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This may sound challenging, and you may be wondering, 'How can I help my team to stay well?'
As a manager it is important to remember it is not your role to solve everyone's problems. However, by taking care of your own wellbeing needs, encouraging supportive conversations and by signposting relevant support services; you can create a team environment where your colleagues can ensure their wellbeing needs are met.
On this page you will find resources to help you to stay well; alongside resources and services available to help you to support your team.
For further information about Spectrum, please take a look at this employee guide to their employee assistance service.
Please find below some helpful resources:
If you have any questions, please get in touch with us at POD@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
It is important to recognise that you are a person as well as a manager; and you need to give yourself time and permission to consider your own wellbeing needs. There are two key benefits to this:
By knowing what support is on offer, you’ll be able to access support for yourself and signpost people in your team to help when they need it.
Whether you have attended training in the past, or you feel confident about how to look after your own wellbeing, it is always worth keeping your knowledge refreshed and up to date. Visit MyDevelopment to find training modules that can be accessed at any time focussing on mental health awareness, self-care and supporting others.
Whether you are working on campus or from home, connecting with others in your team and across the university is important for your wellbeing. Here are some ways you might like to connect:
How to approach a wellbeing conversation
This managers’ guide is designed to help you prepare for a wellbeing conversation with a member of your team. It includes things to think about ahead of the meeting, ideas for what you would like the meeting to achieve and advice about how to proceed if the conversation doesn’t go as expected.
Signposting
Knowing what support is available and how to access it is helpful when supporting members of your team. Here are some key self-help resources:
Professional Support
There may be times when you need to refer a team member to access further specialist support. The following services are available to help:
Supporting your team and enhancing wellbeing
Supporting the wellbeing of your team is an ongoing, year-round process. By encouraging wellbeing conversations through all traditional management processes this can help. You could start with using the wellbeing conversations guide to build wellbeing check ins into your regular 1-2-1s; before continuing these conversations in your annual PDR conversations with your team members. All these conversations will help you to gain a better understanding of the welfare and stressors of the team, and help with the ongoing completion of the School/Service Wellbeing Assessment.
