Your Support

We want to create an environment where we can help support one another right across the workplace. Some fantastic work has already been done by our staff to raise awareness of what advice and guidance is available, encouraging staff to access help through the different layers of support in place:

Organisational – Occupational Health provisions, TRiM, Freedom to Speak Up etc

Peer Led – Blue Light Champions and PTS Peer Support

111 Peer Support – is now up and running! Please see our poster for further information!

111 Peer Support Poster

Check out our other areas

HAPPY

Check out our online tools and resources designed to keep you happy!

HEALTHY

Hints and tips to help you live a healthy lifestyle.

Fit

Ready, steady, GO! Our fitness information aims to keep you in tip top shape.

Your Support

Your NWAS support resource hub, how can we help you?

Every Mind Matters

Public Health England, with support from some of the most respected organisations in the field, have launched a new mental health campaign called ‘Every Mind Matters’. The campaign aims to support everyone to feel more confident in taking action to look after their mental health and wellbeing by promoting a range of self-care actions.

You can find out more about the campaign and the range of opportunities to get involved here. The website also provides guidance on support and provides more information and top tips on anxiety, sleep, stress and low mood.

We also have 30 helpline numbers and support available on our own website.

New Staff Handbook

The new staff handbook has recently been updated and is now available to all staff. We are currently in the process of sending out hard copies to all stations and HQ’s, or you can access electronically here….

The handbook provides a summary of opportunities and services available to staff. It aims to encourage and enable staff to lead a healthy lifestyle, to develop your full potential through access to learning and development and to identify support when you need it.

If you have any questions please email Health.wellbeing@nwas.nhs.uk

Pro Bono therapy Leon House

Pro Bono therapy Leon House are offering an entirely free service to anyone in the blue light emergency services and their families to assist and support those who have suffered trauma and distress while carrying out their duty through serving the public and keeping us all safe.
All information will remain confidential and they do not report back to the employer except in exceptional circumstances or permission is given to do so.

For further information please use the following:-

Web: leonhouseprivateclinic.com

email info@leonhouseprivateclinic.com or call Sean Gartland Clinic manager on 0333 939 8321

Check out their case studies…..

SUPPORT INFORMATION

You may need guidance and advice at different times throughout your life and there are various support networks in place to help.

Remember it is good to talk!

Occupational Health - Your Service

Occupational Health - List of Counsellors

NWAS Staff App

We are pleased to be able to offer staff the opportunity to download the NWAS staff app. The app has been developed with an external company and aims to give staff an alternative option to access information via the own personal mobile phone which is regularly access via the intranet. You will be able to access NWAS News, Rostering, NWAS e-mail, ESR, Hot Deals, Invest in Yourself, Intranet, HR, Jobs and useful contacts. Please use the download guide below and FAQs, if you have any queries please contact nwas.communications@nwas.nhs.uk Staff App FAQs Staff App download instructions

Free Suicide Prevention Training – Zero Suicide Alliance There is a free suicide prevention 20 minute online training resource which can be accessed using the following link: http://www.zerosuicidealliance.com/. The Alliance is ultimately concerned with improving support for people contemplating suicide by raising awareness of and promoting FREE suicide prevention training which is accessible to all. The aims of this training are to; enable people to identify when someone is presenting with suicidal thoughts/ behaviour, to be able to speak out in a supportive manner, and to empower them to signpost the individual to the correct services or support.

The We need to talk about suicide e-learning resource developed jointly by Health Education England and Public Health England highlights the devastating impact of suicide on individuals, families and communities.The resource has been developed with support from a wide range of external partners including the charitable sector, blue light services, academia, experts in mental health and, importantly, people with lived experience, to ensure that it is fit for purpose.