Overview Joe Arvidson & Dennis Stapf –Training Unit 20 min
Supervisor and Pilot Participants Rhonda Rhoades Supervisor Adult Division Kathy Wigstrom Probation Officer/Adult Div Joe Fiebiger Probation Officer /Adult Div
Presenters today
“An integrated set of EBP skills that an agency believes will result in public safety outcomes if they are supported by the agency and followed with fidelity by its officers.”
What is a Practice Model???
◦ Justice Systems Assessment and Training (JSAT) partnered with Ramsey County Community Corrections to create a new practice model of supervision.
◦Examined previous Practice Models such as: Effective Practices in Correctional Settings Integrated Behavioral Intervention
Strategies Strategic Training Initiative in Community
Supervision
February – July 2012
Implementation Team
◦Made up of cross section from the department
◦Arrived at 33 elements to the model
FEBRUARY – JULY 2012
◦Supervisors and Senior Management undergo 3 day training on the Practice Model, with a focus on adaptive leadership
◦30 line staff/pilot participants attend 3 day training including Practice Model elements Immunity to Change Building Block Process
August 2012
(Vogelvang, 2009)
Elements that don’t appear to be
working ‘Roadblocks’‘Misses’
‘Finds’‘Hits’Elements that appear to be
working
Elements in the Original Starting
Method
Elements Not in the Original Starting
Method
August 2012
Established Communities of Practice (CoP)◦Based on building blocks process --hit,
miss, find, roadblocks◦Staff CoP - cross unit /vetted elements◦Supervisor CoP -focused on roadblocks
and hurdles staff experienced with implementation.
Individual agent/client observations
Huddles-unit based
September – December 2012
Develop criteria for “green lighting” of participants◦ Criteria for focus elements and motivational
interviewing
January – March 2013
FOCUS ELEMENTS MI
Role Clarification Social Support Spirit = 4.0
Homework Review Goal Setting 2 of the following 5 Criteria
Relapse Prevention Context Consecutive question string no more than 3
Physical Safety and Stability Screening
Explain/Describe Skill
Open Question % at 60 % or greater
Assessing Motivation and Responsivity
Modeling of Skill Reflection:Question Ratio greater than 1
Actuarial Risk and Needs
Practice Skill with Feedback
Skill Balance of .55 or greater
Rules and Schemas Homework Assignment
Measure of agent’s ability to elicit change talk from client
◦Rubric Development Focus on integration
MI as navigation tool Elements are not stand alone and
should bleed into each other Client context must drive use
January – March 2013
Research Phase Begins April 1, 2013.
◦Short Term = Tracking new cases of “greenlit” staff for recidivism
◦Long Term = measuring desistance through client surveys
Human Capital + Social Capital= Desistance.
Desistance is gained by regarding people for what they could become, rather than containing them for what they have done.
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April 2013 – April 2014
Continuing Staff/Supervisor Development and support◦Coaching of “non-greenlit” staff◦CoP’s to include enrichment components◦Huddles◦Coaching for “greenlit” staff ◦Assessment --through coding of taped
agent/client meetings followed by performance feedback/coaching
APRIL 2013 - 2014