and guidance documents referenced within this training (see next section)
- Combat Stress contributors: Jolandi du Preez, Lead Occupational Therapist, Naomi Wilson, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Head of Psychological Therapies, Walter Busuttil, Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Director, Jen Bateman, Lead Clinical Psychologist.
Key Guidance Documents Referenced Within this Training;
- The Covid Trauma Response Working Group (2020) Guidance for Managers and Decision Makers in Supporting Care Home Workers during COVID-19. Accessed online May 2020. https://www.traumagroup.org/
- The British Psychological Society (2020). Guidance for psychological professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic. Accessed online May 2020. https://www.bps.org.uk/news-and-policy/new-guidance-psychological-professionals-during-covid-19-pandemic
- Roberts, G. (2015). The Feelings Wheel. Accessed online May 2020. https://imgur.com/q6hcgsH
- Sherwood Forest Hospital NHS Trust (2020). The Stress Bottle. Accessed online May 2020. https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/our-services/clinical-psychology-cancer-service/the-stress-bottle/
Copyright Information:
© Combat Stress 2020
Combat Stress exercises full Copyright over this material, which is made available on the condition that it is used solely for personal purposes and not circulated for commercial gain. Whilst all due diligence has been applied to the collation and preparation of this material, Combat Stress accepts no liability whatsoever, for the manner in which it is used or acted upon.
PLEASE NOTE
This training is educational, not therapeutic in nature. If you require more urgent help, either yourself or a member of your family, please contact your GP or call 111.
You can also contact the Samaritans on 116 123.
The Combat Stress 24/7 free Helpline remains open, so please do not hesitate to call if you need someone to talk to or any guidance during this difficult time.
COMBAT STRESS 24/7 FREE HELPLINE 0800 138 1619.
VETERAN SELF-HELP GUIDES
During COVID-19