In Action:
Determine the practices that can be adopted to increase well-being
Strengthen employee well-being through targeted campaigns and training
- One size does not fit all; evolve offerings through appreciative inquiry
- Consider departmental initiatives, e.g. IT's Healthy Mind Platter
- Training and support to adapt to change and stress
- Thrive Week initiatives
- Crisis support
- Manulife's "Mental Health Training"
- Improve communication on benefits, services, and initiatives
Work with Manulife to address anonymous survey feedback from employees who have utilize short-term and long-term disability services
Continue to develop and offer health and wellness initiatives
- Departmental health challenges, team-based health and wellness events
- Initiate pilots based on existing VIU demographics and benefit usage
- Provide education on mental health literacy and well-being for employees.
Strengthen the VIU Community through the lens of the Okanagan Charter
Develop a mechanism for employees to suggest new practices, tools and training
Implement an ongoing communications strategy to promote well-being initiatives
Success Highlights
- Focus on supporting working from home
- Psychological first aid training (2019)
- Trauma-informed leadership training (2022)
- Worked with the Communications Department throughout COVID to promote wellness initiatives
- Significant material, time and attention for wellness, comms, HR pages, PD sessions, EFAP
- Employee aspect of Thrive Week converted to a year-round "Thrive Here" campaign
• 6 dimensions of well-being webpages
• Weekly communication in VIU Digest