Guidance for training of workers from places of imprisonment

Tuesday, 26 July 2016 09:22 |

“Guidance for training of workers from places of imprisonment” was developed and published within project “Specialized Programmes for Work with Imprisoned People with Low Intellectual Capacity and People with Mental Disorders”. The edition is an outcome of examining the needs for training of workers from places of imprisonment.

The need of building and developing a system for a continuing training and qualification of the workers in the penitentiary system is undisputed. Such a training would guarantee developing their professional attitude and improving the quality of work with people with low intellectual capacity and people with mental disorders. These individuals constitute a high percentage of the offenders serving a term of imprisonment at the places of imprisonment.

The main goal of the proposed educational programme is to provide quality education through a training of trainers, specialists in the penitentiary system, who will acquire knowledge and skills for training adults. This training is going to provide the workers with knowledge and skills, which will help them in their everyday professional duties. All this knowledge and skills are in accordance with the international and national standards for work at places of imprisonment and in consistency with the workers’ needs. The training is going to broaden and deepen their knowledge and practical skills in particular areas of their work or in the work with specific groups of offenders through the implementation of individual and group methods of interaction.

The guidance presents the programme in three parts: Training of workers from places of imprisonment as future trainers; Training of workers from places of imprisonment for work with a specialized programme for resocialization of people with low intellectual capacity; Training of workers from places of imprisonment for work with a specialized programme for resocialization of people with mental disorders.

The structure of the programmes aims at helping the participants deal with anxiety which is an inseparable part of the educational process for both the trainer and the trainee.

Project “Specialized Programmes for Work with Imprisoned People with Low Intellectual Capacity and People with Mental Disorders” has been funded by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009-2014 under Programme BG15 “Corrective Services Including Non-Custodial Sanctions”.