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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<\/a>. It highlights helplines, apps and websites which can provide suppport when issues arise or hints and tips to maintain a good level of wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Going Home Checklist<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

To help staff successfully switch off this checklist can be used to encourage reflection and mindfulness at the end of a working day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Leaflet of Support and Wellbeing Resources<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This resource has been developed to share the support and wellbeing resources on this webpage and the Wellbeing Resources for Everyone<\/a> webpage. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Wellness Action Plans<\/a> (WAPs)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

An easy and practical way of helping you to support the mental health of your team members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Wellbeing Conversations<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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 <\/a> 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<\/a>
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Websites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Healthy Working Lives<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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.

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