If you want to change the world you have to start with yourself: The impact of staff reflective practice within the Offender Personality Disorder pathway
| Author | Laura Doggett,Nicole Webster,Stephanie Gardner |
| Published date | 01 September 2020 |
| Date | 01 September 2020 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0264550520939180 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Article
If you want to change
the world you have
to start with yourself:
The impact of staff
reflective practice
within the Offender
Personality Disorder
pathway
Nicole Webster , Laura Doggett, and
Stephanie Gardner
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Abstract
The offender personality disorder (OPD) pathway was implemented in 2012 to help
improve services for people with personality difficulties within the criminal justice
system. The OPD pathway acknowledges the importance of supervision, training and
reflective practice for staff working with this client group and such activities have
therefore been embedded within this initiative. Despite the research from this pathway
identifying benefits to both staff and service users, there is a gap in knowledge about
the impact of reflective practice. This study aims, therefore, to increase this knowledge
base by exploring staff’s experience and perception of reflective practice as part of the
OPD pathway programme. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were com-
pleted with 32 members of National Health Service and National Probation Service
staff within offender management teams and approved premises in the North East of
England. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data, resulting in the emergence
of four key themes relating to the utility of reflective practice sessions. The findings
Corresponding Author:
Nicole Webster, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust and NPS Offender
Consultation and Community Intervention Service, Bamburgh Clinic, St Nicholas Hospital Jubilee Road,
Newcastle Upon Tyne NE3 3XT, UK.
Email: nicole.webster2@nhs.net
Probation Journal
2020, Vol. 67(3) 283–296
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