Care to the Caregivers is HealingWorks’ pioneering service to provide free and low-cost stress management skills to staff at social service agencies. HealingWorks’ experience with local community groups and agencies has taught us that caregivers on the “front lines” of social service day in and day out suffer tremendous levels of stress and burnout. Our Care to the Caregivers program works to promote the health and well-being of our community’s valuable social service workers by offering meditation, contemplative skills, and stress reduction techniques to staff from community-based organizations. We offer these services free or at a low cost in the belief that when caregivers are provided with tools to better handle job stress, they not only experience lower rates of burnout, but are also better able to serve individuals in their communities.

• To provide immediate stress relief for professional caregivers (including social workers, program coordinators, medical personnel, and other social service agency staff) through their participation in stress management programs;
• To teach participants stress reduction techniques that they can use in their daily lives;
• To empower caregivers to bring these skills back into their community, sharing them with clients, friends, and family.