Basic Needs and Self-Care

Check on basic needs

Check on basic needs – Consider if individual staff members’ basic needs are being met – are they getting enough sleep? How might you notice work-related fatigue? Are they paying attention to their food and water intake? How much essential contact are they having with their friends and family?

Promote self-care – Actively ask staff to share what they are doing to attend to their self-care needs and maintaining a good balance, this might be exercise or other activities such as yoga, meditation, mindfulness, art or crafting, starting a garden project or listening to music.