Staying well during Coronavirus
Home working and staying healthy
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Contact a Mental Health First Aider for support
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Tips and Ideas
Self-Help Apps
Try Mindfulness
There’s lots more FREE guided mindfulness sessions available at http://www.freemindfulness.org/download
Get Tested
Test and Protect – If you experience any symptoms of Covid-19, you should book a test immediately. Don’t wait to see if the symptoms get better in a day or two. Click on the link to the right to read more about how to get booked in.
Alcohol and Substance Advice:
Our Employee Assistance Partner, Time for Talking, provide the following:
- A helpline for advice and guidance
- Psychological guidance and emotional support
- Individual counselling, over the phone
They can be contacted as follows:
- Call 0800 970 3980 – you do not need to give your name but you should say that you work for Aberdeen City Council.
- Via the website – www.timefortalking.co.uk Here you can access a lot of useful information or make contact with a counsellor.
- You can send an email to admin@timefortalking.co.uk.
- You can use the “Live Chat” which you can find on their website. The password for this is TfTnow and you can speak with a counsellor via this also
The service is free, entirely confidential and available to all employees, Foster Carers, Elected Members and members of your immediate family, living at your home address and over 16 years of age.
Breathing Space is a free, confidential phone and web based service for people in Scotland experiencing low mood, depression or anxiety.
A new national helpline has been set up by the Scottish government to provide essential assistance to those who don’t have a network of support but who are at high risk of contracting COVID-19.
It is for those who are over 70, disabled, require the support of mental health services, are pregnant or receive a flu jab for health reasons.
Anyone not in these categories but still looking for support should visit readyscotland.org
The helpline –0800 111 4000 will operate initially during normal office hours.
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Psychological Resilience Hub
Our role is to offer a support mechanism for any member of staff or the public who may feel overwhelmed, upset or personally affected by the current situation.
This includes:
- Those who are affected in any way due to the consequences of covid-19.
- Those in the Shielding group who are to remain at home for 12 weeks and are struggling (underlying health conditions which places people more at risk from Covid-19)
- All staff from HSCP and NHS staff who are not based in Acute wards at ARI as there is a different team for them)
- Care Home staff and community support staff, and home-carers
To access the Psychological Resilience Hub for information go to:
http://covid19.nhsgrampian.org/
For direct access to the Psychological Resilience self-referral from:
https://covid19.nhsgrampian.org/?page_id=1080
Further information is also available on:
http://www.gcah.org.uk
Assistance to access the Psychological Resilience Hub can also be provide by calling the Grampian Psychological Resilience Hub admin team on Tel: 01224 558765.
There are lots of sources of useful information to help you stay safe and well during the outbreak. If you’re looking for some additional support for your or someone you know, here’s a list of organisations offering help and advice. Just click on the image below.
Samaritans have developed a coronavirus hub which we will be keeping up to date with practical information and advice on how people can look after their wellbeing and support one another during this time.
In particular, we are updating the following guides as the situation develops:
- Practical ways to help yourself cope
- What to do if you’re worried about someone during the coronavirus outbreak
Most people find it difficult to deal with most of aspects of the COVID-19 restrictions, that includes social isolation and worries about their future. SamH have created additional pages on their website dedicated to COVID-19 and mental well being.
Message from the Time for Talking Team:
If you’re following www.facebook.com/The-TCS-Lighthouse-1936803939663713/ you are also welcome to join our ‘Coronavirus – Updates and Information’ group (link below) for daily trusted and reliable posts on both Covid-19 itself and on self-care throughput the duration of the pandemic and it’s related current measures:
www.facebook.com/groups/633225054163711/?ref=share
You can also join our own public group which is updated with relevant information from local services. www.facebook.com/groups/581491549239898/?source_id=1936803939663713
NHS Resources
Coronavirus Guidance
https://www.nhsinform.scot
Your mental wellbeing
www.nhsinform.scot
Keeping Active
www.nhsinform.scot
Other Resources
Advice to support your mental health
www.gov.uk
How to work well from home
www.bbc.com/worklife
Grampian Coronavirus Assistance Hub
local services to help you
Top Tips
- LIMIT THE NEWS to 2 or 3 times a day
- STAY INFORMED from trusted sources
- STAY CONNECTED during self-isolation
- AVOID BURNOUT by accessing fresh air and sunlight
- ACKNOWLEDGE the uncertainty
- PULL BACK reassure yourself
- LET GO of negative thoughts and feelings
- EXPLORE being in the moment
Learn new skills
Free online courses available
A range of professional learning resources you can access from home – most are free and some come with certification
Is coronavirus affecting your education or work? Explore online courses to continue studying, build professional skills, and connect with experts.
Looking after yourself
Guidance for parents and carers on supporting children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
More useful apps
It has breathing exercises to help you reduce anxiety, online yoga and a 5 minute workout to help you keep well during self-isolation.
Headspace is a startup with one simple goal: Make meditation accessible to everyone. It does this through a smartphone app full of “guided meditations” — audio sessions where one of the company’s co-creators leads listeners on a journey of contemplation
Try Simple Habit for free today and join over 5 million people on this life-changing journey. Sleep better and be happier in your life, marriage, parenthood, work, and health.
Calm, named the 2017 iPhone app of the year by Apple itself, promises to help users sleep better, boost confidence and reduce stress and anxiety, all with the help of guided meditations, soothing music, and bedtime stories.
What’s Up is an app designed to provide helpful tools for managing depression. The app is based on principles of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and includes multiple features …
Online Exercises
Pilates
Jenni Auld (Addison), our onsite Pilates instructor is running online classes through Facebook for anyone to join in. Just send her a message and she’ll get you added in jenni.addison@hotmail.co.uk
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