Since 1999 HMA has been involved in assisting the New Zealand Department of Corrections in establishing competency in the area of programme facilitation. Along with programme development (see Criminogenic Programmes) HMA has been heavily involved in skill development through development of a series of training courses to equip facilitators with up-to-date skills.
Of particular note are the following courses:
Cultural Awareness
This two day course covers fundamental skills of working within the New Zealand context which is predicated upon bi-cultural practice. The following content forms and introduction to a Maori world view:
Powhiri process
Marae ätea
Mihimihi
Mihi – a format
Key aspects of the marae
Rules for the Marae
Tikanga - What Is It?
Te Reo - the spoken language
Karakai
Nga Tapa Whä - in balance
Aspects of tikanga
Principles of tika and pono
Whanaungatanga
Spiritual attributes
Whakapapa
Mana
Mauri
Wairua
Karakia – Means to a oneness
Poroporoaki
Facilitation Skills for Working in a Correctional Environment
This ten-day course covered a number of key skills for programme facilitators who are working in the corrections environment. It introduced new facilitators to best practice in working with adults as well ands the special skills for working with those who have offended. The key content included:
Connecting and establishing the group culture
Being a peak facilitator
The life cycle of groups
Adult learning
Accelerated learning
How to design a session
Change process
What do we know about offenders
Static & dynamic risk factors
Understanding severity
Working with thinking
Working with cognitive distortions
Motivational interviewing approaches
Relapse prevention
Running a skills session
Feedback process
Dealing with difficult group behaviour
Video debriefing
Assessing for programme readiness
Putting people off groups
Criminogenic Programme Facilitator Training
This ten-day training programme focussed upon become familiar with the programme content. It took an active coaching approach by the trainers to ensure session integrity was maintained while consolidating the facilitation skills acquired earlier in the training pathway.
Pôwhiri/Welcome
Sole versus co-facilitation
Team audit
Offence mapping
Thinking challenge
Skills presentations of cognition programme sessions
Skills presentations of mood state programme sessions
Skills presentations of relationship programme sessions
Intervention Services Facilitator Pathway