Caring for the Caregivers: Supporting Employee Mental Health & Well-being at WJCS

2026-05-21T15:07:27-04:00May 21st, 2026|Categories: Mental Health, Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: , , , |

At WJCS, we know that caring for those who come to us for support starts with providing care and support for our team members. While mental health and human services work comes with a sense of pride, fulfillment, and altruistic achievement, this critical work can also come with stress and vicarious trauma. That’s why we take a trauma-informed holistic approach to employee self-care and well-being since as the old adage goes, “you cannot pour from an empty cup.” WJCS has made many strides over the past years to become a Trauma-Informed agency. This means that we prioritize physical and emotional ...