Why self-care?
While it is hard to prioritise ourselves when there is limited time, mountains of work, looming deadlines and urgent situations to manage, we know that we are most effective at assisting students when we have a good sense of personal wellbeing. Even though it can feel like we just can’t fit another thing in, when we invest time in the self-care strategies that work for us, we have a lot to gain.
Effective self-care:
- reduces the personal impact of work-related stress and prevents burnout
- enables you to take charge of your own health and wellbeing
- maintains your passion for the job, and underpins a sustainable approach to working over your career.
Shared responsibility
There is a shared responsibility between you and *Learning Institution* to ensure that we are well placed to assist students in distress during their studies. A big part of this is establishing boundaries to your role, and drawing on the supports available to you at *Learning Institution*, as outlined in this course. Self-care isn’t about you having to learn to deal with excessive or unnecessary stress in the workplace, nor is it about workplaces taking sole responsibility for your self-care. Practicing self-care can assist in creating change by giving us all the energy to be productively involved in driving organisational improvements concerning culture, policies, and practices.
