This short workshop explores some of the issues impacting upon the wellbeing of managers and their team members during the Covid 19 outbreak. It outlines helpful skills and tips to support managers to hold sensitive conversations with their team members who may be struggling whilst being aware of and looking after their own wellbeing.

The Covid 19 outbreak means that many people are working in unusual arrangements. There may be uncertainty and concerns from team members and from yourself. As the lockdown restrictions change this may mean ongoing or different stresses and pressures on yourself as a manager and your team.

The course assumes a baseline understanding of mental health ideally gained through attendance at Mental Health Awareness for Managers ½ day programme delivered by MIND for the last 2 years.

We ask you to:

• Be prepared for the workshop to arouse a range of intellectual and emotional reactions in yourself and other participants.
• Listen respectfully to the experiences of others in the room.
• Pay attention to your own emotional well-being – take time out from the workshop should you need to.

• To acknowledge some of the effects of Covid 19 on our own and team members lives and the impact on our daily working lives
• To understand the managers role in supporting and facilitating supportive conversations for the staff they are responsible for managing.
• To identify the signs that a team member is struggling
• Skills and tips for holding sensitive conversations with staff who are struggling using compassionate and active listening skills
• Understanding what we can and cannot control
• Promoting access to support and helpful signposting
• Boundaries
• Looking after your own wellbeing