Contracting between professionals who work with offenders with personality disorder

AuthorDavid Harvey,Joanne Ramsden
Date01 March 2017
Published date01 March 2017
DOI10.1177/0264550516677769
Subject MatterArticles
Article
Contracting between
professionals who work
with offenders with
personality disorder
David Harvey
Yorkshire and Humberside Personality Disorder Partnership, UK
Joanne Ramsden
Yorkshire and Humberside Personality Disorder Partnership, UK
Abstract
The Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Pathway is a national initiative which co-
commissions health and probation services to work in partnership to enhance the
criminal justice case management of high risk men and women who are identified as
having indicators of personality disorder. To support the implementation of the
pathway, the Yorkshire and Humberside Personality Disorder Partnership (YHPDP)
offers psychologically informed case consultation and case management support. As
part of this scheme, contracting has been used in the relationships between psychol-
ogists and offender managers in the NPS. This paper offers a definition of contracting
before offering a rationale for its use when supporting probation staff who work with
offenders with personality disorder. A practical guide is then provided to support
offender managers, managers, psychologists or supervisors to implement contracting
in their practice supporting staff. Finally, a case study is discussed to illustrate the role
and impact of contracting on psychologically-informed risk management.
Keywords
personality disorder, offenders, clinical supervision, workforce development,
psychologically-informed risk management
Corresponding Author:
David Harvey, Yorkshire and Humberside Personality Disorder Partnership (YHPDP), Personality Disorder
Services, Unit 24, Sugar Mills Business Park, Oakhurst Avenue, Leeds LS11 7DF, UK.
Email: Davidharvey1@nhs.net
The Journal of Community and Criminal Justice
Probation Journal
2017, Vol. 64(1) 20–32
ªThe Author(s) 2016
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