Ramsey County Community Corrections Supervision Practice Model

Overview EBP FORUM

April 9th, 2013

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???

Risk Reduction

Risk Managemen

t

Why 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 = 4.0Homework 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

DEPARTMENT ROLL OUT

LOOKING FORWARD

Q & A