Impacts of Professionalization and Wellbeing Policies on Scottish Prison Workers.
Impacts of Professionalization and Wellbeing Policies on Scottish Prison Workers.
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DOI：
10.3389/fsoc.2021.757583
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Tombs J
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文献类型：
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作者：
Fletcher A;McKie L;MacPherson I;Tombs J
监狱工作人员占据着一个利基角色。平衡囚犯的照顾和福利，同时限制他们的自由，是一项充满压力的工作，充满危险，完全发生在监狱的有限背景下。在这里，幸福和专业精神通过一系列政策紧密联系在一起。本文探讨了工作人员对苏格兰监狱管理局(SPS)一系列福利和培训政策的看法和经验。我们采访了10名SPS员工，其中一些人直接与囚犯打交道，另一些人在更集中的政策制定和支持角色中工作。专题分析发现，人们对这些政策高度满意，但强调了这些政策的执行与监狱方面的具体挑战之间的紧张关系。新出现的主题包括：支持监狱世界复杂动态中的福祉；解决因潜在暴力威胁而产生的内在紧张关系；以及职业化的影响。我们的结论是，虽然监狱部门渴望为员工提供类似于其他部门的福利和职业化机会，但这种政策需要更清楚地反映监狱工作的独特背景。这可能涉及共同设计政策，并更仔细地考虑这种稀有环境的压力、紧张和特质。
Prison workers occupy a niche role. Balancing the care and welfare of prisoners while simultaneously restricting their freedoms is a stressful job, laced with danger, that occurs entirely within the bounded context of the prison. Here, wellbeing and professionalism are closely linked and articulated through a range of policies. This article explores the perceptions and experiences of staff in relation to a range of wellbeing and training policies in the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). We interviewed 10 SPS employees, some working directly with prisoners and others in more centralised policy development and support roles. Thematic analysis found a high degree of contentment with such policies but highlighted tensions between their implementation and specific challenges of the prison context. Emerging themes included: supporting wellbeing within the complex dynamic of the prison world; addressing inherent tensions borne out of the underlying threat of violence; and the impact of professionalization. We conclude that while the prison service aspires to offer employees wellbeing and professionalization opportunities similar to those in other sectors, there is a need for such policies to more clearly reflect the unique context of prison work. This might involve co-design of policies and more careful consideration of the pressures, tensions and idiosyncrasies of that rarefied environment.
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