Heartbeat September 2018

wemind – manage your mental health
and feel stress free
When times get tough and stress builds
up in our hectic lives, we often think
about disappearing off to a tropical
island and leaving our worries and
woes behind. This may sound like a
pipe dream but the development of a
new mental health programme aims to
bring this to reality.
This month World Mental Health Day (10
October) takes place and also sees the
launch of a fun, exciting and pioneering
programme of mental health support which
brings together traditional mental health
services in the form of counselling and
advice with a brand new tropical island app,
which tracks your mental health from your
mobile phone.
Delivered by leading organisations in
mental health provision, Care First and
Kaleidoscope, wemind – our new mental
health programme - brings together all of
the key support mechanisms needed when
people see a decline in their mental health
and aims to give colleagues the tools they
need to track and manage their moods and
mental wellbeing, whilst also only being a
click away from speaking to a counsellor.
Launching the new programme of support,
Director of People and Organisation
Development, Raffaela Goodby spoke to
Heartbeat about the new provisions.
She said: “wemind brings all of our key
mental health services under one banner, so
when someone needs some help they know
exactly where to go, any time of the day or
night.
“Our new ‘Feel Stress Free’ app is key to
our service, it brings in a new element of
proactive mental health management,
where traditionally mental health services
are there in times of crisis, our new app lets
colleagues track their mental health and
wellbeing proactively, so if there is ever a
time when they need support, they have
invaluable information at their fingertips
that might be able to help them.”
Raffaela added: “We also have a new
24/7 counselling service that is entirely
confidential, provided by Care First.
Expert counsellors are on hand to provide
counselling for any issues that are worrying
you, whether that is at home or at work.
They can set up a six week counselling
programme and refer you on if you need
additional support.
“Added to these support services are
the mental health workshops run by
Kaleidoscope who have been providing
workshops on a range of topics for
any colleague to attend. These include
workplace stress management, experiencing
grief and loss and sleep techniques. The
full schedule is on Connect and I would
urge everyone to see what’s on offer and
make time to attend. It may be a colleague,
relative, friend or member of your team
that could need help and by understanding
the issues you can be in a better position to
provide the right support.”
For 24 / 7 access to confidential
counselling contact 0800 174319.
To access online resources and support, visit
www.carefirst-lifestyle.co.uk (Username:
sandwellnhs; Password: employee).
The ‘Feel Stress Free’ app is available
from the Apple App Store as well as
the Google Playstore, simply search for
‘Feel Stress Free’ and sign up using the
organisation code SWBH0001.
Forthcoming mental
health workshops
World Mental Health Day
Special Event
Date: Wednesday 10 October
Venue: Oldbury Library, Halesowen Street, B69
2AJ
Time: 11am - 3pm
Our library team will be supporting this special
event, which will feature workshops on stress
awareness and depression, delivered by
Kaleidoscope and Black Country Partnership
Foundation Trust.
Introduction to mindfulness
Date: Tuesday 9 October
Venue: Anne Gibson Committee Room,
City Hospital
Time: 1.30pm – 4.30pm
Date: Thursday 22 November 2018
Venue: The Berridge Room, Sandwell Hospital
Time: 10am – 1pm
Mental Health Training for Managers
Date: Thursday 4 October
Venue: Anne Gibson Committee Room,
City Hospital
Time: 1.30pm – 4.30pm
Date: Thursday 1 November
Venue: The Berridge Room, Sandwell Hospital
Time: 10am – 1pm
Sleep hygiene and relaxation
techniques seminar
Date: Thursday 18 October
Venue: Anne Gibson Board Room, City Hospital
Time: 10am – 1pm
Date: Wednesday 16 January, 2019
Venue: The Berridge Room, Sandwell Hospital
Time: 10am – 1pm
CORPORATE AND GENERAL
NEWS
The feel stress free app brings in an
element of proactive mental health
management
Experiencing grief and loss
Date: Tuesday 2 October
Venue: The Berridge Room, Sandwell Hospital
Time: 10am – 1pm
Date: Thursday 8 November
Venue: The Berridge Room, Sandwell Hospital
Time: 1.30pm – 4.30pm
Assertiveness/Confidence/Resilience
training
Date: Tuesday 12 March, 2019
Venue: The Berridge Room, Sandwell Hospital
Time: 10am – 1pm
Workplace stress management
Date: Tuesday 6 November
Venue: The Berridge Room, Sandwell Hospital
Time: 10am – 1pm
Date: Tuesday 22 January 2019
Venue: Anne Gibson Board Room, City Hospital
Time: 1.30pm – 4.30pm
Managing low mood and depression
Date: Thursday 25 October
Venue: The Berridge Room, Sandwell Hospital
Time: 1.30pm – 4.30pm
Introduction to managing anger and
frustration
Date: Wednesday 14 November
Venue: Anne Gibson Board Room, City Hospital
Time: 10am – 1pm
Suicide awareness – safeTALK
Date: Wednesday 17 October
Venue: The Berridge Room, Sandwell Hospital
Time: 10am – 1pm
Date: Wednesday 12 December
Venue: Anne Gibson Board Room, City Hospital
Time: 1.30pm – 4.30pm
To book onto these workshops contact Jatinder Sekhon / Emma Williams – 3306 option 4
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