The phenomenon of stress, and the lack of management of it, leading to burnout among employees, is a hot topic today, as it affects the mental and physical health of employees, which in turn hampers workers’ performance and leads to an overall decrease in productivity. This can be a vicious circle, so the training provides content on understanding and ways to prevent and manage stressors in the workplace. Stress and related burnout are triggered by a number of risk factors in the workplace: excessive work demands, dysfunctional workplace dynamics, poor employee support, poor work-life balance and lack of control over work. These factors create a climate conducive to stress or burnout. By understanding these dynamics, education offers resources to reduce, manage or prevent stressors in the workplace.
The training aims to:
- Understanding stressors and how to prevent or reduce them on employees.
- Understanding the stages of employee stress reactivity.
- Understanding the (long-term) effects of stress on employees.
- Ability to identify warning signs of stress/burnout in the workplace.
- Understanding the importance of developing and implementing strategies to prevent stress/burnout at work.
Lecturer’s presentation:
Andrej Omulec, Ph.D., was a professional cyclist until 2012, where he also achieved notable results at international level. After his sporting career, he devoted himself to fields related to his studies, especially in the field of humanitarianism. He has actively participated in more than forty summer holidays, camps and was one of the masterminds behind the summer holidays for children from foster families. He has also been the mastermind behind the involvement of therapists and supervisors in summer holidays and camps, the programme Relationship Saves and the head of the social inclusion programme at Karitas. As a volunteer, he has worked in several humanitarian organisations at the same time, which is why he was nominated for Volunteer of the Year in 2017. He is currently present in the Council of the Public Institution House for Children. Until recently, he worked at the Association of Friends of Youth Moste – Polje, where he was the head of the Will Always Finds a Way programme. In 2022, the programme was awarded the first prize in the field of social care. As of this academic year, he is working at FUDŠ as an assistant professor and lecturer at the School of Psychosocial Assistance and Counselling. He is also co-author of the book Set Me a Mirror.
The training will be delivered in a hybrid format – live at the FUDŠ premises on Leskoškova cesta 9e in Ljubljana and in a virtual environment (ZOOM).
The training starts at 14:00 and lasts until 18:00.
