Rehabilitative needs and treatment of Indigenous offenders in ...

anxiety and intellectual capacity. An ORNI-R may also be administered tooffenders with an extensive criminal history or those with sexual or violentoffences serving a sentence of 12 months or less. Other specialisedassessments may be used to complement the ORNI-R for certain types ofoffences.Assessment outcomes inform the development of an Offender ManagementPlan (OMP). An OMP encompasses short and long-term managementstrategies for the duration of an offender's time in custody. The focus of anOMP is to detail effectively interventions to achieve the rehabilitative goalsidentified during the assessment process. Offenders are encouraged to takeownership of their needs and participate in the formulation of the OMP. Alloffender management is structured by the principle of throughcare whichensures a continuity of support from custody to community.All offenders in custody have access to adult educational and vocationaltraining and industries, transitional support programs, Advance2work andoffender reintegration and support services.Criminogenic ProgramsQCS delivers a range of programs designed to target the criminogenic needsof offenders. These programs include sex offending programs, violentoffending programs, substance misuse programs and general offendingprograms. These programs use motivation and cognitive behaviouralapproaches and involve sessions that are intense in duration and frequency.Some of these programs have been designed for specific delivery toIndigenous offenders. A summary of offender risk of re-offending programs isprovided in Table 5.1 and each of these programs is discussed in more detailbelow.Sexual OffendingSexual offending programs aim to address issues related to sexual offending,such as motivation, arousal and offender accountability. Sexual offenders arereferred to these programs after undergoing specialised assessment todetermine their risk of sexual re-offending. A comprehensive range ofintervention programs for sexual offenders is available, including preparatoryprograms (Getting Started), medium and high intensity programs (NewDirections and Crossroads) and maintenance programs (Staying on Track).Maintenance programs ensure offenders continue to sustain the progressthey have achieved from the programs. In addition, the Inclusion Program isavailable for intellectually low functioning sexual offenders.The assessment process and delivery of sexual offender programs ismonitored by a dedicated Sexual Offender Programs Unit to ensureconsistency with best-practice principles. Sexual offending programs aredelivered across custodial and Probation and Parole locations.33