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Transforming Lives: The Offender Engagement Programme in England and Wales

The Offender Engagement Programme (OEP) is a transformative initiative designed to reduce re-offending through tailored one-to-one relationships between offenders and probation practitioners. By focusing on individual strengths and utilizing evidence-based practices, the OEP aims to improve engagement, optimize staff resources during financial constraints, and enhance public confidence in community sentences. Over a three-year period, the program will pilot innovative strategies across 22 trusts, integrating reflective practice and motivating interviewing into regular operations for a more effective rehabilitation experience.

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Transforming Lives: The Offender Engagement Programme in England and Wales

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  1. OFFENDER ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME Changing lives and reducing re-offending through the power of one to one relationships ENGLAND AND WALES Dr Sue Rex and Melanie Smith

  2. Why a new programme? Hitting the targets…... …..but missing the point

  3. The OEP is a 3 year change programme focussing on one to one work “ The relationship between the offender and the probation practitioner can be a powerful vehicle for changing behaviour and reducing re-offending ”

  4. OEP builds on desistance research Importance of individual relationships Not one size fits all Building on strengths and resources Human and social capital 4

  5. Aims of the OEP • To reduce offending through more effective one to one engagement • To make best use of staff time at a time of financial constraint • To increase public confidence in community sentences

  6. The OEP pilots aim to improve one to one work 22 Trusts committed to 4 pilots External Evaluation for 9 Trusts Comprehensive Internal Evaluation 6

  7. All Pilots SEED SPA RSM SPA & SEED

  8. The RSM model focuses on management activity and behaviour which supports “The Engaging Practitioner” SENIOR MANAGERS MIDDLE MANAGERS Action Learning Pro-Social Modelling The Engaging Practitioner Observed Practice Reflective Practice 8

  9. The SEED model can be used as a blueprint for effective engagement with offenders… CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Structuring Sessions Cognitive Behavioural Techniques 1:1 Pro-Social Modelling and Motivational Interviewing Risk, Need and Responsivity 9

  10. A new version of ‘The Probation Rules’ • Fewer timescale targets • More discretion and flexibility • Focus on outcomes

  11. Next steps for ‘The Probation Rules’ • Trusts create own implementation plans • Quality framework developed centrally • Changing culture to enable discretion

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