2015-16

PERFORMANCE, ACHIEVEMENTS AND OUTCOMES
Peer support for critical incidents
For employees involved in critical incidents, a Peer
Support team is established to ensure employees
and their families experiencing an adverse reaction
to a critical incident or other traumatic situations
have access to support and counselling.
Access to external counselling services are
provided through the government contracted
counselling agencies at no cost. Incident debriefing
is a structured debriefing session facilitated by the
Deputy Superintendent or Officer in Charge with
any single staff member or group of staff involved
in an incident.
Return to work
NTDCS manages the effective rehabilitation of
employees who have been injured in the course
of their employment and in consultation with the
case manager.
Temporarily light duty placements are available for
Correctional Services Officers faced with physical
injury or medical illness. It provides employees the
opportunity to return to work after a work related
physical injury or medical illness, where a limited
period of modified duty is required for medical
reasons. Light duty placements may also benefit
officers with non-work related physical injury or
medical illness when available, designated areas
are identified with Correctional Centres and are
subject to operational requirements.
Sun Protection
Sun Protection is provided for prisoners and staff
working outdoors at all facilities. Outdoor workers
are encouraged to wear broad brimmed hats, long
sleeved shirts and long pants or equivalent. A
minimum requirement is the wearing of a broad
brimmed hat. Sunscreen is also provided and used
in accordance to the manufacturer's directions
with a minimum sun protector factor of 15+ with a
broad spectrum cover.
Health and Wellbeing
We are committed to providing a safe and
secure work environment for our employees
and have therefore developed initiatives
and programs to increase their health and
wellbeing.
The following are examples of these initiatives:
• Employee Assistance Programs
There are four Employee Assistance
Program providers that our employees
and their families can access for
confidential counselling services
and professional advice. Information
about these providers is available on
the intranet and their services are
also promoted to staff as part of the
orientation program.
• No Smoking Policy
NTDCS implemented a Smoke Free
Policy on 1 July 2013. The policy
provides the framework for smoke
free NTDCS facilities and applies to all
people in NTDCS custody, visiting or
working within NTDCS facilities.
Vaccinations/immunisations
As part of our wellbeing strategy, NTDCS offer
free annual influenza vaccinations to staff. In
May 2016, 221 staff had taken the opportunity
to participate in the Vaccination Program
across six NTDCS sites.
Number of
vaccinations
Site
71 Alice Springs Correctional Centre
24 Alice Springs Community
Corrections
7 Casuarina Community Corrections
61 Darwin Correctional Centre
42 NTDCS Head Office
16 Palmerston Community
Corrections
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