Captains Of Lives (COL) are the heart of our organisation and the centre of the ripple of change. In Singapore Prison Service (SPS), we build and sustain a strong organisation culture that is driven by purpose and clear expectations as well as provide mental wellbeing support for our staff to function optimally at work and at home.
The SPS Desired Culture was formulated in 2022 to set clear directions and empower every COL to deliver our Mission and Vision. The Desired Culture consists of 2 main culture statements ‘COLs who Dare’ and ‘COLs who Care’ which are supplemented with 9 behavioural statements. Dare is about upskilling and pushing boundaries and Care is about building positive and collaborative relationships with each other, beneficiaries and stakeholders.
In addition, SPS adopts systemic level interventions and departmental wide initiatives and multi-layer involvements by COLs to raise awareness and create a positive culture on mental wellness. The WeWorkWell Framework was launched in August 2021 to support and enhance staff's mental health and wellbeing. It focuses on environmental and systemic level issues to provide holistic and structured approach in planning mental health initiatives.
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Dhevani Ramachandran
Assistant Director, Organisational Planning and Development, Singapore Prison Service
Ms Dhevani is the Assistant Director of the Organisational Planning and Development branch in the Strategic Planning Division. She manages the development and implementation of Organisational Development initiatives such as culture, engagement and transformation to support SPS's strategic direction. Her team leads innovation initiatives and oversees ground sensing efforts to identify improvement opportunities for the betterment of staff and organisation. Prior to this, Dhevani was also involved in the evaluation of prison regimes and development of psychological correctional programmes for penal offenders and drug abusers.
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Rashida Mohamed Zain
Senior Assistant Director, Principal Psychologist, Singapore Prison Service, Singapore
Ms Rashida is a Lead Psychologist in the Operational Psychology Branch of the Psychological and Correctional Rehabilitation Division. She oversees the mental wellbeing and crisis management for staff in the Singapore Prison Service. Trained in Clinical Psychology, she conducts clinical assessments and interventions for inmates, and therapy for SPS staff who require counselling support. Rashida is also a teaching associate at the Singapore University of Social Sciences where she teaches Forensic Psychology to undergraduate students.
