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Healthy Minds, Thriving Workplaces: A FREE, 6-part webinar series for HR and business leaders

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Join us for Webinar 3: Implementing Mental Health Initiatives 

Date: August 14, 2024
Time: 12:15 – 1:00PM AEST

Join us for an insightful webinar, “Implementing Mental Health Initiatives,” designed to empower leaders and HR professionals with practical strategies to enhance workplace mental health.  We will cover the essentials of mental health initiatives, their significance, and how to customise them to fit your organisation’s unique needs.  Gain valuable insights into developing, implementing, and evaluating effective programs, with real-world examples and best practices.  Leave with actionable tools to foster a supportive and thriving work environment.  Don’t miss this opportunity to transform your organisation’s approach to mental health!

Whether you’re an HR manager, team leader, workplace wellbeing coordinator, or business owner, this webinar equips you with the knowledge and tools to create a safer, healthier, and more supportive work environment for your team.  Register now to secure your spot!

Once you’ve registered, the webinar link will be emailed to you a few days prior to the event.

About Healthy Minds, Thriving Workplaces

This is webinar one in our free Healthy Minds, Thriving Workplaces series.  Elevate your workplace culture with our accessible, lunchtime webinar series focused on fostering mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.  From understanding psychosocial hazards, to building a supportive work culture and sustaining mental health initiatives, each webinar offers practical insights and strategies for HR managers, business leaders and owners, and wellbeing coordinators.

Join us on a journey to create a mentally healthy workplace where employees thrive.  Register now to gain invaluable knowledge and tools to transform your organisation’s culture and prioritise employee wellbeing.

These monthly webinars will be run on the 2nd Wednesday of each month, from June to November, 2024.  As we specialise in the SE Queensland market, sessions will be run from 12:15 – 1:00PM AEST.  Each session will be presented by our founders and lead facilitators, Dr Simone Shaw (Clinical Psychologist & Clinical Neuropsychologist) and Miriam Henke (Health Psychologist).  As highly experienced psychologists and executive coaches, we will share our deep knowledge and insight on workplace mental health, covering each topic over approx. 30 minutes, and allowing for 10 minutes of Q&A.

Be our next Psychologist based in the beautiful Sunshine Coast!

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Are you looking to take control of your own work/life balance?  Do you seek the support of a team of experienced, nurturing practitioners?  Are you looking for a varied case load that will not only challenge you, but also provide you the opportunity to work in specialty areas that will inspire you?

The Sunshine Coast is enjoying continued growth both in population and infrastructure.  Sure Psychology is also burgeoning and with a recent move to our own purpose built five consulting room Private Practice in the heart of thriving Buderim, we are seeking to appoint Psychologists to join our team in any of the following positions for 2-5 days per week:

  1. Clinical Psychologist
  2. Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Neuropsychologist (dual endorsements)
  3. General Psychologist with experience in assessment and/or positive behaviour support

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Flood Recovery Support

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The recent floods in South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales have devastated the community.  Being psychologically prepared when a disaster is threatening can help people feel more confident, more in control and better able to make effective emergency plans.  It can also help to reduce the psychological distress and longer-term mental health problems that can result from the trauma of being involved in disasters.  The attached information sheets developed by the Australian Psychological Society outline some useful skills that will help with disaster preparedness and recovery.

Floods

Natural Disasters

Support for Workplaces in the Age of Coronavirus

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The APS has released a series of tipsheets to assist organisations navigate the impact of the coronavirus on their workplaces.  It is important for organisations to understand, measure, boost and maintain employee engagement throughout these unprecedented times.  Working from home can create unique psychosocial hazards for employees and so it is important to know how to mitigate these risks appropriately. Businesses across Australia are now transitioning to return to business as usual and are establishing new work and operational process and procedures.  It is important for organisations to consider the impact of these operational requirements on your most valued asset, your staff.  We hope you find these tipsheets invaluable to assisting your organisation rebuild and flourish from this crisis.  

Support for Children with Learning Difficulties

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The APS has released a series of information sheets to assist parents and students with the strategies to support students with learning difficulties during the e-learning phase and within the classroom environment.  We hope you find this information informative and helpful.

General Information

Primary School Series

Secondary School Series

 

 

 

 

 

Support for New Mums Anxious about Coronavirus

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Dr Shaw knows first hand the stress of having a newborn baby during these uncertain times with the birth of her third son during the COVID-19 pandemic.  With her first two children, Simone relished the fourth trimester (that is, the postnatal period) by meeting other new mothers at cafes, parks and libraries to chat all things babies.  However, government restrictions have prevented new mothers the opportunity for emotional and physical nourishment and care that they crave and deserve during this time.  Physical distancing does not mean social isolation.  You are not alone and there are virtual and face to face support options still available to new mothers to help them navigate this precious, but demanding phase of their motherhood journeys.  Sure Psychology offers face to face and telehealth appointments to suit your needs.  Contact us to discuss your specific needs or to make an appointment.

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COVID-19 Telehealth Psychological Services Now Available

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From Monday 30 March 2020 until 31 December 2021 all Australians are eligible to receive a rebate from Medicare for psychological services delivered via Telehealth (i.e., videoconference or telephone).  Rebates are available for clients referred by their GP or Psychiatrist under the Better Access to Mental Health Care Scheme.

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Introducing Baby Frank

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Dr Simone Shaw is excited to announce the safe and healthy arrival of her third son, Frank who was born at 41 weeks at a healthy 3.925 kilograms (8.6 pounds), with a head circumference of 36.5 centimetres and 5o centimetres in length.  Simone utilised self-hypnosis and breathing techniques to deliver her baby via water birth without the use of analgesics or medical intervention.  Simone believes that women’s bodies have an innate wisdom to grow and birth their babies and can assist you throughout your pregnancy journey, birth of your baby and beyond.

Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD)

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As technology usage continues to increase, problematic internet use has become an increasingly prominent issue worldwide.  Problematic or pathological internet usage, which is also referred to as Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD), is characterised by excessive time spent engaging in non-work internet-related activities.  IAD is also characterised by a loss of control over internet-related behaviours, and/or an excessive preoccupation with internet-based activities.  This disorder affects all age groups and stages of life.

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