Activity 34: Workplace stressors

In consultation with your Workplace Supervisor and/or by asking for volunteers, identify two staff members who are happy to talk with you about the situations that generate the most stress for them at work. Ask each staff member to identify and describe at least two situations to you, and to explain how they think the potential stress caused by these situations affects staff working at the organization and in the community services sector.

Based on what they tell you, and using the templates that follow, develop strategies that may help staff deal with the areas of stress identified.

**Based on working in a disability group home**

Staff member 1
What are the situations that create the most stress?	How can each stressor be managed?
Area of stress 1:	Area of stress 1:
Area of stress 2:	Area of stress 2:
Area of stress 3:	Area of stress 3:
Now consider staff member 1, what (if any) strategies could be used to respond to the individual needs of this staff member?
Strategy 1:
Strategy 2:
Strategy 3:
If you were the team leader or manager, how could you monitor the stress and emotional well-being of staff member 1?

Staff member 2
What are the situations that create the most stress?	How can each stressor be managed?
Area of stress 1:	Area of stress 1:
Area of stress 2:	Area of stress 2:
Area of stress 3:	Area of stress 3:
Now consider staff member 2, what (if any) strategies could be used to respond to the individual needs of this staff member?
Strategy 1:
Strategy 2:
Strategy 3:
If you were the team leader or manager, how could you monitor the stress and emotional well-being of staff member 2?