CO-CARES Day of Wellness

 

To: All health care and public health workers From: CO-CARES Team (Colorado Alliance for Resilient and Equitable Systems) CO-CARES Day of Wellness event in Glendale CO-CARES will be hosting a Day of Wellness event at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment office in Glendale, CO on March 19th from 8:30am-1:30pm. If you would like to attend, please fill out the RSVP form below.  Schedule: 8:30-11:30am: Collective Care for Communities (combination of GRIT and Past the Pandemic trainings) 11:30am-12:15pm: Lunch break 12:20-12:40pm: Resilience workshop 1 12:50-1:10pm: Resilience workshop 2 1:15-1:30pm: Health Links program overview RSVP for the CO-CARES Day of Wellness event

Collective Care for Communities- NO COST Program

 

To: Health care and public health workforce in Colorado From: CO-CARES Team (Colorado Alliance for Resilient and Equitable Systems) Take advantage of a new wellbeing workshop at NO COST through May 2025! Collective Care for Communities (CC4C) is an integrated program which includes curriculum and evidence-based tools from two separate programs that have supported the health care workforce the past 4 ½ years and have shown to be successful in supporting others.    In this 4-hour, live, interactive training led by mental health professionals, participants will develop and practice skills and tangible tools to manage stress, increase efficacy, and enhance social connection. In community with other colleagues, we will explore common stressors and barriers to wellbeing. Empowered with simple strategies to increase self-awareness and support others, participants will learn how to cope with stress, re-imagine self-care, and utilize proactive peer support skills.  Topics will include occupational stress injury, the biology of stress, 5 evidence-based themes of psychosocial resilience, role management, defining resilience from a collective and inclusive lens, and detecting and responding to signs of mental health distress, burnout, or stress in others.  Sign up for one of the upcoming virtual trainings.  If you are a leader or administrator, and would like to discuss opportunities to bring this training to your team or organization (in-person options available), please contact Mandy at amanda.doria@cuanschutz.edu or fill out the request form.    Upcoming Virtual Trainings: Thursday, March 13th (12:30-4:30) Thursday, April 10th (12:30-4:30) Thursday, April 17th (12:00 - 4:00) Thursday, April 24th (12:30-4:30) Thursday, May 1st (12:30-4:30) Wednesday, May 7th (8:30-12:30) Thursday, May 15th (12:30-4:30)

Collective Care for Communities- NO COST Program

 

To:  Health care and public health workforce in Colorado From:  CO-CARES Team (Colorado Alliance for Resilient and Equitable Systems) Take advantage of a new wellbeing workshop at NO COST through May 2025! Collective Care for Communities (CC4C) is an integrated program which includes curriculum and evidence-based tools from two separate programs that have supported the health care workforce the past 4 ½ years and have shown to be successful in supporting others.    In this 4-hour, live, interactive training led by mental health professionals, participants will develop and practice skills and tangible tools to manage stress, increase efficacy, and enhance social connection. In community with other colleagues, we will explore common stressors and barriers to wellbeing. Empowered with simple strategies to increase self-awareness and support others, participants will learn how to cope with stress, re-imagine self-care, and utilize proactive peer support skills.  Topics will include occupational stress injury, the biology of stress, 5 evidence-based themes of psychosocial resilience, role management, defining resilience from a collective and inclusive lens, and detecting and responding to signs of mental health distress, burnout, or stress in others.  Sign up for one of the upcoming virtual trainings.  If you are a leader or administrator, and would like to discuss opportunities to bring this training to your team or organization (in-person options available), please contact Mandy at amanda.doria@cuanschutz.edu or fill out the request form.    Upcoming Virtual Trainings: Thursday, February 6th (12:30-4:30) Thursday, February 13th (12:30-4:30) Wednesday, March 5th (8:00-12:00) Thursday, March 13th (12:30-4:30) Thursday, April 10th (12:30-4:30) Thursday, April 17th (12:00 - 4:00) Thursday, April 24th (12:30-4:30) Thursday, May 1st (12:30-4:30) Wednesday, May 7th (8:30-12:30) Thursday, May 15th (12:30-4:30)

