Mental Health & Wellness in the Workplace: Creating a Healthy Environment for Yourself, Your Colleagues, and Clients

Where: Cook County Law Library (Daley Center Room 2900)

Instructor: Jamie Kach, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Chicago

Who Should Attend: All staff members.

Why You Should Attend: It’s no secret that legal aid providers work with individuals coping with mental illness on a regular basis, and many must do so while dealing with mental health concerns themselves. This course will provide a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of mental health, focusing on concepts of wellness, individual self-care, and caring for your work community – clients included.

This is the first course of a two-part mental health series and will lay the foundation for our upcoming Crisis Intervention and De-Escalation training. Those interested in attending the Crisis Intervention training are strongly recommended to first attend this training.

What You Will Learn:

• Reduce Stigma
  • Develop shared understanding of wellness and mental health
• Increase Awareness
  • Explore wellness within the context of work
• Encourage Help-Seeking
  • Identify and practice strategies to support and increase wellness in the workplace

Materials: To be distributed to participants via email.

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This event is brought to you by PLATA in partnership with the Disability Access Subcommittee of the CBF/Circuit Court’s Pro Se Advisory Committee.