Foundations of Education, Training and Employment
Our Connect – Grow – Thrive Education, Training and Employment programme uses tried and tested knowledge, experience and exploration to help service users reach a better understanding of themselves. It will support them to explore strengths that will guide them to confidently enter further education, training and employment.
We aim to provide service users with insight into the foundations of their personality, character and behaviours with a view to developing self -management, which in turn promotes better mental health, a reduction in negative dependency, building resilience and achieving desistance. The service is currently available to persons under the supervision of the National Probation Service in both Lincolnshire and the North-East of England.
Referrals to service can be made via your probation officer, so please speak to them in the first instance.
If you need any further information, please get in touch at [email protected]
Our courses
Connect 1
Road to Desistance Part 1 (Excludes learners that have sexual offence and active domestic abuse convictions)
As part of this course, the learner will explore their current and historic offences. This includes offences that have led to convictions and those that have not.
The timeline map will help learners identify possible triggers/patterns to their offending behaviour.
Connect 2
Road to Desistance Part 2 (Excludes learners that have sexual offence and active domestic abuse convictions)
As part of this course, the learner will explore the possible reasons behind their offending behaviour.
Learner will be asked to work in pairs/small groups to identify reasons behind offending- both their own (if happy to do so) and the wider reasons, such as poverty, drug and alcohol misuse, trauma e.t.c.
Learner will be asked to explain their understanding of reasons behind offending and encouraged to explore this further through the behaviours and beliefs worksheet as well as part of the wider group, where happy to do so.
Connect 6
Road Map to Desistance (Excludes learners that have sexual offence and active domestic abuse convictions)
This session explores the methods on how the learner will begin their journey to reducing their re-offending. The learner will explore options available to them and set SMART goals to enable them to achieve these.
The learner will complete one worksheet - ‘The Priorities Plan’ as part of the session as well as a road map as to how these can be achieved.
Grow 1
Values and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - (Excludes learners that have sexual offence and active domestic abuse convictions)
The learner will explore a variety of values that are important to them and how their current and future behaviour can align to these values.
The learner will explore behaviours that are on’ auto- pilot’ (minimal thought before enactment) and behaviours that can change through the use of pausing and reflecting.
These will be explored through our ‘what is important to me’ worksheet and a guided matrix, which will enable the learner to evaluate behaviours that move them towards their core values and those behaviours that don’t.
Grow 2
Thinking Behaviour Cycles and Mind Traps
Learners will explore their reactions to situations and how their behaviour can be explored to change their reactions to certain situations.
The learner will explore negative mindsets and how these can contribute to their reactions.
Learners will complete the Thinking and Feeling Behaviour Cycle worksheet, where an example of a challenge the learner may face is discussed and explored.
Grow 4
Communication Skills
As part of this module, learners will discuss and explore their thoughts on what good communication looks like and potential barriers to this.
They will explore common feelings and perceptions that get in the way of good communication.
As a group, they will look at how to overcome barriers to communication (assumptions, active listening skills and being clear and concise )
Thrive 1
Motivation, Wellbeing, and Resilience
As part of this module, learners will explore their motivation.
They will explore times in their life when they felt motivated and how that felt, in addition to exploring the barriers to motivation.
The learner will also explore resilience to challenges and how to overcome these challenges.
Learners will complete 2 worksheets:
What motivates you?
What harms your motivation?
For any further information, please get in touch at [email protected]