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PERFORMANCE, ACHIEVEMENTS AND OUTCOMES Early Intervention Youth Boot Camps Program Overview The Early Intervention Youth Boot Camp (EIYBC) Program targets young people who are at risk of entering, or are in the early stages of entering the youth justice system and utilises a range of program components to achieve specified outcomes. These outcomes include improved communication skills, appropriate emotional expression, reduced offending, enhanced health and wellbeing, self-acceptance, improved cultural value and identity and improved self-esteem. A feature of the EIYBC is that young people are taken to a wilderness environment where avoidant behavioural patterns are challenged. Following the successful pilot program of the EIYBC in 2013, Operation Flinders Foundation was re-contracted to deliver the wilderness camp component of EIYBC with grants finalised for a range of NGOs to deliver pre and postcamp case management. An increased number of young people had access to the EIYBC in 2015-16, with up to 120 young people able to benefit from the program over the course of the year (up to 40 young people per camp). NTDCS had planned for three EIYBC camps during 2015-16 and all three camps were delivered. Young person participating in rock climbing. In March 2016, the EIYBC Traditional Owner Steering Committee met with NTDCS staff. The Traditional Owners of Loves Creek Station are working in partnership with NTDCS to deliver cultural activities that are fit for purpose and as such, camps have involved the employment of six Traditional Owners to deliver activities including painting workshops. There continues to be a focus on improving the cultural content of the EIYBC to meet the outcome of improved cultural connectedness and identity. The EIYBC camps have included single sex teams of young people from the Top End, Central Australia, Tennant Creek, Katherine and the Tiwi Islands. Each camp exercise is followed by post-camp case management services which are delivered by local non-government organisations During the first camp of 2016, a small group of corporate delegates was given a tour of the site to raise awareness of the EIYBC and to explore potential corporate partnerships including career pathways for participants. Feedback from these delegates was highly positive and partnership options are being explored. The EIYBC program is a targeted intervention designed for young people who are at risk of future long-term offending. By offering an intensive wilderness experience that builds insight and skill capacity, young people also develop the mindset that they can be an agent of growth or change in their lives. The follow-up and embedded case management program is designed to consolidate this growth and mindset, and coach young people to articulate and action their own pro-social goals with the support of others in a manner that is integrated in the system supporting the young person. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES 68
PERFORMANCE, ACHIEVEMENTS AND OUTCOMES Youth detention activities in Darwin Step Up Program The Step-Up Program is psycho-education and looks at social problem solving, goal setting, anger management skills training and self-monitoring. Two detainees have successfully completed the twelve week Step-Up Violence Program and were awarded their certificates by the Deputy Superintendent, congratulating them on their success. Commercial Cookery One open security detainee started a Certificate III in Commercial Cookery at Charles Darwin University in July 2016. He also volunteers at the Australian Red Cross Youth Shak on Friday nights. During these sessions he assists with basketball competitions, the cooking, and also assists the manager with setup and pack down of the Shak. This detainee also participated in the Heads up Youth Forum held in June 2016. During 2015-16, some of these programs included, but are not limited to: • basketball competitions; • art programs; • cricket and football matches; • pampering session for the female detainees - where young women practiced giving themselves facials and moisturising their faces and hands interacting positively with staff and NGO representatives; • music workshops held by a local artist and staff. Detainees wrote and recorded their own lyrics (that they and their peers could relate to) as a positive form of expressing themselves; and • young women participated in a fun cooking activity with an NGO as a basis for learning basic life skills aimed at helping preparing them for release. Equine Magic Therapy DDYDC commenced the Equine Magic program in April 2016. Over the five week program participants were taught the foundations of horsemanship as a method to identify body language, improve communication, deal with emotions and identify ways to negotiate and communicate effectively. The young people gained confidence throughout the program and appeared to engage well with the learning experience. DDYDC School Holiday Programs Each school holiday, staff at the DDYDC organise a number of programs for the young people to participate. Youth detainees in Equine Magic program DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES 69
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