National PD Offender Strategy
Dr Julian Walker
Consultant Forensic Clinical Psychologist
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the strategy – the vision
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Reduce risk and serious offending
Early identification
Improve wellbeing
Reduce inequalities
Develop workforce
Develop leadership
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the strategy – principles
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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
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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
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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
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Formulation
Workforce
Development
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
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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?)
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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.”
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