OCASI Workshop: Staying Afloat in Turbulent Times: Self-Care for Frontline Settlement Workers

The OCASI Mental Health Promotion Project (MHP) in partnership with Hong Fook Mental Health Association is pleased to invite you to: Staying Afloat in Turbulent Times: Self-Care for Frontline Settlement Workers

About this Workshop

Learn and practice a three part process* to help support you working with heavy workloads, clients with significant needs, uncertain funding, and other stresses. You matter. Give yourself with the care and compassion that you already offer to your clients.

In this interactive training, we'll walk you through:

• compassionately acknowledging how you are affected at work,
• grounding in what you need so you're empowered to take action for more well-being.

*This training is based on  the Compassionate Communication process which is practiced in over 72 countries in a variety of settings including social service, workplace, activism, family, education, mediation, prison, and government.

Key Objectives:

• Acknowledge compassionately how you are affected by stresses at work,
• Free up energy stuck in the most common obstacle to empowerment,
• Be able to tap into inner and outer resources for self-care.

About the Facilitator

Henry Wai helps people to work effectively, compassionately and with vitality. He has 30 years of experience leading trainings, developing programs and delivering direct service in areas such as employment counselling, housing, volunteer management, literacy, co-ops, adult education, and social enterprise. Henry is a Certified Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication and an accredited Life Coach with Coaching for Healing, Justice and Liberation.

Registration deadline: March 17, 2025

If you have any questions, please contact Caley Cross (she/her) at: ccross@ocasi.org