CBT for Working with Offenders, course feedback.
The Association for Psychological Therapies prides itself on the written feedback we receive for our courses. Below is just some of the great reviews the CBT for Working with Offenders training course has received.
"A most informative and worthwhile two days. All work covered was relevant to my work with young offenders. The tutor made it an interesting, attention-holding experience."
Michael Baldwin, Social Work (YOS)
"Well delivered course. Very useful and relevant to the job, feel positive and confident about using it back in my job role with young people. Workbook very helpful and easy to keep to use for relevance to sessions."
Deborah Smolinski, Social Worker
"A very well presented and informative training session. The presenter was first class and delivered the subject matter in a timely and professional manner."
Julian Robertson, YOS Worker
"Thank you – lovely and satisfying balance of knowledge and practical exercises. Loved anecdotes to heighten understanding. Loved brain structure information. Very patient trainer and informative."
Stephen Doherty, IOM Worker
"I did learn some very helpful interventions that I will definitely use in my work with clients. Very good day – enjoyed myself."
Steve Barber, Substance Misuse Worker
"The course covered everything I wanted it to cover and will hopefully give staff the confidence to address offending behavior rather than see it as a taboo subject."
Sarah Richardson, DAAT Criminal Justice Commissioner
"This course has heightened my awareness around assessing and speaking with offenders. To be able to implement some of the tools would be very beneficial for the workers and clients."
Renee Brotzman, Deputy Service Manager
"A good refresher of CBT and motivational skills and made me aware of how much I already use in my day to day work with clients. Looking forward to transferring knowledge learned from today to implement in my area of practice."
Lesley Hegarty, Senior Substance Worker
"I liked the science bit regarding the brain and different functions that helped me understand why we behavior the way in which we do."
Tonny Sidden, Arrest Referral Worker
"Really well delivered. Interesting and clearly presented."
Jason Child, IOM Case Worker
"It was a well organized and paced training day. Very relevant and user friendly course. Really enjoyed it!!"
Lisa Caughey, Senior Dip Liaison Worker
"Interesting – 1st time I have focused on offending. Good examples of the work in practice/how the presenter had used his knowledge over the years."
Gerry Hersey, Drugs Worker
"I enjoyed the course, especially the theoretical elements. I also thought the format worked well. The tutor was very informative."
Sally Lynch, Senior Resettlement Officer
"Enjoyed the day – added to my tool box of knowledge/skills. Thank you."
Steve Lodge, Nurse (Substance Misuse)
"I found the course extremely interesting. The trainer was knowledgeable and was able to go into more depth following our own responses. I found it a very relaxed atmosphere and there was no pressure put on us. I wanted to gain more skills in order to better deal with challenging and working with offending behavior and I feel I have attained that. Thank you."
Clare Lewis, DIP Worker
"The course has probably been one of the most useful I have been on. I enjoyed all of the sessions and will undoubtedly be able to put all of what we covered into practice. Thank you for all your efforts, it is much appreciated."
Course Delegate, CBT for Working with Offenders
"I really enjoyed this course and was presented very well. I now feel confident in challenging clients more about their offending without coming across as being judgemental."
Felicia Olaniyan, IOM Worker
"The course has heightened my awareness around assessing and speaking with offenders. To be able to implement some of the tools would be very beneficial for the workers and clients."
Renee Brotzman, Deputy Service Manager
"The course covered everything I wanted it to cover and will hopefully give staff the confidence to address offending behavior rather than seeing it as a taboo subject."
Sarah Richardson, DAAT Criminal Justice Commissioner
"I found the course pitched at just the right level, good quality presentation and excellent handouts. I felt the trainer was aware of and took into account different learning styles and kept a good flow throughout the day."
Alex Woods, Social Worker
"I feel the course was highly relevant to the addictions field and how I work clients around motivation for change. Really well presented in a lovely manor and manageable pace. It is also handy to be given a lovely handout that helped us to concentrate on the topic during the day and not feeling like I needed to write down the content to remind me later, and of course a lovely lunch."
Melissa Baxter, Drugs Worker
"Very informative, I liked the way that we "worked" our way through the day. Cant wait to share what I have learnt!"
Michelle Adams, Resettlement Officer
"I found that the course was very practical and I can envisage myself using what I have learnt with my clients immediately."
Katherine Coates, Case Manager
"I really enjoyed this course and it was presented very well. I now feel confident in challenging clients more about their offending without coming across as being judgemental."
Felicia Olaniyan, IOM Worker
CBT for Working with Offenders.
A 3-day course. (2-day and online versions also available.)
CBT for Working with Offenders gives a clear framework in which to analyze and work with most offenders.
It is an approach that is increasingly being recognized as giving very good results when well delivered. An underlying principle is that the offenders' behavior (like that of everyone) depends largely on the five Be-BEST factors involved in modern Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. If we can change those factors then we can usually also change the offending. This course aims to provide those working with offenders with sufficient knowledge of a cognitive approach to enable them to apply it safely to their caseload.
Feedback Ratings.
We continuously monitor the quality of our training by obtaining feedback on the two key scales of relevance and presentation from every course delegate. Below are the average ratings for the last ten runnings of this course, which are updated periodically.
Face-to-Face
Presentation: 97%
Relevance: 98%
Online Live*
Presentation: 97%
Relevance: 97%
*This online live ratings are taken from the last three runnings of the course in this format.
