Both Care Home staff and managers can feel stress due to work and/or homelife, this page contains specific tools and websites of resources that will provide you with information and advice to support yourself and the members of your team.
There is also a webpage on this site which provides Wellbeing Resources for Everyone. It highlights helplines, apps and websites which can provide suppport when issues arise or hints and tips to maintain a good level of wellbeing.
Specific Tools
Going Home Checklist
To help staff successfully switch off this checklist can be used to encourage reflection and mindfulness at the end of a working day.
Sign post for Care Home Staff Experiencing Emotional Distress
This leaflet designed by the OSCaRS Team details services available to staff and managers for support on different aspects of wellbeing.
Wellness Action Plans (WAPs)
An easy and practical way of helping you to support the mental health of your team members.
Wellbeing Conversations
A wellbeing conversation is a supportive, one to one chat that focuses on a person’s health and wellbeing.
The chat helps to identify areas where support maybe needed and signposts to that support.
The Wellbeing Conversations TURAS module aims to look at how you can approach and have effective wellbeing conversations with your team members.
Turas is free to sign up to and anyone can get a login
Websites
Healthy Working Lives
This website was created by Public Health Scotland to help support managers and their staff. The website has a range of information for improving the health, safety, and wellbeing of workers and workplaces across Scotland.
Topics include: Resources, Supporting a Mentally Healthy Workplace, Supporting Staff to Access Servicesand Training
National Wellbeing Hub
This website provides information and advice for individuals and managers working in health and social care on everything from your everyday needs at home and work, to tips on coping, professional resources and where to find help.
Topics include: Caring for You; Supporting Colleagues; Support for Carers and Resource Library.
Wellbeing on TURAS Learn
Key resources to support the mental health and wellbeing of you and your staff members.
Topics include: Line Managers Handbook Support Session : Wellbeing Matters (video) and Psychosocial Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
You will require a TURAS login but don’t worry anyone can sign up to have a Turas Login.
Page Updated July 2025 HS
