Support4Resilience: working meeting on the digital toolbox with representatives from the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and leaders from Fondazione Casa Cardinale Maffi
On April 28, 2026, a working meeting was held at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna as part of the European project Support4Resilience (S4R). The meeting involved representatives from the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Nicola Bellé, Paola Cantarelli, Jasna Pocek, and Luca Scopis) and leaders from Fondazione Casa Cardinale Maffi. This was the first in a series of meetings that will take place over the coming year to support the implementation and use of the digital toolbox.
The meeting aimed to prepare leaders of residential elderly care facilities to use the Support4Resilience Toolbox, a tool developed to promote organizational resilience and the mental wellbeing of healthcare and social care workers.
During the working session, participants were introduced to the development process behind the toolbox and to the major challenges currently affecting the health and social care sector, including increasing pressure on workers’ wellbeing and the reduction of the available workforce. Particular attention was devoted to the strategic role of leaders in promoting organizational practices aimed at supporting staff and strengthening team resilience.
The session also included a practical demonstration of the S4R toolbox and its main functionalities. Participants were guided through the different sections of the platform — “Map”, “Improve”, and “Remove” — designed respectively to collect organizational feedback from healthcare and social care workers, foster learning and reflection processes, and identify potential areas for simplification in care practices and organizational processes. During this first meeting, particular attention was devoted to the first module, “Map”.
During the meeting, leaders also began planning future activities to be carried out with staff members within their operational units. In particular, discussions focused on the organization of staff engagement activities, which represent a key component of the project’s implementation phase.
The meeting took place in a collaborative and participatory atmosphere, characterized by strong interest in the potential of the toolbox and active discussion regarding the practical aspects of its implementation within the participating facilities. The discussions highlighted the importance of shared and participatory tools to support organizational wellbeing and address the everyday challenges of care work.
The Support4Resilience project involves 14 international partners across 9 countries and aims to develop innovative tools to support organizational resilience and mental wellbeing in healthcare and social care settings.
