November 27, 2020
Bulletin interne de l'Institut Pasteur
Let's keep in touch to help you through this time: support, contact and training
To help us all keep in touch during this difficult time, we want to offer you support in several ways, depending on your needs, profile, situation and the specific issues you are dealing with.
This week we take a look at the support and development measures introduced to help each and every one of you get through this unprecedented period.
- Additional psychological support
- you can make an appointment, in French or English, with the occupational psychologist on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9am to 1pm and 2 to 6pm, by directly emailing irene.cottin@pasteur.fr or calling 06 72 63 04 88. On Mondays and Fridays you can also contact the Occupational Health Department on 8136 if you are on campus, on 01 45 68 81 36 if you are working from home, or by email: drhst@pasteur.fr
- websites and online applications that offer advice and help you take care of your mental health
- online help and support services: 0800 130 000, every day, 24/7 – Free call
Click here for more details about the initiatives
- For anyone happy to participate in group sessions: opportunities to chat, share and discuss the current challenges
• participatory workshops led by speakers from the French National Conservatory of Arts and Trades (CNAM)
- "the meaning of work" (three two-hour modules)
- "remote working today"
• informal chat sessions about the challenges related to COVID-19, led in English by The Recess College for groups of post-doctoral fellows/PhD students and groups of PIs and managers.
Click here for more details about the initiatives (in French)
- Training and development initiatives for the current period, with a focus on working from home and the need for remote communication/cooperation
- modules open to all
• Adapting your communication techniques to remote working (in French), one-hour workshops
• Working from home, half-day practical modules
– Being organized when working from home
– Remote team work
– Boosting the visibility of your work (tools and practices)
Click here for more details about the training (in French)
- modules more specifically geared towards managers and supervisors (remote communication, feedback, management in exceptional circumstances)
Click here for more details about the training – there are still a few spaces left