Workforce Wellness Recharge: Managing Systemic Stress
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Overview:
This is an online, interactive session on June 11, 2024, from 12-1:30 pm ET. Participants will use Zoom to join with both video and audio. Please note: this workshop has limited capacity. If you are unable to enroll, the course might be full.
NOTE: Sessions will NOT be recorded in order to allow participants to fully participate and authentically share their experiences.
Monthly Workforce Wellness Recharge sessions are designed to help prevent and address burnout in the public health workforce by providing a safe online space for facilitated group learning, reflection, and support. This particular webinar series will focus on ways to improve wellness within the public health workforce while decreasing burnout. Participants will learn about holistic integration of their physical, mental, and spiritual well-being to improve engagement and presence in their daily work. The objective is to develop tools to manage daily stressors while providing high-quality service and addressing health equity deficits.
Each session will use the same format but will offer new tools, resources, and discussions focused on the needs of the participants in the room. Attend one or all of these live-only sessions and let us know what you think!
This month’s webinar will delve into effective strategies for managing the systemic stressorsthat can lead to burnout among public health workers. Participants will explore the impact of structural factors on individual well-being and organizational dynamics. Attendees will learn to implement proactive measures that foster collaboration, resilience, and workforce well-being.
Session Learning Objectives: By the end of this month’s session, participants will be able to:
- Summarize the systemic stressors prevalent in the public health sector and their implications for individual and organizational burnout.
- Use tools that promote collective wellness, healthy collaboration, and resilience.
- Develop proactive strategies to mitigate the impact of systemic stress and improve service provision.
Lamarr Lewis, LAPC, is a dedicated public servant, mental wellness advocate, published author, and change agent. As a community-based practitioner, he has worked with such diverse groups as; individuals living with psychiatric disabilities, people in recovery, At-Hope (He does not use the term At-Risk) youth, and more. He tirelessly gives back to his community through homeless outreach initiatives, public speaking, mentoring, coaching, and finding ways to develop the next generation of leaders. He is an alumnus of Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, and received his master’s degree from Argosy University in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. He is currently a mental health therapist, trainer, and consultant. His lifelong mission is to leave the world better than when he found it.
Series Learning Objectives: By the end of this training series, participants will be able to:
- Describe how attention to their holistic wellness can reduce public health workforce burnout
- Apply stress management as a way to nurture, promote, and cultivate healthier work environments
- Increased self-awareness of how strengths, aptitudes, and potential areas of growth can impact their day-to-day functioning and work outcomes
- Distinguish the unique stressors inherent in public health and their impact on individual wellbeing and organizational dynamics.
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