Rehabilitation & reintegration programs

Specialised rehabilitation and reintegration programs for Victorian correctional cohorts.

We have expertise in developing and delivering rehabilitation and reintegration programs for Victorian correctional cohorts and across key areas in the correctional system. Our programs and resources are designed for a broad audience, keeping in mind the different experiences of each individual and the need to build resilience through a strengths-based approach and trauma-informed practice. 

Information about the modules and guiding principles of each program is provided below and in our programs flyer.

Diffuse

Diffuse is a psychoeducational program designed for individuals who are incarcerated or on remand and non-incarcerated individuals who are engaged with the correctional system. It can also be facilitated for groups in the wider community.

The program supports participants to learn about and understand family violence, reflect on their relationship experiences and explore ways to integrate healthy relationship principles into their future relationship. Learning modules also utilise trauma-informed practices and provide the opportunity for reflection and group engagement.

Modules

6, 2-hour modules/sessions:

1. Me, Relationships and Community
2. What is Family Violence? Understanding Conflict and Drivers of Behaviour
3. Goal-setting, Communication, Values and Strengths in Relationships
4. When Things Go Wrong - How We Recover and Move Forward
5. Moving Forward
6. Ownership, Strategies and Supports

Unique features

• Interactive toolkit for weekly reflection and action
• SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound) goal-setting
• Temperature gauge of behaviour and stress dashboard
• Targeted group discussions and resources including AVOs, court processes and resilience
• Open mic reflection activity to close the program

We have provided Diffuse since March 2022.

‘I identified great strategies to gain and maintain healthy relationships.’ - Diffuse participant

LINCS

LINCS is a strengths-based, one-day psychoeducational workshop specifically designed for individuals who are subject to a Community Correction Order (CCO).

The program is funded by Corrections Victoria and aims to increase CCO completions.

Modules

The LINCS program name is an acronym representing the 4 core modules of the workshop.

• L = Looking At Me
• I = Identifying Priorities
• N = Next Steps
• CS = Community Supports

Built upon a straightforward, accessible and clear approach, workshops are designed to improve participants’ capabilities and strengths, using skills-based activities that identify strategies and supports.

The activities highlight the importance of the individual’s internal and external capacity to manage their life, understand what drives their behaviour and identify what their priorities are.

This leads to looking at social supports, other opportunities they want to pursue, resources they need and how to put steps in place to achieve their goals. Individuals will ideally complete the workshop with an action plan in place.

We have successfully delivered LINCS since February 2017 and have received positive feedback from program participants and Corrections Victoria and achieved excellent learning outcomes to date.

‘[I] understand more about my behaviour and how it could impact the person in front of me.’ - LINCS participant

LINCS in Families

Since February 2020, we have delivered LINCS in Families across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria, to those on a CCO as a result of family violence.

LINCS in Families is a one-day workshop designed to engage individuals in a safe environment with honest discussions around behaviour, healthy relationships, understanding conflict and expectations of self and others.

The program covers the same 4 modules as LINCS but has a different focus and has been adapted for the intended audience.

During the program, participants:

• identify their priorities, values and strengths
• create a plan of how they want to move forward
• practice goal-setting strategies
• learn about community support and resources available to them.
• Individuals leave the program with a deeper knowledge of the importance of understanding behaviour, the different types of relationships and connections they have with the world around them.

‘I can change my behaviour and control my emotions no matter what others do.’ - LINCS in Families participant

ATLAS

We recognise that persons on remand present with a range of complex needs, and require tailored intervention and support for their successful rehabilitation and reintegration into the community.

We've designed a suite of non-clinical training modules targeting the wellbeing and personal development of un-sentenced and pre-trial individuals (persons on remand). This includes individuals in correctional facilities across Victoria and some sentenced individuals.

This program was developed with funding support from Corrections Victoria.

Modules

ATLAS is made up of 10, 2-hour modules/workshops of practical and interactive psychoeducation. Modules 1-3 are core content for participants, while modules 4-10 are optional but recommended.

1. Adapt
2. Take Stock A
3. Take Stock B
4. Houses and Homes
5. Learning for Life
6. Jobs and Careers
7. Healthy Living
8. Family, Friends and Community
9. Healthy Relationships
10. Recalibrate

Guiding principles

• Embedding a strengths-based approach
• Incorporating adult learning principles
• Encouraging skills development
• Reconnecting and integrating participants’ desired outcomes

Since 2018, we have also provided training for facilitators delivering the ATLAS program across correctional facilities. In the first 6-months of delivery, over 3,500 participants completed the program and this number has since grown. 

The ATLAS program continues to receive consistent positive feedback from both program facilitators and participants. Additionally, the sites at which the program has been delivered have reported a decrease in critical incidents and in property damage since the program was introduced. Correctional Site Managers have confirmed and attributed these changes to the delivery of the ATLAS program. 

'[ATLAS helped me with] finding out who I really am, my true values and my behaviour. I can look at a positive me and be able to leave the past behind and live for the moment.’ - ATLAS participant

SORT

In 2018, we developed a suite of non-clinical training modules targeting the wellbeing and personal development of un-sentenced and pre-trial individuals (persons on remand) in correctional facilities locations across Victoria. Read more on page 39 of our 2017/18 Annual Report [PDF, 2MB].

Contact us

For information about our Rehabilitation and Reintegration Programs, contact us via email or by calling 0427 513 231.

Alternatively, you can call our Training and Development Team on (03) 8573 2222.

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