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Supervisory Support Documents

Check out the Supervisory support documents with information relating to various counseling and support services available to Supervisory Members (S-06 and M-06). Click on the links to check out the information available on specific topics and issues - contact and access information is available at the bottom of each document.

Posted: February 8, 2010
Subject: Benefits, Medical Information, Supervisor, Worker Assistance  Doc type:   Author: CCPOA
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Addressing Correctional Officer Stress: Programs and Strategies

Stress among correctional officers is widespread, according to research studies and anecdotal evidence. The threat of inmate violence against officers, actual violence committed by inmates, inmate demands and manipulation, and problems with coworkers are conditions that officers have reported in recent years can cause stress.

These factors, combined with understaffing, extensive overtime, rotating shift work

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Posted: February 4, 2010
Subject: Field Reports, Investigations, Worker Assistance  Doc type: Reports  Author: NIJ
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Stress among correctional officers is widespread, according to research studies and evidence

At the time that Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court applied for the Corrections and Law Enforcement Family Support (CLEFS) grant (June 1999), the Court was experiencing a period of wide-scale administrative changes that began in January 1998 and continued through 2000.

The Court had also seen increases in both the volume of the complaints and the severity of the offenses committed by the youth coming to its attention. These changes were expected to increase the level of stress among the workers. In addition to these circumstantial stressors, it became

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Posted: January 1, 2004
Subject: Field Reports, Medical Information, Worker Assistance  Doc type: Reports, Program Plans  Author: NIJ
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