Qualification: Level 4 Certificate in Principles of Leadership and Management for Adult Care (RQF)
Unit: Unit 2: Team Leadership in Adult Care
Learning outcome: 2 Understand team development in adult care
Assessment criteria: 2.8 Evaluate strategies for maintaining wellbeing, reducing stress and building the resilience of team members, including lone workers
- Strategies for maintaining well-being, reducing stress and building the resilience of team members (including lone workers) include:
- Regular supervision – for team members to discuss their concerns and ‘offload’
- Ensuring that team members have a manageable workload
- Ensuring that team members have a good work-life balance
- Ensuring an open-door policy, whereby team members can approach you for support and guidance and being approachable
- Celebrating successes and achievements
- Ensuring lone workers have opportunities to regularly meet up with their peers