As part of our All-Staff Wellbeing Day, Sam delivered talks on Practical Self-Care for Caring Professionals and Carrying the Emotional Load of Caring for Others. 

Sam spoke about acknowledging workplace stresses, burnout, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma that can affect people in support roles can face. Sam encouraged staff to take some personal reflection time around their roles and reflecting on their own emotional loads and offered tools for helping to manage these.

Sam’s workshops were engaging and really sensitive to some of the difficulties workers in support roles face. Sam had a wealth of knowledge to share.

Staff feedback was really positive, with many people saying that they felt better equipped with tools to help them manage their emotional loads and more confidence recognising burnout and fatigue and being able to voice this.

We look forward to working with Sam again.

HR & Training Adviser, Julian Support