Produce a report based on the scenario from the file attached.
Use information from the document attached and another 3 extra sources.
Report format with headings and sub-headings, use the third person in your writing.
Produce a report that evaluates the specific challenges and issues that might be faced by prison staff planning to implement a therapeutic service using the scenario attached.
Think about how effective or ineffective different therapies might be for the prisoners. What are the challenges that are faced with offering therapy in the prison? What are the benefits? What are the
drawbacks?
The report should discuss the benefits as well as drawbacks and potential challenges of offering therapy in a forensic context, and suggest what types of therapy might be appropriate to offer to women prisoners. It should also consider why the prisoners may not respond to therapy, and how to help those who self-harm or hold suicidal ideation or intent, and how to deal with victims of sexual and domestic abuse.
Provide the governor with general suggestions and recommendations for a therapeutic service for this client cohort and these problems in a prison environment. You are not asked to come up with specific guidance on how the therapeutic service should be set up in this prison (e.g. no need to cover how to implement a therapeutic service in this prison, how many therapists, or how many sessions should be offered, etc.).
· Summary: brief summing up of the whole report, including a summary of your recommendations.
· Introduction: a fairly brief introduction informing the reader of the situation (not more than two or three sentences).
· Possible types of service provision: e.g. discussion of the suitability of individual/group therapy and therapeutic community for the setting described in the scenario.
· Therapeutic approaches and their application in the work with women prisoners: discuss the different therapeutic approaches (attachment therapy, CBT, systemic therapy and mindfulness) for therapeutic work with women prisoners. While all four approaches should be considered, at least to some extent, not all four approaches don’t need to be discussed in the same depth. You may, for example, choose to elaborate on the approach(s) you recommend, and the rationale for this selection, and offer only a brief discussion of the approaches that are not recommended.
· Therapeutic work with self-harm and suicide/victims of sexual and domestic abuse: consider some of the issues involved in working with women prisoners who self-harm or hold suicidal ideation or intent, and how to deal with victims of sexual and domestic abuse.
· Recommendations: include your opinion, based on evidence, about what kind of therapeutic service (e.g. individual and group therapy, therapeutic community) and therapeutic approach(s) might be the most effective in the given context. You should also consider the specific challenges that those working in the prison might face if your recommendations are implemented.
· Reference list: As with any assessment, you need to include a reference list.
An argument in relation to which of the four therapeutic approaches (attachment therapy, CBT, systemic therapy and mindfulness) should be offered to young offenders, with an appropriate rationale.
Why particular therapies might be beneficial, and outline any potential drawbacks associated with them. Why the prisoners may not respond to therapy, how to help those who have suicidal thoughts and self-harm, and how to deal with victims of sexual and domestic abuse. How to prevent reoffending, as many have been convicted several times. General suggestions and recommendations for the governor, rather than specific guidance on how the therapeutic service should be set up in this prison.