Social Worker Health and Wellness
This site is dedicated to providing child welfare workers with information and resources for developing practical skills to cope with the emotional tolls of their very important work. If there is a resource you would like to post and share within this collaborative learning community, please contact Jason Borucki at the Northern California Training Academy.
Videos
Reducing Stress in the Workplace: Exercises for Social Workers
In this video, a fitness specialist provides a series of brief exercise techniques that can be utilized in and around the workplace to reduce stress and fatigue.
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Basic Meditation Practices for the Social Services Community
In this video, a meditation specialist goes over basic meditation practices that can be completed in or around to workplace with minimal worktime interruption.
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Publications
- Practice Brief: Associations Between Health, Workplace Support, and Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Public Child Welfare Workers Download Practice Brief: Associations Between Health, Workplace Support, and Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Public Child Welfare Workers