Criminal Justice

Adult Services Directorate - Criminal Justice

Type of Intervention

  • Residential - Two Supported Accommodation Units
    • Innis Centre
    • Dismas House
  • Provision of specialised residential placements with enhanced supervision for male Offenders assessed as medium and high risk of re-offending.
  • Community Support - Floating Support
    • Axis
    • Circles of support
  • Extern provides approximately 50% of residential beds in Northern Ireland.

Methods

Interventions are considered at every stage of an offender's placement - referral, arrival, planning, service provision, ongoing review and exit. Interventions aim to reduce the risk of re-offending and harm as well as assist with successful re-integration into the community.

 Individual  Group    Community
  • Offence Focused Work
  • Risk Assessment and Management
  • Ongoing and responsive Needs Assessment
  • Inter-Agency Working
  • Multi-Disciplinary Working
  • Health Care - Physical/ Mental Health
  • Constructive Use of Time
  • Group Care
  • Group Work
  • Risk Assessed Recreation/  Group Activities
  • Diversionary Programmes
  • Move-on Programme - preparation  for reintegration into the community
  • Resettlement
  • Multi-Agency Working
  • Close liaison with
  • Floating Support to
  • ensure a seamless service


 Individual  Group    Social
  • Cognitive Behavioural Work
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Systems Theory
  • Pro-Social Modelling
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Ongoing Risk Assessment and management arrangements (Brearley and Harris Models)
  • Ongoing Reviews and Support Plans
  • Risk Management Meetings
  • Public Protection Arrangements NI (PPANI)
  • Local Area Public Protection Panel (LAPPP)
  • Service User Involvement- access to case notes and monthly review reports.
  • Social & Life-skills Programme
  • Individually tailored Contracts
  • Care Plans
  • Mental and Physical Health Care Reviews
  • Theory into Practice - Theories of Loss, Attachment, Change, Addiction and Offending etc
    • Group Care
    • Social & Life-skills Programme/ Group-Work
    • Information Sessions
    • Residents Meetings
    • Service-User Feedback
    • Interpersonal Skills
    • Personal Care
    • Personal Development
    • Educational/  Training Support
    • Social & Life-skills  Programmes