Skip to 0 minutes and 6 seconds Many professionals working in different sectors across society are exposed, directly or indirectly to other people’s experiences of abuse, harm, violence, catastrophe, illness and death. In some professions, workers are exposed to extreme and hateful communications made by others that might describe, imagined, or perpetrated acts of harm. If your work involves experiences or material like this, you may have recognized that you or your colleagues have been affected in a number of ways.
Skip to 0 minutes and 44 seconds Poor mental health in the workforce is one of the most common causes of work limiting conditions, especially among those aged under 45, and it costs employers around 51 billion pounds per year in the UK’s National Health Service. Anxiety, stress, depression and other psychiatric illnesses are the most reported reasons for sickness, and the UK police saw more than 14,500 officers signed off work for similar reasons.
Skip to 1 minute and 18 seconds Being exposed to distressing material or working on distressing topics directly or indirectly can certainly take its toll.
Skip to 1 minute and 29 seconds When we think of being exposed to distressing material or topics at work, we might think of emergency services staff or health professionals working on the frontline. These professionals are exposed to distressing material very directly. Still, many other professionals are exposed directly and indirectly to including content moderators, those working in law enforcement and justice settings, health and social care workers, civil servants, researchers, charity workers, and clinical and forensic practitioners. Center U-B has therefore developed this online course to help anyone who is exposed to distressing material or topics as part of their work. If this is you and you sign up to the course, this is what you can expect.
Skip to 2 minutes and 21 seconds The course begins with an introduction to what distressing material and topics can include, and what might happen from working with them.
Skip to 2 minutes and 33 seconds You will then be equipped with the knowledge and confidence to undertake reflective practice, to help you to identify where and how you encounter it.
Skip to 2 minutes and 44 seconds Experts will then guide you through the various strategies that you can use to enable you to care for yourself and your colleagues. Promoting your wellbeing and theirs. You will then be supported to develop your own personalized wellbeing toolkit that you can refer to when needed.
