Course length: 1 day

Who should attend?

This course has been developed for disability and community sector workers providing front line support to people with cognitive disability who are leaving custody and transitioning back to the community.

Course Description

The purpose of this course is to increase the awareness of support workers to the challenges experienced by people with cognitive disability, who are exiting custody and transitioning to the community.

The training aims to equip workers with the skills to support clients to mitigate risk of harm while transitioning from a custodial environment, to develop strengths and protective factors that may reduce the risk of re-offending, and identify the need for referral to ensure holistic support networks are established.

Outcomes from the workshop

By the end of the workshop, it is expected that participants will:

• Have developed an understanding of how our own values, beliefs and attitudes can impact on our interactions when providing post release support to clients.
• Be able to assess their own skills, set against the support needs of the client, and make appropriate referrals.
• Have gained increased awareness of how stress, crisis and trauma associated with custody and release into the community can impact on successful engagement and communication with clients.
• Have developed an understanding of the barriers clients with cognitive disability experience following release from custody, and how to support clients to address these barriers.
• Gain the skills to identify risk and protective factors, and incorporate strategies to respond to these factors into support plans – with the aim of reducing the risk of returning to custody.
• Gain an understanding of the Good Lives Model principles, and how these can be applied, to support people to reduce offending behaviours.
• Have developed awareness of Trauma Informed Care practices and can apply these in their roles.

Details of course venues and dates

To register for a course please choose your venue and date and then enter your details for that course – there is no charge, but numbers are limited. This registration form is hosted within the CCWT registration/database system, so a new window from that site will open for you to enter your details.

You will notice our registration system has changed from earlier DJP courses, as we have installed a new database registration system. We are aware that a few people have had problems with this registration system when using some early versions of Internet Explorer (version 9 and below).

So, if you do experience difficulties registering for this course we recommend using another web browser to access the system – such as Chrome or Firefox, or access the registration system using your mobile phone or tablet. If you continue to experience issues or need help completing the form, please contact us via training@disabilityjustice.edu.au