Information and Resources for Staff Across Forth Valley
Staff wellbeing is essential for a healthy, compassionate and effective workplace. When staff feel supported and valued, they are better able to manage challenges, work effectively and maintain their own resilience. Every member of staff deserves access to the right resources and support.
This page brings together a range of wellbeing offers to help you stay healthy, connected and supported in your work and beyond. It includes resources you can use to support your own wellbeing, alongside the organisational supports available from workplaces to help you feel safe, valued and well in your role.
To learn more about the ABCs of self-care shown in the image above, you can visit: Taking care of myself | Turas | Learn
To find out more about the organisational or local supports available in your area, click on the relevant heading below to reveal more information.
Anyone living within the Falkirk area is able to access the supports detailed here: Falkirk Resource
For Falkirk Council staff you can find out more about the wellbeing supports on offer to you here, including details of how to access to the Employee Assistance Programme and Able Futures – Mental Health Support: Wellbeing | Falkirk Council
You can also find out more info about employee benefits, pensions, learning and development and trade union partnership here:
Falkirk Council’s learning platform (OLLE) and the TURAS leaning platform (available to anyone by signing up for a free account) offers a range of e-modules in relation to self-care and support: Psychological First Aid; Staff Wellbeing – taking care of yourself; Wellbeing of Teams for Managers. Council staff can access these here: Learning & Development – Olle (eLearning) | Falkirk Council All other staff can access these via the Turas Platform: Turas | My Turas | Home
You can also check the most current multiagency training calendar for specific face to face events Promoting Self-care & Wellbeing:
FALKIRK Children and Adult Services Multiagency Training – Forth Valley Practitioner Pages
For Stirling Council staff, our care, well-being and support are taken care of in a number of ways. This includes our wealth of policies and procedures, available to view on MyPortal.
We also have a well-being app rather called PAM ASSIST: PAM-assist.co.uk or Your Wellbeing Hub which has a wealth of resources that are tailored to us as individuals if we answer a few questions on how we may want to use the app.
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NHS staff within Forth Valley can find out more about the wellbeing support available to them here: NHS Forth Valley – Staff Support and Wellbeing.
The following link provides details of local mental health resources within Forth Valley: Mental Health & Wellbeing – NHS Forth Valley
Silivercloud offers a wide range of online courses designed to support your wellbeing, and is available to all people living and working within Forth Valley: SilverCloud Online Therapy – NHS Forth Valley
The NHS has a variety of information in relation to mental health and wellbeing: Mental health – NHS and Mental wellbeing | NHS inform
Breathing Space are a free, confidential, phone and webchat service for anyone in Scotland over the age of 16 experiencing low mood, depression or anxiety. Need to talk?
The National Wellbeing Hub is also a good source of information in relation to staff care support and wellbeing Home – National Wellbeing Hub
The CalmZone offers specific advice on how to manage the impact of burnout and work stress: How to: Deal with Burnout and Work Stress | CALM
Education Scotland hosts a variety of resources in relation to wellbeing: The Cycle of Wellbeing | Resources | Education Scotland
There are a number of e-modules in relation to self-care and support which can be accessed via the Turas platform: Psychological First Aid; Staff Wellbeing – taking care of yourself; Wellbeing of Teams for Managers. Turas | My Turas | Home
