About this resource
Helping work is meaningful and demanding. This plan helps clinicians name their warning signs, set workload boundaries, plan recovery activities, use supervision and peer support, and identify organisational changes to raise, recognising burnout is not only an individual issue.
Purpose
To support sustainable practice and early responses to burnout.
Who it is for
Primary profession: Allied health and multidisciplinary teams. Also relevant for social workers, psychologists, counsellors and therapists.
Client or participant group: Allied health clinicians.
Practice setting: Supervision and professional development.
Suggested uses
- Supervision
- Professional development
- Team wellbeing initiatives
- Returning from leave
Instructions for practitioners
- Complete honestly and privately.
- Discuss in supervision.
- Raise organisational issues through appropriate channels.
- Review regularly.
Accessibility considerations
Editable HTML source available for adaptation.
Scope and limitations
A self-care planning tool. It does not replace employee assistance or health care.
Research basis
Burnout reflects mismatches between people and their work demands, and is addressed through both organisational and individual strategies. Clinical supervision and structured reflection support learning, safe practice and professional development.
- Gibbs, G. (1988). Learning by doing: A guide to teaching and learning methods. Further Education Unit, Oxford Polytechnic. https://thoughtsmostlyaboutlearning.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/learning-by-doing-graham-gibbs.pdf
- Maslach, C., & Leiter, M. P. (2016). Understanding the burnout experience: recent research and its implications for psychiatry. World Psychiatry, 15(2), 103–111. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20311
- Milne, D. (2007). An empirical definition of clinical supervision. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 46(4), 437–447. https://doi.org/10.1348/014466507x197415
What is included
A 2-page printable A4 PDF, including a practitioner notes page with the research basis (version 1.0).
Originality
Original Practitioner Plus content: wording, activity structure, layout and icons were created for this resource. No third-party worksheets, illustrations or text were reproduced.