CO-CARES Free Virtual Psychological First Aid Training

 

To: All healthcare facilities From:  CO-CARES Team (Colorado Alliance for Resilient and Equitable Systems) The Colorado CARES healthcare and public health worker resilience and wellness team is hosting ongoing monthly virtual Psychological First Aid training. Training is hosted, virtually, every month on the second Tuesday of the month from 9am to 11am. Benefits of Psychological First Aid: Learn to address peers, community members, patients, family, and friends that are in distress from a traumatic event or crisis. Understand the psychological and physiological responses to stress. Develop meaningful skills to be a valuable asset in times of crisis. Interested? Use the link below to sign up on our google form! Additionally, if you have any questions, or are interested in coordinating a PFA training for your organization/team, contact CO-CARES at cdphe_healthcareworkersupport@state.co.us. Sign up on our google form! Thank you, CO-CARES Team cdphe_healthcareworkersupport@state.co.us .

Create a wellness culture at your organization—Register for the CO-CARES Work and Well-Being Leadership Forums today!

 

To: All health care and public health supervisors, managers, and senior leadership From: CO-CARES Team (Colorado Alliance for Resilient & Equitable Systems) Serving the health care and public health workforce Take advantage of this unique opportunity for health care and public health supervisors, managers, and senior leadership to share and discuss timely worksite wellness topics. The topic for May is “Recommendations to build a thriving workforce.” For over a decade, the Behavioral Health & Wellness Program (BHWP) has helped organizations create a realistic blueprint to achieve a healthier, happier workforce – one change at a time. For the CO-CARES initiative, BHWP provides a unique opportunity for health care and public health supervisors, managers, and senior leadership to share and discuss timely worksite wellness topics. Through a facilitated dialogue, Work & Well-Being (WWB) Leadership Forums will identify strategies to build and sustain a wellness culture for organizations. Leadership Forums will start with brief summaries of a current wellness topic and allow discussions to evolve based on participant interests and organizational needs. Separate WWB Leadership Forums will be provided for specific health care settings including hospitals, primary care, and emergency medical services; behavioral health and integrated care; local public health agencies and coroners’ offices; long-term care, skilled nursing, and other residential facilities.   Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn from experts and your peers to identify tools and resources to enhance statewide collaborations. CO-CARES Work & Well-Being Leadership Forums are held every other month. Check out our page on the CO-CARES website for details and to register for all the upcoming Work & Well-Being Leadership Forums. For further information, contact the Behavioral Health & Wellness Program team at bh.wellness@ucdenver.edu .

Explore how you can create sustainable change! Register for the CO-CARES Work and Well-Being Webinar on Sustainable Change

 

To: All health care and public health workers From: CO-CARES Team (Colorado Alliance for Resilient & Equitable Systems) Serving the health care and public health workforce Help your staff to learn evidence-based information about sustaining behavior change! The CO-CARES Work and Well-Being Webinar: Sustainable Change is a useful resource for all employees. Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm MT You have made many changes in your health behaviors over the course of your life. There are some behaviors that were maintained while other behaviors were not. What is it that makes change sustainable? How do we consistently practice behaviors so that it becomes an enduring habit? Join us as we explore how you can create sustainable change. We will engage in activities that highlight the key skills and strategies to maintain the changes you have made. We will also celebrate the empowered life you have created for yourself and the future that is yet to come. Register for the webinar now! CO-CARES Work & Well-Being webinars are held every other month. Check out our webpage on the CO-CARES website for details and registration for all the upcoming Work and Well-Being webinars. For further information, contact the Behavioral Health & Wellness Program team at bh.wellness@ucdenver.edu.     .

