staff wellbeing

Contemporary leadership evidence for probation and youth justice services

[HMI Probation (2026)]

How transformational leadership can support staff engagement, satisfaction and performance. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection].

Keywords: leadership, management, staff wellbeing

The cost of caring: compassion fatigue in probation practice

[HMI Probation (2026)]

Compassion fatigue in probation practice and how to support staff suffering vicarious trauma. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection].

Keywords: staff wellbeing

Staff Support Guide

[Hewell prison (2022)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a Staff Support Guide, given to all staff in the establishment, helping to make sure that they are aware of the full range of support services available to them and how to access them.

Keywords: staff wellbeing

Staff:Family Open Days

[Grendon prison (2022)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a programme of regular (quarterly) open days for the family members of staff, providing an opportunity for staff to show their family members around the prison.

Keywords: staff wellbeing, staff morale

PSJ Special Edition: The Health and Wellbeing of Prison Staff

[Prison Service Journal (2023)]

This special edition of the Prison Service Journal focuses on factors impacting on the health and wellbeing of staff and how they might be ameliorated.

Keywords: staff wellbeing

A Qualitative Study of Vicarious Trauma in Prison Officers

[Prison Service Journal (2020)]

Research into the impact that working with prisoners can have on frontline staff.

Keywords: staff wellbeing