Foundations of Personal Wellbeing
Our Connect – Grow – Thrive Personal Wellbeing programme uses tried and tested knowledge, experience and exploration to help service users reach a better understanding of themselves.
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.
Referrals can be made via your probation officer under the Lifestyle and Associates referral route. 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 offences 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 offences and active domestic abuse convictions)
As part of this course, the learner will explore the possible reasons behind their offending behaviour.
Learners 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.
Learners 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
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 offences 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)
Grow 5
Developing Change Capital
The course will focus on the effects of isolation and the personal/community/social resources each learner has, to enable them to improve their re-integration back into society.
The effects of isolation will be discussed as a group and the learner will be asked to complete a worksheet that describes their personal barriers with isolation.
The group will also be asked to complete a resource worksheet- exploring the personal resources each learner has, (sense of humour, hardworking, good communication skills for example) alongside community resources (mental health, drug and alcohol support, counselling support etc.) and social resources (friends, family, colleagues etc.)
Grow 6
Connection and Support Networks
Learners will explore their positive, negative and neutral networks and how they can contribute to building positive relationships and reduce their involvement in offending behaviour.
Learners will complete two worksheets- how to ask for help and my support networks. This will be discussed as part of the wider group and completed individually.
Thrive 3
Self-Compassion and Wellbeing
Learners will explore ‘self- compassion’ and how they can learn to respect and appreciate themselves.
The learner will be provided with guidance and tools as to how to challenge their inner critic and how to manage these negative thoughts.
Learners will complete 2 worksheets- ‘passengers on the bus' and ‘compassion self-talk’. These will be completed individually by each learner.
Thrive 4
Reparation and Citizenship (Excludes learners that have sexual offences and active domestic abuse convictions)
Learners will consider the effect on others that has resulted from their offending behaviour.
The learner will be given support to explore the impact on individuals and the wider society and how to safely make amends.
They will explore self-forgiveness and ways in which to improve their positive citizenship. The group will complete one worksheet as part of this course- ‘making good to self and others’.
If you need any further information, please get in touch at [email protected]