Workplace mental wellbeing: lessons from criminal justice workers

When you think of job stresses of police officers, it’s easy to imagine the extremes, but that is not the full story.
In her work studying criminal justice workplaces and occupational stress research, Dr Amanda Biggs says the stresses that a lot of police and correctional officers face are similar to other occupations.
“People like police officers, correctional officers, people who have high-stress jobs, there’s always parts of their jobs that are very stressful and very unique, and it’s important to take those things into account,” said Dr Biggs.
“The things that really matter to them feeling valued by their organisation, and things that are common to many organisations is something I think every organisation struggles to deal with.”
Amanda says organisations and employees must ensure you feel like you are valued as an individual and not just your contributions.
“A work-life balance is imperative as is the ability to recover from work and detach

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