Annual Report 2005-2006 - Forensicare

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28 Professional Education and Research
Professional Education Strategic objectives • Provide professional education and training to Forensicare staff to further enhance their specialist skills, expertise and knowledge. • Continue to develop a learning environment for Forensicare staff to promote critical thinking and innovation. • Enhance the responsiveness of teaching institutions, service providers and agencies to the needs of forensic mental health patients and clients. • Promote and develop the specialist skills and knowledge of practitioners and professionals in the forensic mental health area. Challenges • Make education and training opportunities for staff at Forensicare and area mental health services accessible and relevant. • Establish a learning culture that values education and training as a core element of professional practice and accountability. How we plan to succeed in 2006-2007 • Provide specialised training to area mental health services and other services, including participation in NEVIL training activities. • Ensure evidenced-based education on forensic mental health issues is provided for staff. • Provide enhanced support and encouragement for Forensicare clinical staff to undertake tertiary study in the Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma in Forensic Behavioural Science. PROFILE The Professional Education program – • Operates to identify and facilitate best practice within Forensicare, promote knowledge and expertise in forensic mental health and enhance responsiveness to the needs of mental health clients who are offenders and/or present with challenging behaviours. • Provides professional education and training on forensic mental health issues to Forensicare staff, area mental health services, other relevant practitioners and teaching institutions. • Incorporates activities appropriate to all disciplines within Forensicare. KEY OUTCOMES STAFF INSERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Forensicare has a formal Professional Education Program that provides all staff with weekly inservice and continuing education opportunities throughout the year. Emphasis is placed on ensuring that staff have access to ongoing professional education in areas that are of direct relevance to forensic mental health. The program provides education sessions at Thomas Embling Hospital, the Community Forensic Mental Health Service and the Melbourne Assessment Prison. Topics presented cover both forensic-specific and general mental health issues, and includes internal and external presenters. Details of the Professional Education Program are available to all staff in printed form and via the Forensicare intra-net. During the year a total of 5,617 clinical staff training hours was provided in the Professional Education Program, or 22.03 training hours per staff member (effective full-time staff member). This training consisted of – • Consolidating and Strengthening Clinical Programs (CSCP) – 1,295 training hours were provided to staff on offending issues and dual diagnosis as part of the CSCP project. This training will continue during the coming year. In 2004-2005, the year that CSCP was introduced, a total of 3,776.5 staff training hours was provided as a component of the initiative. • A total of 4,321 staff training hours (an increase from the total of 3,993.5 hours provided in 2004-2005) was provided through the inservice professional education program. These sessions presented included legal issues, Mental State Examination, Working with Families, Pharmacology Management of Aggression, Interview Skills and Clinical Supervision. 29
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