Wellness and Belonging Statement
Goodwill Industries of Northwest Ohio “Goodwill” is committed to building dignity and enhancing quality of life for individuals and families throughout Northwest Ohio through the Power of Work by eliminating barriers and providing opportunities. Goodwill achieves this mission by interacting with the respective communities to which it serves. Each community, and our community as a whole, is comprised of people from a variety of backgrounds.
In order to remain people-centric, Goodwill finds it important to pay attention and recognize individuals within the community by respecting and acknowledging what makes us all different. Goodwill Industries of Northwest Ohio has a plan, which embraces the wellness and belonging of the persons who have a stake in Goodwill.
The Wellness and Belonging Plan is designed to demonstrate the understanding and care Goodwill places on all individuals regardless of where they are in life.
Goodwill respects and embraces the variety of lived experiences of which it is privileged to be a part of. Our vision of transforming lives through the Power of Work, one person at a time, is realized through Goodwill exacting its Wellness and Belonging Plan.
Goodwill seeks to improve the quality of life for all staff, persons served, families, and organizations that encounter our agency. We expect to achieve our goal by educating and training our staff members on the dynamics of our growing and diverse community. Through this commitment, we will enhance our awareness, compassion, and ability to interact with others who are different from ourselves with dignity, respect, patience, and understanding.
Embracing belonging in the workplace makes for better creativity, acceptance, tolerance, and innovation. It also broadens the range of knowledge, skills, and abilities of our staff members. Better program decisions can be made based on diverse, lived experience perspectives. As an agency, our focus throughout this plan will enable us to improve our ability to provide sensitive services to the individuals we serve.
Goodwill’s vision for lived experience and linguistic competent services is:
- Services that give understanding of and respect for individuals’ beliefs and values.
- Staff that respect values, interpersonal styles, attitudes, and behaviors of individuals, families, and communities they serve.
- Administrative, management, and mission services that include routine assessments and implementation of processes; which will result in a workforce that is competent in a system that provides the highest quality of services to all communities.
Commitment
Publicize commitment to wellness and belonging.
Demonstrate policy that ensures zero tolerance towards negative actions and behaviors throughout workplace.
Provide an accessible workplace for those with reasonable accommodations requests.
Provide communication systems that offer Team Members an opportunity to report acts of harassment and discrimination.
Promote lived experience as a value-add tool to better serve our clients.
Participate in events, forums, and community partnerships to further explore lived experience as it pertains to mission programming.
Implement work/life balance work schedules.
Based on data, develop mission programs to ensure inclusive services.
Annually review documents specific to various populations.
Board development and awareness of lived experience and areas of expertise within the Board of Directors.
Address the topic of socio-economic community concerns.
Promote the organization’s Strategic Plan and Outcomes.
Workplace Wellness Plan – Focusing on Bring Your Whole Self to Work and, mental health and well-being.
On-going educational communication on wellness and belonging topics for Team Members.
Devote resources to train and education leaders on wellness and belonging subject matter.
Continue to blend in mission services as a benefit to enhance Team Members’ work experience.
Continue to maintain a workforce reflective of Goodwill clientele.
Conduct assessment of staff and use data results for development of training.
