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Being supportive means giving up control
Cancer causes Anxiety
Cancer causes fatigue
Cancer causes pain
Change your lifestyle to reduce your cancer risk
Creating a point of contact for staff with cancer who can provide them with guidance, signposting, and compassionate support
Don’t bury your head in the sand!
Ease the Transition
Guard Their Professional Identity
How cancers present
How to have supportive conversations around cancer
How to look after yourself following difficult conversations
How to support colleagues returning to work after cancer treatment
Implement a 10-Minute “Decompression Buffer”
Introduction to cancer
Keep Support Practical and Low-Pressure
Medical steps to reduce your cancer risk
Newer, “Smart” Treatments
Normal is good
Practice “Mental Dumping” aka Write it Out
Professional and personal support
Reasonable adjustments
Reasonable adjustments to ensure protected time for treatment, appointments, and medical consultations for staff with a cancer diagnosis
Reasonable adjustments to the equipment provided for staff with a cancer diagnosis
Reasonable adjustments to the physical working environment for staff with a cancer diagnosis
Reasonable adjustments to the working arrangements and processes for staff members with a cancer diagnosis
Reintegrating employees following cancer treatment
Reset the Conversational Baseline
Resource implications for reintegrating employees following cancer treatment
Resourcing a point of contact for staff with cancer
Separate “Empathy” from “Problem-Solving”
Set Clear Emotional Boundaries for the Rest of the Day
Staff roles and responsibilities in respect of reintegrating employees following cancer treatment
Streamlining processes for time off for treatment, appointments, and medical consultations for staff with a cancer diagnosis
Test page
The Distinction Between Benign and Malignant
The importance of creating a point of contact for staff with cancer
The managers’ roles and responsibilities in respect of reintegrating employees following cancer treatment
The Most Prevalent Types and Early Warning Signs
The physical and emotional side effects of cancer and cancer treatments
Traditional treatments for cancer
Training for a point of contact for staff with cancer
Treatment causes side effects too
Types of cancer
Types of treatment
Types of treatment by timing
Understand the “New Normal”
Understanding what Stages and Grades mean
Use Peer De-briefing (Without Breaking Trust)
Using texts and emails
Welcome to this training programme for staff working in Cancer United Businesses
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