Choices, Actions, Relationships & Emotions at HMP & YOI Foston Hall and HMP & YOI New Hall

Choices, Actions, Relationships & Emotions at HMP & YOI Foston Hall and HMP & YOI New Hall

Site Name

Choices, Actions, Relationships & Emotions at HMP & YOI Foston Hall and HMP & YOI New Hall

Address: HMP Foston Hall, Derbyshire, DE65 5DN HMP New Hall, Wakefield, WF4 4XX

Service(s) provided

Secure, Specialist, Forensic, Assessment, Therapy

CARE is an accredited offending behaviour intervention developed by NOMS for adult women in custody who have a history of violence and evidence of complex need. CARE aims to enable women to better understand their risk and needs and to support them in living a satisfying and pro‐social life. CARE does this by targeting the following areas:

  • Motivation and Engagement – to provide hope that change is possible and the support to make change
  • Insight & Awareness – to increase understanding of thoughts, feelings and behaviours that influence risk
  • Attitudes & Beliefs – to develop pro‐social ways of seeing the world that are consistent with how the woman would like to live their life
  • Emotion Management – to increase awareness into emotional states and to develop skills to better regulate emotional experiences.
  • Interpersonal Skills – to develop pro‐social skills for dealing with conflict
  • Social Inclusion and Resettlement – to develop realistic and achievable plans for the future, including the development of support networks.

Suitable for:

To be referred for CARE women should meet the following selection criteria:

  • A history of violence seen through either index offence, previous convictions or custodial behaviour. For the purposes of CARE, violence is defined as actual, attempted or threatened bodily harm to person or persons (including robbery)
  • An OVP 2‐Year Percentage Score of 30% or above or for Lifers/IPPS a high RoSH score

    • Evidence of complex need in two of the following areas:

  • History of substance misuse problems
  • History of self‐harming behaviour or history of suicidal behaviour
  • Mental health difficulties
  • Personality Disorder
  • Past difficulties in accessing or benefiting from help or treatment.

Offer:

CARE is a trauma informed and gender responsive intervention. It uses a variety of therapeutic approaches embedded within an integrative framework.
Therapeutic methods are drawn from:

  • Cognitive behaviour therapy
  • Emotion approach coaching
  • Mindfulness skills
  • Narrative therapy
  • Psycho‐education
  • Mentoring and advocacy
  • During CARE women will take part in both individual and group sessions. Materials and exercises are adapted in order to best meet each woman’s needs.
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Opening / Clinic Times

Telephone

Email

General enquiries about CARE:
Natalie.Smith@noms.gsi.gov.uk
(National Specialist Lead, Intervention
Services)

URL

Referral

24 places available each year at Foston Hall
24 places available each year at New Hall (16 in 2014/15)

    Approx intervention length:

  • Phase 1: treatment planning (approx 3 months)
  • Phase 2: engagement phase (approx 3 weeks)
  • Phase 3: core phase (approx 10 weeks)
  • Phase 4: consolidation (approx 2 years)
  • Consolidation phase work will be completed by the woman as they progress through their sentence and potentially out into the community. Within this phase there is a heavy focus on mentoring/advocacy.
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Address:

HMP Foston Hall, Derbyshire, DE65 5DN HMP New Hall, Wakefield, WF4 4XX