Explore the essential role movement plays in your life! Register for the CO-CARES Work & Well-Being Webinar on physical activity

To: All health care and public health workers From: CO-CARES Team (Colorado Alliance for Resilient & Equitable Systems) Serving the health care and public health workforce Help your staff to learn evidence-based information about physical activity! The CO-CARES Work & Well-Being Webinar: Physical Activity is a useful resource for all employees. Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm MT While we all know that physical activity is important and benefits our health, there are times when life just gets in the way. Many of us hold unhelpful beliefs and assumptions about what we should do that prevents us from doing what we want to do to be active. As we examine the evidence-base about how physical activity affects our body, mind, and spirit, we can reconnect with the play, resilience, and well-being that it can bring to our everyday experience.  Join us as we explore the essential role movement plays in our life. We will help you to identify physical activities you enjoy, benefits of being active, and a goal that inspires you to move. Register for the webinar!  CO-CARES Work & Well-Being webinars are held every other month. Check out our page on the CO-CARES website for details and registration for all the upcoming Work & Well-Being webinars. For further information, contact the Behavioral Health & Wellness Program team at: bh.wellness@ucdenver.edu. .

Create a wellness culture at your organization — Register for the CO-CARES Work & Well-Being Leadership Forums today!

 

To: All health care and public health supervisors, managers, and senior leadership From: CO-CARES Team (Colorado Alliance for Resilient & Equitable Systems) Serving the health care and public health workforce Take advantage of this unique opportunity for health care and public health supervisors, managers, and senior leadership to share and discuss timely worksite wellness topics. Topic for November: Bi-Directional Communication within Organizations. For over a decade, the Behavioral Health & Wellness Program (BHWP) has helped organizations create a realistic blueprint to achieve a healthier, happier workforce – one change at a time. For the CO-CARES initiative, BHWP provides a unique opportunity for health care and public health supervisors, managers, and senior leadership to share and discuss timely worksite wellness topics. Through a facilitated dialogue, Work & Well-Being (WWB) Leadership Forums will identify strategies to build and sustain a wellness culture for organizations. Leadership Forums will start with brief summaries of a current wellness topic and allow discussions to evolve based on participant interests and organizational needs.  Separate WWB Leadership Forums will be provided for specific health care settings including hospitals, primary care, and emergency medical services; behavioral health and integrated care; local public health agencies and coroners’ offices; long-term care, skilled nursing, and other residential facilities.  Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn from experts and your peers to identify tools and resources to enhance statewide collaborations. CO-CARES Work & Well-Being Leadership Forums are held every other month. Check out our page on the CO-CARES website for details and to register for all the upcoming Work & Well-Being Leadership Forums. For further information, contact the Behavioral Health & Wellness Program team at: bh.wellness@ucdenver.edu .

Resilience Roundtable

 

To: All health care and public health workers who have ability to create organizational change to support the workforce From: State of Colorado CO-CARES Team (Colorado Alliance for Resilient & Equitable Systems) Join the State of Colorado’s CO-CARES team for a Resilience Roundtable. We are convening health care partners who have the capacity to foster resilience and guide others. Roundtables are a 60-minute virtual discussion with topics that include burnout and stress management, creating a workplace culture of connection, building morale, and more. Roundtables are every second Tuesday of the month at 10 a.m. and the third Thursday of the month at 2 p.m. View our calendar of roundtables to sign up. Roundtable discussions aim to bring health care change-makers together in smaller cohorts to discuss pressing issues, build relationships, and share ideas. This group meeting aims to provide health care leaders with a space to acknowledge the challenges of their field, gain insights into new processes, foster future collaboration, and share best practices with others who have shared experiences. Please contact the CO-CARES Resource Support Line for any accommodation requests or questions.

Create a wellness culture at your organization—Register for the CO-CARES Work & Well-Being Leadership Forums today!

