National PD Offender Strategy Dr Julian Walker Consultant Forensic - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

National PD Offender Strategy Dr Julian Walker Consultant Forensic Clinical Psychologist 1

the strategy – the vision • Reduce risk and serious offending • Early identification • Improve wellbeing • Reduce inequalities • Develop workforce • Develop leadership 2

the strategy – principles • Jointly commissioned services (MOJ/ NHS) • Jointly delivered services (NHS/NPS) • High risk first • Pathway focus • Benefit to as many people as possible • Experience based design • Separate womens ’ strategy • Independent evaluation 3

Current Status of Services • £13,000,000 commissioned • 80+ services • All 34 Probation areas have services • 18 Pipes (600 places) • 6 High Secure Services • 6 Therapeutic Communities • 2 large evaluations • All returning data/ recruited/ doing formulation 4

South of England – so far….. • Community: – community services • Male prisons: – HMP Swaleside, Standford Hill, Grendon, – Aylesbury – for young adults • Female prisons: – HMP Send, Bronzefield and Eastwood Park • KUF – Reduction in places  more bespoke training

South of England – next….. Community : • Enabling Environments for Approved Premises (Probation Hostels) • Treatment (Mentalisation Based Therapy Trial) Prison: • Psychologically Informed Planned Environments • Sex offender pathway Women’s pathway : • Mentoring and advocacy

activities Identification (screen and ask) Consultation Workforce and Development Formulation Assessment and Treatment

Tips for successful services • Experienced, psychologically minded leadership • Involvement in national programme • Carefully chosen staff • Team cohesion and staff support • Proper service user involvement 8

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Some questions • How were things for you before Pathfinder? What was wrong with services? • How are things better now? What helped? • (Audience question?) 10

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Tony Benn “Sometimes you just have to do the right thing. Without thinking about the costs, the political consequences or what people will think. You just have to get on and do what is right.” 12

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