Overview
This development programme is designed to support the mental health and wellbeing of international care workers as they adjust to life in the UK. It combines wellness workshops with peer support circles and practical mental well-being activities to build resilience and prevent burnout.
Format
3-month online professional development programme running from mid-January to mid-March 2025 comprising:
- Six, 90-minute online workshops
- Weekly “Wellbeing Gym” and “Pastoral Care Circle” online sessions – delegates can select dates from a timetable (2 – 3 sessions running each week).
- Regular online wellness activities and support sessions
Key Features
- Cultural Integration & Care Excellence: Practical training on communication skills, stress management, and cultural adaptation.
- Pastoral Care Circles: Group online sessions led by experienced colleagues, providing guidance, reducing isolation, and creating a supportive community.
- Wellbeing Gym Sessions: Activities such as meditation, yoga, art therapy, and journaling to promote mental health and wellness, and prevent burnout.
Weekly Online Workshops
- Workshop 1: Vocation of being a Care Worker
- Workshop 2: Communication & people skills
- Workshop 3: Nutrition & food preparation
- Workshop 4: Basic housekeeping & hygiene
- Workshop 5: Bereavement & grief – supporting the dying
- Workshop 6: Emotional resilience & stress management
Wellbeing Gym Timetable (example)
Outcomes
Participants will develop emotional resilience, cultural integration skills, and improved mental health, helping them stay motivated and engaged in their roles.
Eligibility
- This programme is open to migrant care workers sponsored by CQC-registered adult social care providers operating in the South-East.
- Priority will be given to migrant care workers registered on our Displaced Worker Sponsorship Scheme.
Registration
- Individual care workers: Please use the Registration Form link below
- Care providers (1-2 workers): Please use the Registration Form link below
- Care providers (3+ workers): Please email hello@tresacare.com
About the Trainer
Elizabeth Beh is the CEO and founder of Tresacare, an award-winning social enterprise that cares for care workers. After a personal health crisis during the pandemic, Liz saw firsthand how vital yet unsupported care workers are. This experience led her to establish Tresacare in 2022, addressing a sector filled with compassionate but burnt-out workers.
With over a decade of HR and business consulting experience at Morgan Stanley, Aon, and UBS, Liz brings best practices that shape Tresacare’s innovative approach to retention and workforce transformation. Living with multiple hidden disabilities and having been both a caregiver and care recipient, Liz uniquely understands the challenges on all sides of care.
She openly shares her health journey on the Tresacare blog, fueling her passion for change in the sector. Together with co-founder Krystle Wong, who shares an overseas background, Tresacare is especially attuned to the needs of international care workers, focusing on intercultural integration and wellbeing.
Tresacare is the 2024 winner of the “Entrepreneur’s Award for Social Innovation” and the 2023 “Care Innovation Challenge” by the National Care Forum.