Staff Self-Care and Wellbeing

Understanding the processes of burnout, vicarious trauma and building staff resilience.

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This course will highlight the benefits but also the challenges of working in the care and support professions. It will explore the signs and symptoms of burnout, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma which can lead to staff sickness, staff turnover and ineffectual or dangerous practice. After recognising the risk factors in busy and challenging work environments, the course will go on to explore how to build resilience and enhance wellbeing and workplace satisfaction. This course is not only recommended for individuals, but also managers and the wider organisation.

Length: 4 modules, Duration: 30 - 45 mins of study per module.


Your Authors


Dr Emma Williamson


Dr Emma Williamson

Passionately working across organisational boundaries to develop new approaches to address health inequalities, Dr Williamson has a national reputation as leader in the development and delivery of services to address the needs of complex and multiply disadvantaged populations.

Emma is also the CEO of aneemo Ltd staff training and development company, works in private practice, teaches on the Clinical Psychology Doctorate at the Kings College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and is a published author; regularly talking at conferences, in national media, TV documentaries & news programmes.


Dr Rachel Brown
Dr Rachel Brown

Rachel Brown is a Clinical and Community Psychologist who specialises in working in partnership to develop psychological and trauma informed environments. Rachel works both independently and as the Senior Psychologist and Clinical Lead for Second Step, a mental health and homelessness charity.

Course Curriculum


  Welcome to this aneemo training programme
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  Working in Challenging Contexts
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  Understanding Stress and Distress
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Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if this isn't the course I wanted?
If your chosen course isn't what you wanted, you may be entitled to a course exchange, subject to our 14 day cooling off period.

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