![]() The team has referred people to outside agencies who are dealing with financial hardship, in need of mortgage payment assistance, or seekingĬancer support. The RIDOC’s Stress Team networks with the following companies, hospitals, or clinicians for extended care for employees: Adcare Hospital, Arbour Fuller Hospital, Bailey Associates, Family Services of Rhode Island, Kent County Hospital, Meadows Edge Recovery, the Providence Center, Roger Williams Hospital, Starr, and Treatment Solutions Network located in Florida and California. Members are sworn to confidentiality so much of their work, by necessity, goes unnoticed. Employees must feel safe to reach out to the team and to be able to trust each member. The volunteer team operates in five different areas: referral, voluntary treatment, post-traumatic stress, education/training, and critical incident debriefing. To assists its employees and their families in dealing with this challenging environment, the Rhode Island Department of Corrections has put in place a Stress Team, comprised of 17 staff members who are on calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Their work often goes unrecognized and some of what they see and experience in the course of a “normal day” is difficult for the average lay person to fathom. Corrections is at the tail end of the criminal justice system, and corrections professionals work behind prison walls with those whom the rest of society has marginalized and largely ignores. – Decem– Stress is a natural by-product of working in corrections. ![]() RIDOC Stress Team Quietly Responds to the Needs of Employees and Families in a Stressful EnvironmentĬRANSTON, R.I.
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