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

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

3 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 the strategy – principles

£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 Current Status of Services

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 and Formulation Assessment and Treatment Workforce Development

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

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

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12 “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.” Tony Benn

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