Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Workforce Development: Higher learning Training

Concepts

• specialist training
• west yorkshire
• department of health on 21st october
• workforce development
• key part of the opd strategy
• offender personality disorder
• personality disorder
• fundamental part of the offender personality disorder
• ongoing workforce development
• government's opd consultation response

Location

Description

Workforce development is a fundamental part of the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Programme. There is a recognised need to improve competence, confidence and attitudes of staff working with complex offenders who are likely to have a personality disorder. Ongoing workforce development is a key part of the OPD strategy and features in the Government's OPD Consultation Response published by the Department of Health on 21st October 2011 Workforce development supports the delivery of the NHS/NOMS OPD strategy and the Government's intentions described in the OPD response published by the Department of Health on 21st October 2011 , specifically to: o Improve the competence, confidence and attitudes of staff working with complex offenders who are likely to have personality disorder. The overarching aim of delivering OPD pathway personality disorder training is to: o improve service user experience through developing the capabilities, skills and knowledge of the multi-agency workforces in health, social care and criminal justice who understand the challenges of working with individuals with personality disorder; and to o improve the competence, confidence and attitudes of staff working with complex offenders who are likely to have personality disorder.

CPV Codes

• 80510000 - Specialist training services

Other Information

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No