Managing Job-Related Stress
Overview
Studies suggest that community mental health work can be very stressful, and that not addressing these stressors can impact service delivery. This often translates to high turnover rates and programs having to invest in resources to train new staff. This training acknowledges the level of professional stress in this field. Participants will engage in dialogue about personal self-care and organizational issues, such as communication, teamwork, and staff development, that often go unaddressed. This training will also explore common sources of workplace stress and provide strategies for managing and lowering stress levels. Discussions will focus on acknowledging and addressing burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma. A special emphasis will be placed on self-care for mental health professionals. Attendees will be offered information to support a renewed sense of purpose and will be better equipped to manage their stress.
Learning objectives
- List 3 ways to identify one’s own reaction to stress
- Explain the impact of stress on staff, and how to alleviate it programmatically
- Compare both the negative and positive impacts of stress in the workplace
- Identify which stressors in community mental health work can be controlled or changed, which cannot, and create plans of action to assist in those that are changeable
- Describe 3 symptoms of burnout
- Analyze the impact of and describe ways to manage vicarious trauma and burnout
- Identify techniques for both on-the-job and personal stress reduction
Training times
This training is provided at the time(s) and format(s) shown below.