Staff wellness
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This document discusses staff wellness and stress management for corrections workers. It notes that while profession alone does not directly correlate to higher risks, stress does correlate to risky behaviors. Common causes of stress for corrections workers are discussed, as are unhealthy ways that people often cope with stress, such as smoking, drinking, and drug use. The document advocates for developing personal wellness in emotional, physical, intellectual, occupational, spiritual, and social domains to better manage stress. Achieving balance across these domains can help to reduce risks to health from unmanaged stress.
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- 1. Staff WellnessStaff Wellness MCA ConferenceMCA Conference 20062006 Missoula, MTMissoula, MT Curt Swenson & Winnie Ore,Curt Swenson & Winnie Ore, Montana Dept. of CorrectionsMontana Dept. of Corrections Training BureauTraining Bureau
- 2. StressStress • Good NewsGood News – No direct correlation between profession andNo direct correlation between profession and suicide, divorce, chemical dependency, etc.suicide, divorce, chemical dependency, etc. • Bad NewsBad News – There is a direct relationship betweenThere is a direct relationship between STRESSSTRESS and high-risk behaviors.and high-risk behaviors.
- 3. Causes of StressCauses of Stress • Workplace ViolenceWorkplace Violence • Shift WorkShift Work • DeadlinesDeadlines • OvertimeOvertime • PaperworkPaperwork • Offender/Staff RatiosOffender/Staff Ratios – CaseloadsCaseloads – OvervrowdingOvervrowding – Staff shortagesStaff shortages
- 4. How Do We Cope with Stress?How Do We Cope with Stress? • SmokingSmoking • DrinkingDrinking • GamblingGambling • DrugsDrugs • PromiscuityPromiscuity • CaffeineCaffeine • What about you?What about you?
- 5. Implications of StressImplications of Stress • Sick Leave Abuse (20%)Sick Leave Abuse (20%) • IllnessIllness • Relationship IssuesRelationship Issues • Chemical AbuseChemical Abuse • DeathDeath – SuicideSuicide – OtherOther
- 6. Lifestyle Environment Heredity Health Care Lifestyle 53% Environment 21% Heredity 16% Health Care 10% Causes of Pre-Mature Death in the U.S.
- 7. It’s not the job that puts us atIt’s not the job that puts us at risk, it’s therisk, it’s the stress!!stress!! And moreAnd more importantly,importantly, HOW WE DEALHOW WE DEAL WITH IT!!!WITH IT!!!
- 10. EMOTIONALEMOTIONAL • Feel positive and enthusiastic about yourFeel positive and enthusiastic about your self and lifeself and life • Emotionally well personEmotionally well person • Maintain satisfying relationships withMaintain satisfying relationships with othersothers
- 11. The EQ TestThe EQ Test
- 12. I AM . . .I AM . . . • 11 • 22 • 33 • 44 • 55
- 13. VisualizationVisualization • Best work day you can rememberBest work day you can remember • With as much detail as you can rememberWith as much detail as you can remember
- 14. You can change yourYou can change your EQ.EQ. You are stuck with your IQ forever.You are stuck with your IQ forever.
- 16. PhysicalPhysical • Encourage cardiovascular enduranceEncourage cardiovascular endurance • Flexibility, strength and physical activityFlexibility, strength and physical activity • Food and nutritionFood and nutrition • General self-careGeneral self-care
- 18. OCCUPATIONALOCCUPATIONAL • Preparing for workPreparing for work • Gain personal satisfactionGain personal satisfaction • Related to your attitude about workRelated to your attitude about work
- 19. Small group exercise…Small group exercise… • 15 minutes to discuss and chart the15 minutes to discuss and chart the following question.following question. – Why do you do what you do?Why do you do what you do?
- 21. INTELLECTUALINTELLECTUAL • Encourage creativity through stimulatingEncourage creativity through stimulating mental activitiesmental activities • Use the intellectual and cultural activitiesUse the intellectual and cultural activities within your communitywithin your community
- 24. SPIRITUALSPIRITUAL • Involves seeking meaning and purpose inInvolves seeking meaning and purpose in human existencehuman existence • Develop a strong sense of personalDevelop a strong sense of personal values and ethicsvalues and ethics
- 25. I wish you the strength of all elements
- 26. The one who takes your hand but touches your heart is a true Friend
- 27. We seldom think of what we have, but always think of what we miss
- 28. Don ' t cry because it ' s over now, laugh because it happened
- 29. The more precisely you plan, the harder destiny will hit you
- 30. What happens, happens for a reason
- 31. Don't make an effort because the best things happen, when you least expect them
- 32. The greatest events, aren't the loudest, but the most quiet hours
- 33. The most difficult lesson to learn is: Which bridge in life to use or which one to break off
- 34. Everybody sees how you seem, however, only some know who you are
- 35. He who would like to have something he never had, will have to do something well, that he hasn’t done yet
- 36. Perhaps God would want you to become acquainted with many different people in the course of your life, so that when you meet the right ones, you can appreciate and be grateful for them
- 37. Plan for tomorrow but LIVE for today
- 38. Love doesn't require two people look at each other, but that they look together in the same direction. (Antoine de Saint Exupery)
- 39. Life is drawing without an eraser
- 40. I wish you always: Air to breath, Fire to warm you, Water to drink and The earth to live in. I hope you enjoyed it and have a great day !I hope you enjoyed it and have a great day !
- 42. SOCIALSOCIAL • Personal contributions for the greater goodPersonal contributions for the greater good • Interdependence with others and natureInterdependence with others and nature • Pursuit of harmony with familyPursuit of harmony with family
- 43. The Name GameThe Name Game
Editor's Notes
- Beach ball toss
- Why do you do what you do?
- 15 minutes to discuss & chart Full group report out