The Time Guru

Social Work Wellbeing & Timekeeping Assessment

Thriving Under Pressure and Managing a Workload That Doesn't Stop

by Kayleigh Evans - The Time Guru for Social Work

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Instructions: For each question, select the ONE response (A-E) that most closely reflects your current experience. There are no right or wrong answers.

Confidentiality: Your responses are confidential. Individual results will only be shared with your supervisor where you have given consent. Aggregate reporting is fully anonymised.

Framework: This assessment is built on the 'Thriving Under Pressure' framework, integrating concepts including Moments of Magic, the Balloon Health Model, strategic underachievement, safe containers for tasks, urgency filtering, liminal space awareness, task batching, the cheetah/sloth pace metaphor, and the Zeigarnik Effect.

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Please answer all 50 questions to see your results

Your Overall Score

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out of 250

Supervision Discussion Prompts

Use these flexibly with your supervisor to explore your results.

  1. When did you last experience a 'moment of magic'? What made it possible?
  2. Thinking about the balloon model, what is currently filling your balloon the most?
  3. Where on the cheetah-sloth spectrum are you operating this week?
  4. Do you have a safe container for your tasks? If not, what would help?
  5. Is there an area where you could practise strategic underachievement this week?
  6. What is the single biggest barrier to you finishing work on time?
  7. How much of your unfinished-task anxiety could be reduced by externalising your task list?
  8. What does the organisation need to do differently to support your sustainability?
  9. What strengths or coping strategies are serving you well that we should build on?
  10. How has your experience changed since you last completed this assessment?

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Built on the 'Thriving Under Pressure' framework for social work