correctional staff Wellness

Overview: Employees are the biggest valuable assets in corrections, especially when managed, trained, and appropriately utilized for success. Corrections rely on well-trained, experienced, and devoted workforces to provide their community with the most cost-effective required security service and stay on track with the larger mission of public safety. The physically and mentally demanding work conditions in correctional settings are associated with numerous health and performance outcomes like exhaustion, psychological distress, dissatisfaction, and impaired work ability.

Overview: Employees are the biggest valuable assets in corrections, especially when managed, trained, and appropriately utilized for success. Corrections rely on well-trained, experienced, and devoted workforces to provide their community with the most cost-effective required security service and stay on track with the larger mission of public safety. The physically and mentally demanding work conditions in correctional settings are associated with numerous health and performance outcomes like exhaustion, psychological distress, dissatisfaction, and impaired work ability.

Overview: Employees are the biggest valuable assets in corrections, especially when managed, trained, and appropriately utilized for success. Corrections rely on well-trained, experienced, and devoted workforces to provide their community with the most cost-effective required security service and stay on track with the larger mission of public safety.

ACA visited the agency's staff wellness program to learn more about the exemplary practices it has developed and implemented. The ACA team consisting of three (3) correctional professionals, including ACA staff from the Office of Correctional Health and a correction professional from the field who works in their agency on Staff Wellness, conducted this visit.

The last decade has brought about the pioneering initiatives toward enhancing wellness for those who serve in the correctional field. Correctional wellness is not only important in this field. It is essential to maintaining the health and wellness of those who serve in this specialized career. With the never-ending needs and responsibilities which exists in a 24/7 environment, it is challenging to find the time, and space, to encourage wellness for staff.

Overview:

Changing culture is incremental in most correctional systems. This panel will discuss ways to incorporate the future of corrections into daily operations, including:
· How medical staff provide an important viewpoint
· How new construction or renovation can positively impact operations
· How to determine if a new or remodeled facility meets performance expectations
· How wellness programs impact daily operations and your long-term results.