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Safety Bulletin February 2022
“People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring people together. “ – Michelle Obama
On February 23, 2022, organizations across Canada will be celebrating Pink Shirt Day. Pink Shirt Day grew out of a small act of kindness in 2007, when two classmates bought and distributed 50 pink shirts after a student in their school was bullied for wearing a pink shirt.
This year’s theme is “Lift Each Other Up” a simple but powerful message encouraging us to look beyond our differences and celebrate the things that make each one of us unique. At Bethany, our key values focus on being caring, showing respect, acting responsibly and embracing our diversity. Pink Shirt Day is a great way to action those values for creating caring communities.
Today our diversity is becoming more visible than ever before as people continue to embrace their cultures, identities, and true selves in more open and direct ways. This makes the need to Lift Each Other Up and have greater acceptance, respect, and inclusion for everyone so important.
So, what can each of us do to Lift Each Other Up?
- Know that it starts with you. Look at yourself and your current work environment to understand how you’re being perceived and/or how
others are being treated. - Model and support ethical, respectful behavior in your daily interactions. In order to receive respect, you must give it.
- Call out bad behaviour. If someone does something that you feel is disrespectful, speak to that person, and if you feel unsafe in doing so
speak to your manager or HR. - If you see something, say something. While you may not be the target, you have a responsibility to be a Supportive Bystander. Don’t enable bad behaviour by staying silent.
On February 23rd, how will you lift someone up? Will you do something for someone in your life, someone you work with, or yourself? Let’s show our support by wearing pink shirts.For more information, please contact:
Lesley MacKinnon
Manager, Safety
Lesley.Mackinnon@BethanySeniors.comOr
Site OHS Committee Chair or Representative
ADDITIONAL LINKS AND RESOURCES
How to Support Someone Struggling with Their Mental Health
Helping Each Other Through Trauma
Balance, Burnout and the search for CentreLifeWorks supports employee health and well-being.
Bethany employees have access to a wide range of resources such as:
- LifeWorks Blog
- Webinars and Events
- 24/7 Specialist Counselling
Bethanycaresociety.lifeworks.com
username: bcs
Password: eap
Phone: 1-877-207-8833
Phone App: LifeWorks WorkAngel - Know that it starts with you. Look at yourself and your current work environment to understand how you’re being perceived and/or how
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Bethany Recognized as One of Alberta’s Top 75 Employers 2022
Bethany Care Society has once again been recognized as one of Alberta’s Top Employers. This marks the 15th consecutive year that we have been awarded this designation that acknowledges Bethany as a truly exceptional place to work.
Top Employer is a recognition that is given to only 75 organizations across Alberta, and it is an endorsement of our organization’s efforts to attract talented people to Bethany’s vital mission of Creating Caring Communities.
Here are just a few of the reasons why we were selected as one of Alberta’s Top Employers for 2022:
- Bethany encourages employees to put their health first with a generous paid sick day policy as well as paid personal days off, which can be scheduled at employees’ discretion.
- Bethany recognizes the hard work and dedication of our employees through annual service excellence awards in various categories such as engagement, innovation and mentoring – and launched a special Heroes of Bethany campaign on social media to highlight our dedicated care and support teams during the pandemic.
- Bethany helps employees plan for the longer term with retirement planning assistance and employer contributions to savings plans such as defined benefit, defined contribution and matching RSPs, varying with employee group.
Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to Bethany. Please join us in celebrating this special milestone recognition!
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BethanyU: Learn. Develop. Grow.
What is BethanyU?
We are excited to launch BethanyU! BethanyU is a centralized learning portal/learning management system (LMS) which provides “U” with a customized learning experience. It allows for instructor-led training and delivers online learning through a combination of video and interactive multimedia such as: interactive knowledge checks, engaging images and quizzes. It contains both required and optional learning.
BethanyU is an organization-wide initiative created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Together the Learning & Development, Clinical Education and IT teams developed the learning portal to deliver online education suited to your needs. Over 100 employees have already experienced BethanyU as part of their orientation and the feedback has been very positive!
What are the Benefits of BethanyU?
It’s customized! You will have access to education customized to your role and location. You can also track your progress and view the courses you have completed.
It’s accessible! You can access BethanyU from a device of your choice – desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone!
Inside BethanyU
When you open BethanyU, under Courses – Enrolled you will see:
- Introduction and How to Use BethanyU
- Introduction to Certifications and Renewals
And will have access to:
- Required Certifications and Renewals courses (e.g. Choking, WHMIS, Introduction to LEADS)
- The Online Learning Catalog with optional courses such as: Care Planning and Documentation, Medication Management, Psychological Health and Safety, How to View Your Pay Stub and much more.
The BethanyU Project Timeline
Phase One – September 2021 Online orientation started being delivered through BethanyU.
