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Student Number : 0505295
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Part 1
Using a case which you have supervised and which fits the profile of one of the types of offender covered in this module, describe how you used the theoretical models and research evidence to assess risk, diversity and responsivity, and to plan suitable methods of intervention.
Part 2
Reflect upon and critically evaluate your own practice in applying these principles to your supervision of the offender.
Part 1
In identifying and evaluating the theory base and research evidence to assess risk, diversity and responsivity, that I used in planning suitable interventions in my supervision with this offender. I feel it is initially important to give an overview of the offender and the circumstances surrounding her case.
I was asked to co-work this case with an experienced officer working in the Public Protection Team. The co-working took the form of observation on my part for a number of sessions, then working with the offender while the case manager was present; during this time there was extensive planning and feedback to decide on suitable interventions as LG had already been working with this case manager for a year. Finally I planned and supervised the case myself, giving regular feedback to the case manager after each session. ...
I learned all this information whilst in preparation for co-working the case. ...
As I entered the case at a late stage much of the work regarding risk had been completed, i. ... OASys and OGRS had been finished by her case manager. ... LG had been under the impression that she might one day retain custody of her children. ...
Word count : 1014
Part 2
In formulating a case plan that was essentially am embodiment of all three feminist theories and also being guided by an experienced Public Protection Team officer gave me many advantages when working with LG but also on reflection raised many issues.
The first issues that were in evidence for me could be argued positively as Stand Point Feminism, that I must view LG as a female who had offended against her own child, I would then be treating her as a unique case and ensuring that her individual needs were met. This later came to be the case, however initially I had to overcome my own value systems surrounding her offence. ... A local newspaper had printed her name and that she was a schedule one offender, no details of her offence had been printed. I believe that the term Schedule One offender had been mis-interpreted by the general public as a sex offender, LG as a result of this had to move to another area. ...
LG appeared to accept this victimisation as part of her life; she had been repeatedly victimised by her father as a small child. ... LG commented, during one supervision, that all the people she had met including the doctors had been men and she felt that they had done what they wanted. ...
I feel that this is a concern when using a case plan devised around a feminist, particularly Standpoint Feminist model. What would have happened to LG if I had not been co-working the case with a female officer? ... I thought about this at the time of supervision with LG and discussed these issues with her case manager. ...
One area where I could have been very maternalistic was when she began to talk to me about her feelings of guilt, sorrow, desperation and unhappiness surrounding her offence. ... When I first began supervising LG I planned exercises from Targets To Change that looked at family relationships, violence in families and also exercises highlighted by her case manager involving needs and wants of children, LG, LG’s family and potential partners. ...
One model that I had used with all previous offenders that I chose not to use with LG was the Cycle of Change.
Approximate Word count = 3222
Approximate Pages = 12.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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