As Brock College’s vacation closure approaches, college students, employees and school members are reminded of a number of psychological well being and wellness sources out there to them over the vacation break and into the brand new 12 months.
Pupil psychological well being and wellness help
College students looking for psychological well being and private counselling help can entry skilled licensed counsellors 24-7 by the ‘My Pupil Assist Program (My SPP)’ cellular app. Free and confidential real-time textual content chat and phone help is offered in 5 languages: English, French, Spanish, Mandarin and Cantonese (simplified Chinese language by way of chat).
Along with dwell and quick help, the app additionally affords an intensive library of psychological well being and well-being sources, together with articles, podcasts, infographics and movies; limitless free entry to the digital health app LIFT; and nameless evidence-based self-assessments that may assist college students determine dangers for psychological well being points akin to despair, common anxiousness and dependancy.
The app will be downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play. When making a profile, college students ought to enter ‘Brock College Pupil Counselling Program’ as the college.
Worker psychological well being and wellness help
Brock College staff have free and confidential entry to psychological well being and wellness helps by the College’s Worker and Household Help Program (EFAP) supplier LifeWorks. All Brock college and employees and their quick relations can entry EFAP help providers 24-7 by calling 1-844-880-9137.
The LifeWorks wellness web site and cellular app are additionally out there to all present Brock College staff. Workers and school can sign up at brockuniversity.lifeworks.com utilizing a novel invitation code included in an electronic mail obtained from LifeWorks to their Brock electronic mail in April 2021. As soon as registered and logged in, staff can invite as much as 5 relations to affix the LifeWorks platform. The LifeWorks cellular app will be downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
LifeWorks affords articles, podcasts and movies on a wide range of matters; monetary, psychological, bodily and social well-being self-assessments; automated health journeys and dwell chat entry to coaches by the LIFT session app; and unique reductions and particular affords referred to as ‘perks’.
Article, podcast and video matters embody:
- Well being — dependancy, alcohol, medicine, youngsters’s security and psychological well being, health-care suppliers, psychological well being help, anxiousness, despair, stress, weight loss plan and vitamin, train and health, mindfulness, sleep, being pregnant, coronary heart illness, long-term sickness, senior psychological and bodily well being.
- Household — caring for a brand new child, adopting a baby, little one care, dealing with demise and loss, family and friends relationships, household regulation, wills, divorce/separation, caring for older family members, work-life stability, speaking with youngsters.
- Life — essential incidents, pure disasters, suicide prevention, residing or caring for somebody with a incapacity, transferring, relocating for work, authorized points, end-of-life planning, private development, group, private communication, {couples}, associates, being single, retirement planning and transitioning.
- Work — profession growth, networking, coaching, supervisor communication expertise, management and motivation, work relationships, versatile and distant working, go away and time without work, time administration.
- Cash — monetary planning, investing, taxes, revenue modifications, cash administration, budgeting, debt, saving, fraud and id theft.
The LifeWorks platform additionally options a number of free on-line self-guided well-being applications. The ‘CareNow’ applications are primarily based on cognitive-behavioural remedy and embody methods and methods staff can use to grow to be and keep wholesome.
CareNow applications embody:
- reaching monetary well-being
- anxiousness
- communication
- coping
- despair
- grief
- mindfulness
- separation/divorce
- stress
- substance abuse
- tobacco and nicotine cessation
- work-life stability
A recording of a current info session that reviewed lots of the EFAP choices out there to Brock staff is posted to YouTube:
Extra EFAP info will be discovered on the Health Safety and Wellness Toolbox on SharePoint.
Questions on EFAP or the LifeWorks platform — together with sources, applications and worker login info — will be emailed to employeehealth@brocku.ca
Extra well being and wellness sources for college kids and staff
Therapist-guided cognitive-behavioural remedy periods can be found totally free to all Ontario residents by Mind Beacon, due to funding from the Ontario authorities. The web site additionally affords a variety of articles and virtual events related to mental wellness.
Psychological well being helps and sources are additionally out there by:
Well being associated considerations, together with recommendation relating to COVID-19, will be sought by Telehealth Ontario by calling 1-866-797-0000.
Brock Recreation Companies affords free entry to health lessons by way of ExpressFit on Demand. The Brock College Library has a free Library Yoga YouTube playlist.
Brock College Campus Safety Companies will be reached by calling 905-688-5550 x3200 (disaster) or x4300 (non-crisis).
