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Prospective Employees

Supporting employee wellness is a balance of organizational health, relational wellbeing, and individual wellbeing.

Contact

Dr. Melisa Ellis Sandoval, LPC, NCC
Director of Wellness
303-487-2611
msandoval@wps.org
 

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Organizational Wellness

Wellness is more than self-care. At WPS our goal is to design and provide systems that support our employees as an organization. Examples of this include:

  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Wellness newsletter and employee resource website
  • Data-informed responses to employee wellbeing surveys
  • In-house mental health education opportunities including Mental Health First Aid and ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)
  • Wellness events and activities (District-wide step challenges, financial wellness night, 8-week stress management courses)
  • Employee Assistance Program to provide access for any employee and household members to address and resolve personal and workplace challenges such as:
    • Short-term therapy for work or family stress and anxiety
    • Financial and legal counseling
    • Childcare and Eldercare
    • Alcohol and Drug Abuse
    • Grief issues
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Relational Wellness

At WPS, we recognize the importance of nurturing positive relationships, fostering a climate of psychological safety, and building supportive networks.

Supports available to our employees include:

  • Emergenetics profile for every employee to discover their thinking and behavioral preferences with access to corresponding tools and learning opportunities
  • Emotional Intelligence Consultation and Coaching
  • Professional Learning Communities
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Individual Wellness

At WPS we know that every person has individual professional and personal needs that evolve over time. We have a Wellness Director who is available to support with:

  • Professional coaching opportunities and wellbeing consultations
  • Stress reduction planning
  • Aligning your workday with your values
  • FMLA/ leave of absence transition support
  • Postpartum and postnatal support
  • Crisis support
  • Community engagement and contribution activities