Towards Corrections Fulfillment™: For New Staff (TCF)
“Towards Corrections Fulfillment™” (TCF) is a 4-hour interactive course designed to prepare today’s newest correctional professionals for a healthy and successful career in corrections. Learners are introduced to the potential of Corrections Fatigue in relation to working in a corrections environment, and are exposed to evidence-informed coping skills to maintain health and wellness in their professional and personal lives.
The TCF course includes engaging in small and large group activities, scenario-based learning, and open discussion to promote participants’ practice and eventual application of skill-based behaviors.
Course Objectives
- Participants will be able to describe the nature and causes of the accumulating effects of correctional occupational stressors–Corrections Fatigue.
- Participants will be able to identify strategies to manage stress associated with corrections work, and strategies to function at home and at work in ways that can promote their well-being.
- Participants will be able to identify strategies to increase professional fulfillment as corrections professionals.
Participants will be able to design a personalized action plan for the next 12 months through the implementation of coping strategies presented in the TCF course.