Abstract
Introduction: the article analyzes possibilities and topical issues of developing the readiness of correctional officers to act in emergency situations in educational process in educational institutions, taking into account requirements of the competence-based approach. Aim: to identify problems and ways to address them in the framework of developing cadets’ readiness to act in emergency situations in penal institutions; the aim is achieved with the help of the following means: generalization of pedagogical experience in the application of the competence-based approach in education and the requirements of professional activity of penitentiary system staff; and analysis of the content of educational programs and programs of academic disciplines. Methods: theoretical analysis of the research problem, theoretical methods of formal and dialectical logic, analysis of documents and statistical data, survey, interpretation. Results: analysis of the content of educational programs implemented in educational institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service, analysis of the requirements of professional and official activities dictated by the increased level of criminal danger of persons serving sentences in conditions of deprivation of liberty, analysis of the level of professional training of staff, analysis of the expectations of the heads of penitentiary institutions regarding the professional competence of graduates of educational institutions who are then employed as correctional staff – all this has shown the need to implement a comprehensive approach so as to form cognitive, behavioral, and motivational-value components of readiness for emergency situations, the need to supplement professional competencies that reflect the discussed readiness in relation to various specialties, and the need to conduct regular training in this area, especially in senior courses. Conclusions: in order to develop readiness in correctional staff efficiently, it is advisable to pay attention not only to the formation of cognitive and activity-based components, which are mainly focused on the content of educational disciplines, but also to the motivational and value-based components; circumstancthe formation of the readiness involves, along with the study of special disciplines, organization of psychological training of cadets, which contributes to the implementation of an integrated approach; it is appropriate to develop general professional competencein cadets that would reflect aspects of readiness to act in emergency situations regardless of the specialty obtained; it is important to update the knowledge and skills of how to act in the event of emergencies at the final stage of training. Keywords: Emergency situations; readiness for action; competence-based approach; competence; professional competencies; educational process; educational program; integrated approach
Highlights
Correctional staff perform their professional duties in conditions of increased danger, uncertainty and risks; one of the main requirements to the level of their professional training includes readiness to organize actions in emergency situations
When determining the content of professional competencies that reflect the readiness to act in emergency situations, we used the analysis of documents
Emergency situations at the facilities of the penal system, which include group disobedience, mass riots, hostage-taking by inmates, escapes, and armed attacks on institutions are criminal phenomena of increased public danger. They are characterized by openness and demonstrativeness of actions, physical and psychological violence, material harm inflicted in order to put pressure on the administration and representatives of the authorities; they pose an actual threat to the security of society, correctional staff, and persons sentenced to imprisonment; they lead to unpredictable criminal implications, disorganization of the activities of penal institutions; dealing with such implications requires huge expenditures of human and material resources
Summary
Correctional staff perform their professional duties in conditions of increased danger, uncertainty and risks; one of the main requirements to the level of their professional training includes readiness to organize actions in emergency situations. An example of the transition of group disobedience into mass riots can be found the events that occurred in April 2020 in the Penal Colony-15 (IK-15) (city of Angarsk) of the Directorate General of FSIN Russia in the Irkutsk Oblast Such events are characterized as stressful and going beyond the norms and established rules, which requires that staff assess the situation promptly, evaluate it and predict further events, make decisions, perform algorithms of actions under regulatory legal acts to prevent emergencies, ensure personal safety taking into account the specific situation, organize interaction with correctional staff, and with other interacting bodies, demonstrate the skills of self-control and mobilization of their resources to perform official tasks in the changed conditions, etc
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