Budget & Staffing Plan

Common Assignment Part 2 1

Common Assignment Part 2

Program Mission Statement

The mission of the psychoeducational group is to decrease the prevalence of youth/adolescent recidivism in the juvenile system and provide productive services that will help reduce crime rates. The psychoeducational group will educate, promote recovery, and create positive opportunities for success for the youth post-release.

Three Program Goals

Goal 1: Educate the youth about their cases and how to navigate the justice system. 

Goal 2: Refer the youth/adolescent to services such as therapy, mental health services and substance abuse. Goal 3: Assist the youth with having positive outlets in the community such as employment or other outside activities.

3 Goal Objectives Goal 1 Objectives:

Youth will show an increased understanding in their case, rights, and the justice system as observable through a pre and posttest. (short)

                                 Youth will be able to identify 2 resources that can assist them post incarceration (medium)

                                 Youth will check in with support 2 times per week decreasing likelihood of recidivism. (long)

Goal 2 Objectives:

Youth will attend therapy session schedule set forth by case manager (short)

                   Youth will actively participate in individual therapy and psychoeducation group (medium)

                                 Youth will set up continued service post incarceration (long)

Goal 3 Objectives:

Youth will research potential community interests between sessions sharing them bi-weekly (short)

                                

Youth will work with social worker to identify locations in their own community. (medium)

                                

Youth will engage with community resource post incarceration as positive support system 2xs per week. (long)

Hypothesis

If youth participate and complete the psychoeducation groups, they will increase knowledge surrounding the justice system, decrease chance of recidivism, and increase coping/problem solving skills.

Proposed Intervention: Services Offered – 8 Week Break Down

Introduction/Program Overview/Icebreakers will be conducted to allow the adolescents to get to know the staff as well as each other. Staff will work to build rapport and encourage open communication in this safe environment. An overview of the weeks to come will be given to prepare clients. Rules and expectations will be set to ensure understanding.

Psychoeducation will focus on providing knowledge and information about struggles the adolescents may be experiencing such as poor emotional regulation, depression, etc. This will allow them to better understand not only themselves on a deeper level but also the myriad of treatment modalities available to assist them. We will investigate the juvenile justice system, individual cases, and review various ways to advocate for themselves throughout.

Emotion Identification and regulation will provide a brief overview of emotions and ways to better manage their reactions to them. Visual examples will be shown to allow the adolescents to engage and participate in a discussion of what the character is going through and how-to solve the issue. Proper problem solving skills will be discussed and activities to engage these skills will be conducted.

Coping Skills week will focus on discussing what coping strategies are, how they work within us, and assist clients in identifying what examples work for them. Coping strategies are not a one size fits all solution. We will engage in various skills while youth explores and creates their personal toolbox.

Mindfulness will allow clients to participate in grounding exercises and utilize their senses to connect to the present moment. An overview of mindfulness reasoning and skills will be discussed, and guided meditations will be practiced helping to calm the mind. Mindfulness can allow you to decrease impulsivity and clear your mind fog during decision making.

Barrier Identification will allow the adolescents to work with the social worker and their peers to better understand what hurdles they need to overcome to be on a safer path toward the future. Adolescents will share their struggles, changes they wish to make, and begin the process of creating a strengths-based approach to overcoming these.

Community Interests will be discussed for the client's eventual re-entry into society. Social workers will present various vocational programs, training opportunities, and community resources. Adolescents will work to identify programs in their area they wish to pursue in the future and create a plan to follow through.

Support Systems/Wrap up will be highlighted and identified as they will be important to future success. Adolescents will create a safety plan including social supports as well as various resources provided by the social workers to encourage success with their plans post release. We will discuss what we have learned throughout the program, and conduct an award ceremony for participation.

Staffing and Clients

The psychoeducation group will be held in 45 minute sessions twice a week for 8 weeks for a total of 16 sessions. It will be staffed by one Licensed Clinical Social Worker, one Master in Social Work Intern and four mentors (case managers). Each mentor (case manager) will be assigned 4 adolescents for the process of referrals and resources within the community. The groups will be divided in two age groups, with the first group ranging from 12 to 15 years old and the second ranging from 16 to 18 years old. The groups will run consecutively on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school. As a total we will have an attendance of 20 clients divided into 10 clients per group. Client’s must be between the ages of 12 and 18 to attend the psychoeducation program. They must be in the correctional facility in order to participate and their release must be scheduled for at least eight weeks from the start of the group session to ensure attendance and completion.