Introducing Peer Mentoring and Staff Champion roles in a custodial setting
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The course provides participants with a framework to explore the opportunities and challenges of establishing peer mentoring and staff champions for care experienced people in prison.
This unique course supports people in prison, staff and management, to explore in a safe environment the issues to be considered when introducing a peer mentoring and staff champion scheme. |
This training contains the voice of lived experience and enables the participants to comfortably share their insights to create a firm foundation for project implementation.
Who should attend?
Course Objectives
Duration
2 x 4 hour days
Delivery of 4 face to face workshops which include one workshop exclusively for people in prison and one for staff, coupled with two joint workshops bringing both groups together.
- People in custody identified as potential peer guides
- Staff identified as potential staff champions for care experienced people
- Leaders tasked with implementing the schemes
Course Objectives
- Understanding the impact of being in care
- The impact of trauma
- The possibility of change and recovery
- Exploration of the strengths and opportunities of peer mentors / champions
- Exploration of the worries and concerns
- Exploration of solutions
- Practical skills building
- Caring for self, when caring for others
- Future planning
Duration
2 x 4 hour days
Delivery of 4 face to face workshops which include one workshop exclusively for people in prison and one for staff, coupled with two joint workshops bringing both groups together.
For more information on any of the training offered by the Rees Foundation, please get in touch with us by calling 0330 094 5645 or by emailing contactus@reesfoundation.org
