complex needs

Wellbeing Unit

[Liverpool prison (2022)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: 35-bed wellbeing unit, housing people with a range of complex needs, including mental health issues, chronic self-harm, drug issues, and trauma.

Keywords: health, mental health, complex needs

Restart Workshop

[Stafford prison (2022)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a workshop-based community focusing on prisoners with a range of complex needs, including challenging behaviours, self-harm, mental health issues, and self-isolation.

Keywords: complex needs, challenging behaviour

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a 10-week equine prison programme, leading to a level 2 qualification, aimed at especially challenging and hard to reach young adults, with the aim of improving their engagement as well as their behaviour.

Keywords: education, complex needs

Complex Case and Support Plans

[Coldingley prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: multidisciplinary approach to managing prisoners with complex mental health/addiction-related needs and challenging behaviours.

Keywords: complex needs, challenging behaviour

ACCESS service (for women with complex needs)

[Foston Hall prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a specialist, intensive support service for residents presenting with complex needs and challenging behaviours, which are causing them significant distress and negatively impacting on their progression through their sentence.

Keywords: female offenders, complex needs, challenging behaviour

Social Care Advocates

[Whatton prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: prisoners are recruited trained and supported to provide peer support to those in need of social care, including wheelchair pushing, having a chat, making tea, keeping cell clean etc.

Keywords: social care, complex needs