United Counseling Service wins 2024 Vermont Governor’s Excellence in Worksite Wellness Gold Level Award

United Counseling Service (UCS) is a winner of the 2024 Vermont Governor’s Excellence in Worksite Wellness Gold Level Award, presented by the Vermont Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports in partnership with the Vermont Department of Health. This award is presented each year to organizations across the state that make employee wellness a priority.

The UCS Worksite Wellness Committee engaged staff in several worksite wellness initiatives this year, including a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program in partnership with Full Well Farm, chair massages for staff, a potluck soup event for staff, quarterly lunches at rotating office locations, and facilitating ergonomic updates for workspaces following recent ergonomic assessments.

“We are honored to receive the Excellence in Worksite Wellness Gold Level Award,” said Amy Fela, Director of Operations and Co-chair of the UCS Worksite Wellness Committee. “This achievement highlights our ongoing dedication to creating a supportive and healthy work environment.”

To learn more about the Vermont Department of Health’s Worksite Wellness Awards, please visit healthvermont.gov/wellness/worksite-wellness. To learn more about United Counseling Service and the services it provides in Bennington County, please visit ucsvt.org.

United Counseling Service (UCS) is a private, non-profit community mental health center that has been an essential part of Bennington County’s integrated healthcare system since 1958. The organization has been designated as a Center of Excellence by Vermont Care Partners. UCS promotes healthy lifestyles through all its programs and offers care at 15 different facilities, including two primary outpatient facilities in Bennington and Manchester. UCS provides outpatient counseling and addiction services, emergency mental health services, extensive rehabilitation services, home and school-based services, employment services for people recovering from mental illness or with developmental disabilities, and early childhood services.  For more information visit www.ucsvt.org.