The Offender Employment Retention Forum: Meeting Summary
Publication year:
2010
| Cataloged on:
Feb. 11, 2011
ANNOTATION: Individuals that work in the offender employment field will find this publication very useful. It discusses “the feasibility of applying a relapse prevention model, inclusive of case management, to workforce retention” (p. 1). Sections of the meeting summary are: introduction; the Offender Employment Retention Forum; topics covered on February 3, 2010—the vision, overview of the process, existing curricula, and the DACUM Profile for Employment Retention Specialist; and topics covered on February 4, 2010—what circumstances favor retention, the relapse prevention model, some barriers to retention, skills/tools Employment Retention Specialists need, re-visiting the DACUM to see if there are any gaps, how the retention needs of special population can be met, and concluding remarks. Appendixes include the documents “New Approaches to Using Relapse Prevention Therapy in the Criminal Justice System’ by George A. Parks and “Applying a Relapse Prevention Model in Employment Retention Assistance for Formerly Incarcerated Persons: A Review of the Literature” by Connie Clem.
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