Outreach programs support health centers to provide quality and responsive services to underserved communities by connecting to individuals where they live, work, and spend time. Outreach workers play many roles—from advocate, educator, and coordinator to service provider—which can be challenging and overwhelming. In HOP’s 2015 National Needs Assessment, health centers across the country reported staff burnout and frequent turnover as key challenges in their outreach programs. HOP supports practicing self- care as an effective way for individuals and health centers to foster a healthy work-life balance. With input solicited from outreach workers across the country, HOP developed this resource to share self-care practices, its benefits, and strategies to build a culture of self-care so that health centers can recruit, motivate, support, and retain staff.
Self-Care: Taking Care of Our Selves So We Can Take Care of Others
Categories:
Best Practices, Clinical Practice, Homeless Services, Provider Burnout