‘Time for Change’

Community Links – Changes

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 CL-Changes
• Working with Women Offenders, and Women at
risk of Offending, who have Complex Needs
consistent with Personality Disorder
• Calderdale and Kirklees districts of Yorkshire and
the Humber
• Two Year Pilot
• Regional Forensic Catchment Group
• Specialist PD community support
• Reduce Offending
 Women’s Service

• Corston’s Report
• Domestic Violence
• Effects of Trauma
• Parenting
• Women’s Health and Well-being
• Substance Misuse
• Sex Workers
 Key Features of CL-Changes
Sally Street

• Assertive Outreach Function

• Case Management Approach & Holistic
Support
• Building Capacity, Sharing Good Practice,
including Consultancy
 The Tools Used
• Evidence Based Holistic Assessment based
upon the work of Livesley (2003)

• Managing Emotions, Problem Solving Skills &

Maintaining Relationships

• Outcome Measure: Outcomes Star

• Techniques: Motivational Interviewing

Issues & Learning from the Pilot

• Abuse
• Developmental Issues
• Boundaries
• Need for Consistency
• Need for flexibility
• Transgenerational
• Families and Carers – unmet needs
 The Experiences of Women

Anne Crosby & Marie Alexander

Service Users stories and statements
Barriers to support experienced by Women
• The impact of stigma and prejudice
experienced by them
• Service Users Experience of CL-Changes