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Employee and Family Supports
The organization is here to support you and as we move forward we are committed to responding to the needs of staff. We will work to source resources that meet the evolving needs of our teams in a timely basis, and communicate these resources as soon as they are available.
EFAP
As you know Nova Scotia Health Authority’s Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP) can be of great assistance in a time of uncertainty. Morneau Shepell provides immediate and confidential assistance for any work, health or life concern for both employees and their families who reside together. Your EFAP can be reached by calling 1-800-461-5558 or visiting https://www.workhealthlife.com. Your leaders are also here to support you and we encourage you to continue to voice questions and concerns to them; the more we communicate the better we can support each other.
Talent and Organizational Development Resources
Resiliency will be important for all of us to practice as we move throughout this pandemic. We will continue to bring you tools and resources to respond to the ever-changing needs. You are encouraged to visit the Resiliency resource page where we will centralize resources and provide information on upcoming events: http://intra.nshealth.ca/tod/SitePages/Home.aspx
Upcoming Events and Activities:
Leadership for Lunch: Psychological Wellness – All Welcome.
This month’s Leadership for Lunch will be delivered in three 20-minute modules, to support what often gets overlooked in uncertain times, our psychological wellness. These three modules will cover: Creating a Culture of Psychological Safety in Uncertain Times, Finding Connection and Resilience during Adversity Reducing Empathic Distress with Mindfulness
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, March 25, 11:45 am - 1:00 pm. DELIVERY METHOD: ZOOM (online) Register for this session by visiting the Resiliency resource page mentioned above.
MicroMindful
Guided mindfulness practice to reduce empathic distress (10 minutes)
Join in this session of a guided, evidence-based mindfulness practice for reducing empathic distress. This practice is essential learning for people who care for others.
Live sessions offered every Monday at 9:30 via Zoom starting March 30. Click here to join the session. Recordings of the latest Micromindful session will be available starting Monday, March 30, 10 a.m.
Research from the fields of psychology and neuroscience suggests that:
“…several weeks of regular compassion training can have a beneficial impact on self-reported feelings of positive affect, personal resources, and well-being during everyday life. Interestingly, the beneficial effects of compassion training are not limited to the person who is training, but can also benefit others.” (Singer & Klimecki, 2014, p. 876).
Want to learn more about mindfulness and reducing empathic distress?
10-minute resources
Videos
Why Empathy is Not the Best Way to Care with Paul Bloom (8:25).
Articles
Singer, T. & Klimecki, O. (2014) Empathy and compassion. Current Biology. 2014 Sep 22;24 (18): R875-R878. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.06.054
Fredrickson, B.L., Cohn, M.A., Coffey, K.A., Pek, J., and Finkel, S.M. (2008). Open hearts build lives: positive emotions, induced through lovingkindness meditation, build consequential personal resources. J. Pers. Soc. Psychol. 95, 1045–1062. doi: 10.1037/a0013262
10-30 minute resources
Apps Headspace
In-depth Resources (≥30 minutes)
Podcasts Mindspace Podcast - Episode 14: True Happiness with Buddhist Monk Matthieu Ricard
with psychologist Dr Joe Flanders (35:00)
Books
Salzberg S. Loving-kindness: The revolutionary art of happiness. Boston: Shambhala; 1995.
Bloom, Paul. (2016) Against empathy: The case for rational compassion. London, UK: Bodley Head.
Leadership Café: The Coach Is In (Group)
Weekdays 12-1 PM - Starting Monday, March 30
Drop-in virtual group coaching session for leaders to explore the issues of the day with their peers and coaches and consultants from the Talent & Organizational Development Team who bring expertise in:
- Diversity & inclusion; serving vulnerable populations
- Resilience & reducing empathic distress
- Communication, conflict competence; managing high conflict people & situations; holding courageous conversation
- Respectful workplace
MicroCoaching (Individuals)
Brief (15-20 minute), focused, just-in-time coaching for individual leaders.
Email: @email to request this service.
Virtual Resource Centre: Conflict Competence
Conflict. It’s normal. It’s inevitable. Working through conflict is a skill, learned through knowledge and practice. The courses and resources available on the Conflict Competence Virtual Resources Centre will assist you in your journey.