We invite behavioral health providers to assess their individual and organization’s well-being and engage in continuous quality improvement.
What is Provider Well-being?
Personal well-being is a state of feeling satisfied, fulfilled, and having a sense of meaning or purpose.
Organization well-being is an organization’s ability to promote and maintain the physical, psychological, and social health for all employees.
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Provider Well-being was adapted in collaboration with Central East Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC), the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, and the Georgetown University Medstar Hospital/Georgetown University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. The result is a culmination of measures, information, and resources proven effective at assessing and improving both personal and professional well-being for behavioral healthcare providers in various settings.
Engages individual behavioral health providers in a private, self-paced course to assess and improve their personal well-being in five areas:
- Physical
- Occupational
- Intellectual
- Social
- Emotional
Comprised of 6 chapters and 10 lessons, providers learn about the stages of change, the impact of stress on our minds and bodies, and a process to develop a self-care plan. Assessments throughout the lessons guide providers in selecting areas of focus and strategies that are most likely to be helpful. The assessments may be repeated over time to provide a measure of progress.
Offers individual behavioral health providers a comprehensive Resource Library to improve personal well-being, including all assessments, skills, and mindfulness activities that are offered in the lessons. To assist with self-care practices, audio guides for the mindfulness activities in each of the five well-being domains are stored here for ease of access. Additional resources, beyond what is in the lessons, offer providers additional tools in each domain of well-being.
Assesses the quality of behavioral health provider organization well-being in 8 domains:
- Work Climate and Environment
- Input, Flexibility, and Autonomy
- Professional Development and Recognition
- Organizational and Supervisory Support
- Self-Care and Self-Compassion
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access
- Purpose and Meaningfulness
- Professional Quality of Life
Information gathered from employees helps organizational leaders identify areas of strength and areas for improvement. Assessments are confidential and may be completed by all organization members.
As organizations identify areas for growth, the Resource Library offers behavioral health organizations a comprehensive Resource Library of organizational level interventions to improve organizational well-being (OWB) in each of the eight domains of OWB quality. Leaders are able to select interventions that work best for their organization and track progress in improving the workplace climate and the day to day experiences of employees.
