Team Wellbeing

Post-Incident Debriefing – Group and Individual Support

Encountering potentially traumatising incidents is regrettably common for people living and working in social care settings. This can include violence, disasters like flooding and fire, medical emergencies, and deaths. Such repeated exposure takes a toll on both physical and mental health and can lead to increased levels of burnout and sickness in affected teams.

Psychological Debriefing is a specific approach aimed at assisting individuals and teams in dealing with the physical or psychological symptoms associated with exposure to potentially traumatising incidents. It offers opportunities for reflection, safe emotional expression, shared narrative building, normalising common responses to traumatic experiences, and focusing on areas of post-traumatic growth. Research studies show that psychological debriefing can help prevent acute stress reactions and post-traumatic stress disorder.

At BGPS, we employ skilled facilitators who utilise the best-practice debriefing protocols to guide group sessions, provide signposting tailored to specific needs, and offer individual sessions for those who require further support following an incident.

Workplace and Career Coaching

Our Career Coach, Cordelia Wise, provides Career support for staff, for example in the case of organisational restructure, when facing redundancy, at the end of contract or to aid trainees, graduates, and apprentices to find career opportunities. Staff can be offered a space to talk through career goals and future options as well as practical support with looking for work, applying for positions and preparing for interviews.

Cordelia can provide support for staff facing challenging or difficult situations at work, e.g., supporting new managers, navigating difficult work relationships, or settling into a new role. 

Mediation

When communication has broken down our skilled mediators use tried and tested methods for enabling team members to express themselves, understand one another’s perspectives and find resolution.

Occupational Health Support

Our Occupational Therapist, Awele Odeh, provides workplace assessments that identify how to help individuals dealing with ill-health or disability, perform optimally at work. She provides detailed recommendations on how they can be supported to either return or continue working. This may involve extra therapeutic care or making adjustments in the work environment, which will all be specified in the Occupational Therapy report offered. Through this provision, we deliver occupational health support and assist HR teams to boost the productivity of their staff.

Meditation and Mindfulness

​Research has demonstrated numerous benefits of mindfulness practice:

• Reductions in stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms.

• Reduction in worry and rumination.

• Improved emotion regulation skills.

• Increased levels of self-compassion

• Management of pain and addiction difficulties.

Our resident Mindfulness Teachers, Bodhi Hunt and Anthony Naylor, provide a range of workshops and courses tailored to meet the specific needs of your team.