 

To: All health care and public health supervisors, managers, and senior leadership From: CO-CARES Team (Colorado Alliance for Resilient & Equitable Systems) Serving the health care and public health workforce Take advantage of this unique opportunity for health care and public health supervisors, managers, and senior leadership to share and discuss timely worksite wellness topics. Topic for November: Bi-Directional Communication within Organizations. For over a decade, the Behavioral Health & Wellness Program (BHWP) has helped organizations create a realistic blueprint to achieve a healthier, happier workforce – one change at a time. For the CO-CARES initiative, BHWP provides a unique opportunity for health care and public health supervisors, managers, and senior leadership to share and discuss timely worksite wellness topics. Through a facilitated dialogue, Work & Well-Being (WWB) Leadership Forums will identify strategies to build and sustain a wellness culture for organizations. Leadership Forums will start with brief summaries of a current wellness topic and allow discussions to evolve based on participant interests and organizational needs. Separate WWB Leadership Forums will be provided for specific health care settings including hospitals, primary care, and emergency medical services; behavioral health and integrated care; local public health agencies and coroners’ offices; long-term care, skilled nursing, and other residential facilities.  Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn from experts and your peers to identify tools and resources to enhance statewide collaborations. CO-CARES Work & Well-Being Leadership Forums are held every other month. Check out our page on the CO-CARES website for details and to register for all the upcoming Work & Well-Being Leadership Forums. For further information, contact the Behavioral Health & Wellness Program team at: bh.wellness@ucdenver.edu.

First Priority Peer Support Program (FPPSP)

 

To: Health care and public health workers who would like structured training to provide support to fellow peers and colleagues by becoming Peer Supporters; Organizational leaders looking to promote a culture of employee wellness and support through a structured Peer Support program. From: CO-CARES Team (Colorado Alliance for Resilient & Equitable Systems) Are you familiar with the inner workings of your organization, and want to proactively help others in your workplace?   CO-CARES is supporting a free program that trains peer supporters across organizations.   Being a peer supporter can enrich both your purpose and help others in need. As a Certified Peer Supporter, you will: Be a contact and referral person for colleagues who may seek help Become equipped to proactively reach out and support colleagues reacting from stress Support a culture of organizational wellness and support The First Priority Peer Support Program (FPPSP) is a hybrid training program (online and live training) that equips fellow colleagues as Peer Supporters: trained peers who are able to proactively reach out to fellow healthcare workers, to support work and life stressors and be able to respond to peers after critical or stressful events.   Peer Supporters are trained in a variety of topics, including mental health, stress and trauma, confidentiality, and crisis navigation. The program also offers ongoing support with resources, monthly check-ins, and quarterly trainings. Leadership support for the program is recommended.   Register for FPPSP. If you have questions about the program, are a leader and would like to bring this training to your staff, or would like a representative to speak to your leadership about the program, email FPPeer@uccs.edu. This is an advanced training for volunteer employees to become Peer Supporters. Anyone in an organization is welcome to join! The FPPSP includes approximately 12 hours of pre-work and 4-hours of live training. These trainings are held from 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and are available each month.

Past the Pandemic: Individual well-being, connection, and support

 

To: Health care and public health workforce in Colorado From: CO-CARES Team (Colorado Alliance for Resilient & Equitable Systems) This ECHO series offers providers and other staff working in health care and public health settings an opportunity to navigate, normalize and validate worries, stressors and experiences related to various health care environments. Participants will develop an awareness of the manifestations of stress along a continuum. With this framework, each session will provide helpful, tangible tools in a psychoeducational, didactic format to increase capacity, mitigate burnout, elevate connectedness and mindfulness, and promote self-efficacy and quality patient care. This series is the newest iteration of Past the Pandemic, launched in 2020, and provides updated curriculum to capture current stressors in health care. This program is now a part of a state-wide initiative, Colorado CARES, aimed at increasing health care worker retention and resiliency. The first two sessions are required, as they are foundational to the rest of the series and will introduce language and concepts that will be woven throughout the remaining sessions. Presence is encouraged at all sessions, as this is an interactive series offering a space to connect with other health care workers. Video modules are posted and available to view at one’s own pace for sessions that are missed. Participants will have access to a Toolkit as well as ongoing weekly Resource Rooms led by a mental health professional to encourage and practice a common language, support and resources. Commitment: Six weekly ECHO sessions held virtually Wednesdays 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. September 27 - November 1 Sign up for the sessions.

