1.3.5 Describe strategies and tools you might adopt to reduce stress levels, to build resilience and to maintain the wellbeing of staff within the team, including the safety of lone workers

Qualification: Manager Induction Standards
Unit: Standard 1: Leadership and management
Learning outcome: 1.3. Team development
Assessment criteria: 1.3.5 Describe strategies and tools you might adopt to reduce stress levels, to build resilience and to maintain the wellbeing of staff within the team, including the safety of lone workers

• For team members to work at their optimal performance, leaders must support their well-being and ensure work-related stress levels are not too high as this can have a detrimental effect on their practice
• Strategies and tools that can be used to support team members include:
  • Encouraging open discussion about issues and concerns
  • Ensuring individual workloads are not set too high
  • Developing a closely-knit team where team members support one another
  • Being approachable and supportive