By special request! Jenny and Amy discuss the various ways in which Health Visitors experience workplace related stress. We talk about who is responsible as well as some ways to cope.

Happy listening (hope it's not too stressful!)

Keep your requests and suggestions coming to [email protected]

References and Further Reading:

Institute of Health Visiting Good Practice Points on Compassionate Resilience: https://ihv.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/GPP_-Compassionate-Resilience_V3.pdf

Institute of Health Visiting Compassionate Resilience Literature Review:
https://ihv.org.uk/wp-content/ uploads/2015/10/iHV_Literature-Review_V10.pdf.

Institute of Health Visiting Compassionate Resilience - A Framework:
https://ihv.org.uk/wp-content/ uploads/2015/09/iHV_Practitioner-Document_AW- WEB-30.04.15.pdf.

Interesting article on when practitioner stress meets safeguarding:
Horwath J. e Toxic Duo: the neglected practitioner
and a parent who fails to meet the needs of their child. British Journal of Social Work. 2016;46(6):1602–1616. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcv086.

Amy’s JHV article 'Self-Care is not Selfish' https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/johv.2017.5.9.426?journalCode=johv

@HayPsych resource tweeted by Helen Bevan - Infographic on Resilience:
https://twitter.com/helenbevan/status/902414506944602112?lang=en

Claire Chambers - Positive Stress Relief (from the CPHVA Conference):
https://www.communitypractitioner.co.uk/opinion/2017/09/positive-stress-relief

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