Elements and Performance Criteria
- Maintain the health of offenders
- Check the special needs of offenders and how they relate to the correctional environment.
- Interact with offenders to identify and check on any problems.
- Give offenders the information they need to protect their health, and avoid stress and risk to their welfare.
- Help offenders to cope with and resolve problems that may affect their health and welfare.
- Give accurate and relevant information on health issues.
- Report health and safety concerns to authorised people.
- Refer offenders to specialists according to policies and guidelines.
- Promote safety
- Assess risks to safety and respond, giving priority to the protection of people involved.
- Access organisational resources to maintain current knowledge and skills in relation to emergency responses.
- Assess incidents and call for extra support according to emergency procedures.
- Respond immediately to requests for support from colleagues.
- Record all incidents in the form and detail required.
- Provide information about the incident and participate in review of the incident and response.
- Ensure that the environment is maintained to prevent and remove hazards.
- Promote safe practices in all activities.
- Supervise the use of personal protective clothing and footwear by offenders for all activities requiring it.
- Ensure conduct and contact with offenders minimise intrusion on personal privacy and provocation of aggressive behaviour.
- Maintain the health of offenders
- Check the special needs of offenders and how they relate to the correctional environment.
- Interact with offenders to identify and check on any problems.
- Give offenders the information they need to protect their health, and avoid stress and risk to their welfare.
- Help offenders to cope with and resolve problems that may affect their health and welfare.
- Give accurate and relevant information on health issues.
- Report health and safety concerns to authorised people.
- Refer offenders to specialists according to policies and guidelines.
- Promote safety
- Assess risks to safety and respond, giving priority to the protection of people involved.
- Access organisational resources to maintain current knowledge and skills in relation to emergency responses.
- Assess incidents and call for extra support according to emergency procedures.
- Respond immediately to requests for support from colleagues.
- Record all incidents in the form and detail required.
- Provide information about the incident and participate in review of the incident and response.
- Ensure that the environment is maintained to prevent and remove hazards.
- Promote safe practices in all activities.
- Supervise the use of personal protective clothing and footwear by offenders for all activities requiring it.
- Ensure conduct and contact with offenders minimise intrusion on personal privacy and provocation of aggressive behaviour.