Resilience Roundtable Offerings

 

To: All health care and public health workers who have ability to create organizational change to support the workforce From: State of Colorado CO-CARES Team (Colorado Alliance for Resilient & Equitable Systems) Join the State of Colorado’s CO-CARES team for a Resilience Roundtable. We are convening health care partners who have the capacity to foster resilience and guide others. Roundtables are a 60-minute virtual discussion with topics that include burnout and stress management, creating a workplace culture of connection, building morale, and more. Roundtables are every second Tuesday of the month at 10 a.m. and the third Thursday of the month at 2 p.m. View our calendar of roundtables to sign up. Roundtable discussions aim to bring health care change-makers together in smaller cohorts to discuss pressing issues, build relationships, and share ideas. This group meeting aims to provide health care leaders with a space to acknowledge the challenges of their field, gain insights into new processes, foster future collaboration, and share best practices with others who have shared experiences. Please contact the CO-CARES Resource Support Line for any accommodation requests or questions. 

Register for the CO-CARES Work & Well-Being Webinar on Mindful Practices

 

To: All health care and public health workers From: CO-CARES Team (Colorado Alliance for Resilient & Equitable Systems) Help your staff to build mindfulness practices! The CO-CARES Work & Well-Being Webinar: Mindful Practices is a useful resource for all employees. Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Time: Noon – 1:00 p.m. Webinar description: No matter where you currently are on the continuum of well-being, you have had days that left you feeling exhausted. Or endured stressful experiences that challenged your ability to maintain a sense of balance. Maybe you have been feeling depleted for some time. Perhaps, it has just been one of those days. Regardless of where you are at this moment, you know there are things you can do to (and have done) to nourish and rejuvenate yourself. Join us as we engage in mindful practices that support your body, mind, and spirit—daily activities you can do even when you have only a few minutes for self-care. These mindful practices will energize and nourish you in the everyday. We’ll explore activities designed to help you to identify mindful practices that match your needs. Register for the webinar now! CO-CARES Work & Well-Being webinars are held every other month. Check out our page on the CO-CARES website for details and registration for all the upcoming Work & Well-Being webinars. For further information, contact the Behavioral Health & Wellness Program team at: bh.wellness@ucdenver.edu

Create a wellness culture at your organization—Register for the CO-CARES Work & Well-Being Leadership Forum today!

 

To: All health care and public health supervisors, managers, and senior leadership From: CO-CARES Team (Colorado Alliance for Resilient & Equitable Systems for the Health Care & Public Health Workforce) Take advantage of this unique opportunity for health care and public health supervisors, managers, and senior leadership to share and discuss timely worksite wellness topics. For over a decade, the Behavioral Health & Wellness Program (BHWP) has helped organizations create a realistic blueprint to achieve a healthier, happier workforce – one change at a time. For the CO-CARES initiative, BHWP provides a unique opportunity for healthcare and public health supervisors, managers, and senior leadership to share and discuss timely worksite wellness topics. Through a facilitated dialogue, Work & Well-Being (WWB) Leadership Forum will identify strategies to build and sustain a wellness culture for organizations. Office hours will start with brief summaries of a current wellness topic and allow discussions to evolve based on participant interests and organizational needs. Separate WWB Leadership Forums will be provided for specific healthcare settings including hospitals, primary care, and emergency medical services; behavioral health and integrated care; local public health agencies and coroners’ offices; long-term care, skilled nursing, and other residential facilities.  Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn from experts and your peers to identify tools and resources to enhance statewide collaborations. CO-CARES Work & Well-Being Leadership Forum are held every other month. Check out our page on the CO-CARES website for details and to register for all the upcoming Work & Well-Being Office Hours. The topic for September is Suicide Prevention Awareness in the Workplace. For further information, contact the Behavioral Health & Wellness Program team at: bh.wellness@ucdenver.edu.