Looking after your team’s health and wellbeing guide

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This guide supports any team that is seeking to improve the health and wellbeing of members of the team, through a culture change approach. It is for all teams working in health and care, inclusive of all team forms and functions, across healthcare, primary care, social care and voluntary sectors.

Inspired by the NHS health and wellbeing framework, this guide has been co-designed with colleagues across health, social care and voluntary sectors.

We have published an accessible version of the guide and a PDF version, broken down into sections.

Looking after your team’s health and wellbeing guide: accessible version

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Published 5 April 2023.

Looking after your team’s health and wellbeing guide: introduction and getting started

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This section introduces the guide and explains how to use it.

Published 5 April 2023.

Looking after your team’s health and wellbeing guide - facilitators guide

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Facilitators guide

Facilitators guide

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  • 2 MB
  • 12 pages

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This section provides tips and ideas to help you take the lead in delivering an activity with your team.

Published 5 April 2023.

Looking after your team’s health and wellbeing guide: identifying your team wellbeing goals

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In this section you will find help to support you in understanding your team’s wellbeing needs.

Published 5 April 2023

Looking after your team’s health and wellbeing guide: creating a safe and inclusive space to talk about wellbeing

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This section will help team members to think about leadership behaviours in a team.

Published 5 April 2023.

Looking after your team’s health and wellbeing guide: looking after your emotional, physical and mental health

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This section will help you to review your physical workspaces and the facilities available to rest, recover and succeed.

Published 5 April 2023.

Looking after your team’s health and wellbeing guide: ensuring you have a safe working environment

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This section will help you to review your physical workspaces and the facilities available to rest, recover and succeed. It also explores safety at work and dealing with aggression in the workplace.

Published 5 April 2023

Looking after your team’s health and wellbeing guide: collaborative and supportive relationships that support social wellbeing

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This section will help team members to reflect on the ways the team works together to boost civility, respect and build compassion.

Looking after your team’s health and wellbeing guide: finding meaning in the work you do and bringing your whole self to work

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This section will help team members to connect with the wider purpose of the team and encourage each team member to tap into their full potential and bring their ‘whole self’ to work.

Published 5 April 2023.

Looking after your team’s health and wellbeing guide: knowing where to go when you need wellbeing support

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This section will help team members to gain a shared understanding of the workload within the team and the services available to support team members to look after their health and wellbeing.

Looking after your team’s health and wellbeing guide: review and revisit your team’s wellbeing culture and goals

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This section will help team members revisit and review their wellbeing culture and goals.

Published 5 April 2023

Looking after your team’s health and wellbeing guide: - inspiration Library

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Inspiration Library

Inspiration Library

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  • 316 KB
  • 6 pages

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This section provides additional learning and resources to further support you and your team.

Published 5 April 2023.

Looking after your team’s health and wellbeing guide: action plan

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Action plan

Action plan

  • Microsoft Word
  • 79 KB
  • 3 pages

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This action plan template will help you organise any actions your team have suggested and identify action owners.

Published 5 April 2023

Looking after your team’s health and wellbeing guide: traffic light self-assessment

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Traffic light self-assessment

Traffic light self-assessment

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  • 1 pages

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Use the traffic light self-assessment tool to understand your current team’s wellbeing culture.

Published 5 April 2023.

Looking after your team’s health and wellbeing guide: traffic light self-assessment: revisit and review your team’s wellbeing culture and goals

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Repeat the traffic light self-assessment and compare this against the last time the team completed it. Has anything changed? Why do you think they have/have not? Does the team need to take any action?

Published 5 April 2023.