PSO 2800 - Inside Time

PSO 2800 Annexes – Page 21CHAPTER 8 – TRAINING8.1 The Prison Service is committed to integrating race equality and diversity training into allareas of staff development and skills training.8.2 Race equality and diversity issues have therefore been incorporated into the PrisonService‟s general training provision. All courses, from initial training for prison officers toleadership and management development programmes, now include race and diversityelements.8.3 A structured training programme – the Ionann diversity training package - has beenproduced and should be used by establishments to deliver local staff training in raceequality and diversity. This may be supplemented with local material agreed by the RaceEquality Action Team.8.4 A new training course on Managing and Promoting Race Equality in Prisons, suitable formembers of establishment Race Equality Action Teams has been devised by REAG. Thishas been successfully piloted in a number of establishments. Training for Area trainers hasbeen arranged, and a programme for local delivery will be agreed with Area Managers.8.5 A revised training programme to support those taking on the new Race Equality Officer rolehas been devised and piloted by REAG. This will be delivered by REAG.8.6 The revised training programme for REOs includes information that will allow REOs todeliver a training course to prisoners who take on the role of representatives on REATs.Issue No. 264 issue date 25/09/06