Mental Health Awareness Week – October 8-14
During this week, resources will be available in staff rooms for information and tools for psychological health in the workplace.
Menno Place Staff website has a resource page for our team members that is accessible throughout the year. The link is at the top of www.MennoPlaceStaff.com and sends you to this page – click here.
Menno Place CEO, Karen Baillie, was one of the first long-term care organizations in Canadato commit to implementing the standard to promote Psychological Health and Wellness Program in healthcare. This commitment will bring resources and focus to Menno Place to increase the awareness and tools available to Menno Place team members and, of course, our residents.
Menno Place is working on the By Health, For Health Collaborative with the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
Mental Health Resources
Need Help Now?
Contact FSEAP Crisis Line: 1.800.667.0993
FSEAP – Employee and Family Assistance Program
Confidential. Free.
Spiritual Care and/or Prayer with a Menno Place Chaplain
Confidential Prayer
Contact: 604.851.7392
FSEAP – 24/7/365 - Employee & Family Assistance Programs through Menno Place
Caring and professional assistance for personal, family and work-related concerns.
Services are free and confidential.
Contact: 1.800.667.0993
Confidential Counselling Services
Online and Mobile Health and Wellness Resources
Work/Life Services
- Crisis Counseling
- Child and Eldercare Resources
- Financial Coaching and Credit Counselling
- Health Coaching
- Legal Referral and Consultation
- Nutrition Counselling
- Smoking Cessation Support
Learn more: FSEAP.bc.ca
Here to Help - Mental Health and Substance Use Information
Website: HeretoHelp.bc.ca
Partnering with Anxiety BC, BC Schizophrenia Society, Canadian Mental Health Association, University of Victoria Centre for
Addictions Research, jessies legacy, Mood Disorders Association of BC and the BC Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services
Resources Include information on:
- ADHD
- Alzheimer’s Disease + Dementia
- Anxiety Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Co-existing mental health + substance use problems
- Depression
- Eating Disorders
- Feta Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- Grief
- Psychosis
- Schizophrenia
- Self Harm
- Stress
- Self-tests
- Fact Sheets
- Tip Sheets
- Help by email
You Can Stop Smoking
Smoking Cessation Program
Free smoking cessation help. One to one coaching provided.
Contact: QuitNow.ca
1.877.455.2233
Personal Development - Workplace Strategies for Mental Health
An initiative of the Great West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace
www.workplacestrategiesformentalhealth.com/free-training-and-tools/personal-development
Building Resilience: Emotional intelligence enables us to monitor our impact on others, manage our own stress, and respond more effectively to others in the workplace.
Improving our emotional intelligence can help us:
- Have insight into our emotional triggers
- Identify our emotions and the sources of our feelings
- Reduce the likelihood of making poor choices
- Manage conflict more effectively
Live Well - Menno Place healthy lifestyle initiative
Healthier Me – 12 week program
Read more – Live Well Exercise Program
Are you interested in the next opportunity?
Send an email to: Jeanette.Lee@MennoPlace.ca
End Abuse Program - MCC
The MCC BC End Abuse Program supports families impacted by abuse in relationship in the following ways:
- Individual and group support for women experiencing abuse in their intimate relationship
- Support and accountability groups for men who want to learn healthier ways of being in relationship.
- Training for professionals and support group facilitators
- Education and awareness-raising of issues of abuse in churches
- Pastoral training on dynamics of abuse in the home and the church
- Liaison with community groups.
For more information, contact Elsie Goerzen at 1-604-850-6639, toll-free at 1-888-622-6337, or by email at elsiegoerzen@mccbc.ca
Abuse Response and Prevention: http://abuseresponseandprevention.ca/
When Love Hurts Support for Women
Resources online: https://www.whenlovehurts.ca/
When Love Hurts
a support group for women who have experienced abuse in intimate relationships
Love is meant to be supportive.
But what happens when you are hurt by the one you love?
This support group will help you understand your relationship in valuable new ways.
Drawing on your own wisdom and the wisdom of many women who share your experience,
When Love Hurtswill help you find the answers you’ve been looking for in a safe, confidential environment.
When Love Hurts explores many difficult questions such as:
- What’s wrong with my relationship?
- Why does my partner hurt me?
- Is there something wrong with me?
- Why do I stay in the relationship?
- What about my children?
When Love Hurts will help you discover courage and wisdom within yourself and give you hope for a brighter future.
Here’s what women have said after attending the group:
“This group helped me to understand that I wasn’t crazy, just abused.”
“In this group, you realize that you are not alone. A warm and safe environment
helps you to open up and share your journey of hurts.”
“The group helps us to understand abuse, pampers us,
and gives us confidence to be the women we’re meant to be.”
“Being in this group has literally saved my life ~ physically and spiritually.”
“I was free to go to the depth of pain and grief because it was safe,
and there was care provided.”
“I appreciated the opportunity to be part of this group and highly recommend it to
others. It was safe, comfortable and faith-full.”
When Love Hurts
For more information about groups, contact Elsie Goerzen
endabuse@mccbc.ca 604-845-0841(cell) 604-851-7725 (direct line)
abuseresponseandprevention.ca; whenlovehurts.ca
Surge Learning - Mental Health
There are courses about Mental Health on Surge Learning that will help you understand yourself as well as those around you who are living with mental health issues. All staff have access to Surge Learning.
Mental Health courses are found by logging into Surge Learning.
Click on Courses Library.
Scroll down to the section on Mental Health.
Click on one of the courses – examples are:
- Mental Health – What is Mental Health? with Mike Conddra
- Living with Schizophrenia
- Mental Health Module 1: An Introduction
- Mental Health Module 2: Mental Illness and Caring Strategies
- OCD & Anxiety Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #29
