Dublin North City and County Staff Health and Wellbeing
Escape Your Chair 2024
Join the 4 Week challenge to move from your chair for at least 1 minute every hour during your working day starting on the 6th of February. Click below to register before the 2nd of February to be entered into a prize draw.
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EYCCHODNCC2024/
Please see link to YouTube video below about Escape Your Chair 2024.
Please see promotional poster below you can use to promote Escape Your Chair amongst your teams.
Escape Your Chair Poster 2024 (PDF, size 181.2 KB, 1 page)
Please click on the link below for simple examples of exercises you can do at your desk
Escape Your Chair exercises (PDF, 812KB, 1 page)
October Staff Health and Wellbeing Month Webinars 2023
- Self-Care - Why a holistic approach is necessary (youtube.com)
- Dementia Understand Together and Brain Health with Fiona Foley and Matthew Gibb (youtube.com)
- Thriving in the Workplace with Dr. Pádraic Dunne (youtube.com)
- How to approach the Menopause and how to plan your health as you age with Dr. Rita Galimberti (youtube.com)
- Winter Preparedness 2023/2024, Health and Social Care Workers Vaccinations with Dr. Paul Mullane (youtube.com)
- Prevention and Early Diagnosis of Cancer (youtube.com)
- Talking About Weight (youtube.com)
Staff Health & Wellbeing Funding Initiative
Staff Health & Wellbeing Funding Application Form (PDF, 1MB, 7 pages)
Please complete the application form and return it to hwb.dncc@hse.ie by the 21 of each month to be considered by the Funding Committee for your staff initiative
The frequently asked questions document has answers to the most common questions around submitting your application, along with contact details of your Network Health Promotion & Improvement Officer that can help you complete your application
If you would like more information on the Staff Health & Wellbeing Funding initiative or an application form please email hwb.dncc@hse.ie
Wellbeing at Work Resources
A toolkit for wellness at work was developed to support wellness at work and is a guide, which will help you to set up and run successful, staff health and wellbeing initiatives in your workplace
The wellbeing at work booklet will highlight some of the ways that you can care for your health and wellbeing and signpost supports available to you as a healthcare worker in CHO DNCC
Wellbeing at Work - A resource for employees 2020 (PDF, 1,260KB, 19 pages)
The Healthy Workplace Framework from the department of Health aims to support the growth of effective approaches to enhance health and wellbeing in the workplace.
Follow the link to find out more about the Healthy Workplace Framework
Staff Health and Wellbeing Resource
This brochure presents resources that have been developed at a national level and are available to all HSE staff to support their Personal Health and Wellbeing and to create supportive environments.
HSE Staff Health and Wellbeing Resources and Initiatives (PDF, 4.82MB, 12 pages)
Staff Magazine and Health & Wellbeing Newsletters
- Connecting DNCC Staff Magazine - Spring 2023 (PDF, size 4 MB, 22 pages)
- Connecting DNCC - December 2022 - Christmas Edition (PDF, size 5.7 MB, 22 pages)
- Connecting DNCC Staff Magazine December 2022 (PDF, 1,694KB, 10 pages)
- Connecting DNCC Staff Magazine September 2022 (PDF, 6.3MB, 24 pages)
October Staff Health and Wellbeing Month Webinars 2022
- Domestic Abuse Awareness (YouTube.com)
- Dementia (YouTube.com)
- Heart Health (YouTube.com)
- Critical Incidents and Employee Assistance Programme (YouTube.com)
- Living Well programme (YouTube.com)
- Supporting Yourself and those around you who are experiencing mental health challenges (YouTube.com)
- Talk on the Menopause (YouTube.com)
- Relaxation and Self Care for Staff (YouTube.com)