new beginnings: the development of a service for young male offenders aged 18-25 with traits of...
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New Beginnings: The development of a service
for young male offenders aged 18-25 with traits of
emerging personality disorder
Dr Sunil Lad - Counselling Psychologist NHFT
Keith Conlon –Prison Officer and Keyworker Swinfen Hall
Derek Johnson - Prison Officer and Keyworker Swinfen Hall
Background to the Service
O Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust (NHFT) was awarded to run a Psychologically Informed Planned Environment (PIPE) and assessment and treatment service for male offenders with traits of emerging Personality Disorder in collaboration with the Prison Service at HMP/YOI Swinfen Hall, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.
About HMP/YOI Swinfen Hall
O HMP/YOI Swinfen Hall holds approximately 650 offenders, it is a closed Young Offender institute for offenders aged 18-21 and a Category C prison for those aged 21-25. The service will be for male offenders aged between 18 to 25 years, with a history of violent and/ or sexual offending. Offenders will be serving sentences from 4 years to life.
Challenges of young men at Swinfen Hall
O Understanding “bad behaviour”O Labelling behaviour as manipulativeO Now understanding the causes and
reasons
Delta Enabling Environment
O 30 beds for assessment and treatment
O Remaining 38 beds for progression
O Group, individual work and keyworker sessions
O CAT and DBT framework
PIPEO 60 beds for PIPEO Work led by prison officersO Not therapyO Uses the Good lives model and
Desistance frameworkO Weekly structured , creative and
keyworker sessions
Enabling EnvironmentO The Enabling Environments Award is
based on core values that contribute to healthy relationships. Through a standards-based accreditation program NHFT will be supported in providing evidence that the unit achieving excellence in providing a healthy relational environment for all their offenders’.
Progress so far……O 7 men in assessment on DEE
O 18 men on PIPEO Fully staffed clinical teamO Awaiting more officers to support the
clinical teamO Working with the behaviour and the
young rather than against or ignoring
The challenges….O New service, will it work??
O Anxiety of staff and young menO High level of expectations and immediate
responses
O Introduced during austere times in the prison service and low staffing
O Ingrained paranoia and mistrust in young men
O Impulsivity leading to high levels of aggression
O Macho culture- not wanting to lose face
The challenges O Difficulty in recognising emotions
apart from angerO Stigma of those that have sexually
offendedO Introducing supervision and
reflection to an organisation that historically have not
The environmentO Punishment vs care dialectic
O Inconsistency will happen…
The successes….O Relationship between clinical and
prison staffO Men positively engaging in serviceO Training requests from prisonO Support from governor,
commissioners and other sites
Moving forwardsO Raising the profile and building
relationsO Joint training and visitsO Fully staffed – increase numbers of
men graduallyO Launch dayO Research
Any questions?O If you would like any further
information about the service please contact:
O Corinne Spearing – Service Manager email: [email protected]
O Telephone:01543 484163