Resilience
Working in the VCSE Sector can be hugely rewarding but can be stressful at times and the pandemic has challenged the workforce like never before. Being ready for stressful periods can help us to cope with them better, and understanding how to take care of ourselves allows us to recover sooner after a stressful event. Our ability to handle stress is often referred to as resilience. Building resilience can help staff cope better under pressure and continue to deliver high quality services.
We’ve compiled some useful materials and services to build your own resilience and the resilience of your organisation.
What is resilience and why does it matter? And more guides and tools
Skills for Care offers resources that can help support managers to build resilience at an individual, team and organisational level. Their guides offer support for coping in the moment of traumatic events, knowing your limits and when to seek help.
Using the Circle of Influence to Support Resilience Blog
Explore Dr Elouise Leonard-Cross’s insightful blog post on Cranfield Trust, focusing on the power of the ‘Circle of Influence’ model in improving personal resilience within the voluntary sector.
Managing Resilience in Difficult Times
A webinar from Matthew Curtis, Project Manager at The Cranfield Trust, discussing the essence of resilience within charities, uncovering the ‘six keys’ to resilience:
- Sense of purpose
- Positive mental attitude
- Connect with others
- Determination
- Taking control
- Looking after yourself
Greater Manchester Resilience Hub Support Service
As part of the Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, the Greater Manchester Resilience Hub is dedicated to promoting the wellbeing of health and care staff, including VCSE employees living or working in Greater Manchester. Get access to one-to-one telephone support services tailored to your needs including team support options such as workshops and facilitated peer support spaces and mental health support services for people of Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Advice for coping with traumatic incidents
This YouTube video by Greater Manchester Resilience Hub has some quick tips for coping with traumatic incidents and the aftermath for yourself and others.
Research into Trauma Responsive Care and how you can spread the word
Greater Manchester is on the journey to become an Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) aware and trauma-responsive system. Trauma-responsive systems recognise the prevalence of trauma in people’s lives and acknowledge potential effects that this can have on individuals, families, networks & communities.
This work builds upon the widespread work of researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and people with lived experience in the field. You can find out what’s going on across Greater Manchester or specifically in your area.
Trauma Informed Communities Toolkit
This toolkit contains a wide range of information and resources to support trauma informed practice, when working in and with communities.
This toolkit was developed by A Brilliant Thing CIC with Bolton Council Public Health team, Bolton community organisations, arts, health and wellbeing practitioners and people with lived experience of trauma.