Venue

The Cherwell Centre, 16 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6QB

Time

9.30am to 4.30pm (Registration and coffee at 9.15am)

Cost

Fees per person per day  - £65

Concessionary rate, per person per day, for courses funded by

• Voluntary Agencies
• Oxfordshire Social & Community Services Directorate
• Oxfordshire Children, Young People & Families Directorate - £50

Cancellation fee (please refer to the cancellation policy) -  £5

Refreshments

Tea, coffee and chilled water are included
Lunch is NOT provided so you will need to TAKE A PACKED LUNCH

Working with Sex Offenders

Date

Friday 26 March 2010

Course Tutor

RON MACRAE and DOMINIC WILLIAMS

Circles Co-ordinators, Circles of Support and Accountability

Course Content

The course aims to:

• raise awareness and knowledge of the theory and practice relating to treatment and risk management of sex offenders
• explore the issues of health and safety related to work with this particular group of offenders
• facilitate a meaningful debate of the issues of personal impact when working with sex offenders and to identify relevant and appropriate coping strategies

By the end of the course participants will have:

• examined their own and societies attitudes and values towards sex offenders
• gained an understanding of the process by which sex offenders come to offend
• gained basic knowledge of risk assessment and management of risk
• recognised personal impact work can have and possible strategies to cope of risk assessment and management of risk
• recognised personal impact work can have and possible strategies to cope