Phase Two – January 2022 Corporate employees, Care Service Managers (CSMs), Site Administrators and emerging leaders will receive access to BethanyU and complete their Certifications and Renewals courses.
Phase Three – April 2022 BethanyU will be open all employees for example: Health Care Aides, Licensed Practical Nurses and Registered Nurses.
What’s Next for BethanyU?
We will gradually be shifting away from assigned learning campaigns in PolicyTech and transitioning to BethanyU where you will be able to:
- Enroll in optional courses of your choice
- Complete required education and
- View your education history
We will also be continually expanding the Online Learning Catalog.
We are very excited for “U” to start your learning journey!
If you have any questions, please email BethanyU@bethanyseniors.com
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2021 Service Excellence Recognition Awards Flip Book
Our 2021 Annual Bethany Service Excellence Awards took place October 12, by a virtual Zoom presentation. During this virtual presentation, we recognized employees for their valuable contributions that align with our organizational vision. There are eight award categories and nominations that are put forward by peers, managers, co-workers and families. Two finalists from each category are selected by a review committee comprised of Board members and Executive Leadership. This year we had an overwhelming amount of nominees and many teams recognized. Thank you to everyone who participated in this event!
Let’s look back through this 2021 Board Recognition FlipBook of the nominees and finalists.
Do you know of an employee who should be recognized for their contributions? Registration of nominees for the 2022 Service Excellence Recognition Awards will be coming later this year!
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Safety Bulletin January 2022
Our Bethany values inspire, empower, and guide our daily interactions with one another, which are foundational to creating a respectful workplace. We must be aware of how our own actions impact others, while also understanding their perspectives as well. We each play a role in building a more respectful workplace by being more self-aware of our reactions and triggers when conflict occurs.
What is self-awareness?
Being self-aware is the ability to notice your feelings, your reactions, your habits, your behaviours and your thoughts. It helps you understand how people see you, your opinions and your reactions to others in the moment. We can practice self-awareness by thinking about how might our actions have impacted others or caused some sort of conflict, and how we can do things differently in the future.Applying the three skills below can help develop better self-awareness and improve our relationships both at work and in our personal lives.
- Self-reflection – recognizing your emotions, triggers and biases, be curious about the views of others
- Self-regulation – manage your emotions so they don’t impact you or others in a negative way
- Self-expression – manage your actions, including your choice in words, body language and tone
Developing self-awareness takes practice
At first, it might feel strange and vulnerable to reflect on the role we’ve played in a conflict or negative situation. The goal of developing self-awareness is to be able to respectfully handle conflict when it happens or soon afterwards by taking responsibility for our part in the conflict, versus avoiding the situation and letting things build-up to the point of damaging a relationship.
Always take care of yourself
If you find you struggle building your self-awareness, don’t forget to practice self-compassion. Be kind to yourself; no one is perfect. Self-compassion and building resiliency can help us cope with the ups and downs of work and one’s home life. Our personal well-being impacts our interactions with others, our ability to cope with the demands of work, and how we deal with conflicts that arise in the future.For more information, please contact:
Lesley MacKinnon
Manager, Safety
Lesley.Mackinnon@BethanySeniors.comOr
Site OHS Committee Chair or Representative
ADDITIONAL LINKS AND RESOURCES
Dealing with Conflict in the Workplace
Diversity at Work (to read article, login to Lifeworks)
Managing Conflict in the Workplace (to read article, login to Lifeworks)
LifeWorks supports employee health and well-being.
Bethany employees have access to a wide range of resources such as:
- LifeWorks Blog
- Webinars and Events
- 24/7 Specialist Counselling
Bethanycaresociety.lifeworks.com
username: bcs
Password: eap
Phone: 1-877-207-8833
Phone App: LifeWorks WorkAngel -
Bethany Scholarships & Awards Program 2021
Scholarships Program Expanded to Support Next Generation Leaders
Two Founders’ Bursary Awards and nine new Bethany Scholarships celebrating excellence in scholastic achievement, outstanding leadership and commitment to the community were presented on November 23rd via a virtual ceremony. This expanded Bethany Scholarships & Awards Program was made possible by donations from Burgundy Asset Management and private donors, which were matched by Bethany Care Foundation.
Congratulations to all the recipients. We wish you the best in your future endeavours!
Founders’ Bursary Awards
- Morgan Rolfe
- Traci Edmondson
Bethany Scholarships Awards
- Alisha Coules
- Angelica Aspiras
- Brooklyn Riopel
- Danyelle Bouvier
- Harsimrit Lakhyan
- Hilary Galbraith
- Jamie Kackinaw
- Janae Richards
- Sam Parkuski
Click here for the virtual presentation.Founders’ Bursary Awards RecipientsBethany Scholarships Awards Recipients