Self Care Wheel – Lewisham Youth Offending Service (May 2020)
| Summary: | Lewisham YOS use Olga Phoenix self-care wheel to support managers and staff to consider the balance between life and work, especially during COVID-19. |
Aims:
- To support staff to manage their own needs and retain a balance between work and personal life, especially at times of increased pressure.
Description:
Lewisham Youth Offending Service, use Olga Phoenix self-care wheel, which supports and enables individuals to assess the various areas of their life and plan actions to increase self-care. The self-care wheel has six areas; psychological, emotional, spiritual, personal, professional and physical.
Some of the following questions may useful when going through the self-care wheel with staff:
- Is there a balance?
- Is there anything you would like to do more?
- Is there anything you would like to do less?
- Review it in a month – is there anything new you are doing?
- What have you noticed about yourself? What have other people noticed about you?
Implementing the practice
- Lewisham YOS is using the self-care wheel to support staff during COVID-19.
- The self-care wheel is used at 1:1 supervision with all staff at the YOS.
- It may be appropriate to review the self-care wheel on a monthly basis to ensure that staff are able to maintain some of the positive aspects identified.
Contact:
| Youth offending team: | Lewisham youth offending service |
| Name: | Keith Cohen |
| Email: | Keith.Cohen@lewisham.gov.uk |