The Short Rehabilitation Programme for Men (SRP-M) is designed to help offenders examine the causes of their offending and develop specific skills to prevent them re-offending. Participants identify patterns in their thinking, emotions and behaviours that lead them to offend.
They develop their own personalised programme plan that identifies risk factors linked to their offending and provides pro-social alternatives to offending.
The SRP-M is provided in locations where the Medium Intesity Rehabilitation Programme cannot be provided, or for offenders whose sentences are not long enough for them to attend
the longer programme.
The programme is aimed at male offenders in prisons and in the community who are at medium risk of re-offending. They must have a RoC*RoI score of between 0.3–0.7 for all offence types except sexual offences and be 20 years of age or older.
The SRP-M is delivered over 18 sessions by programme facilitators to groups of up to three participants. Sessions are intensive and usually run for 2.5 hours three or four days a week.
SRP-M assists offenders to develop coping skills so they can manage difficult situations and impulsivity. Components woven throughout the programme address:
In the community
If an offender is eligible for the programme, the probation officer waitlists the offender in IOMS and forwards the completed referral form to the programme liaison manager (PLM) for CPPS Head Office approval. Once approved, the probation officer places the offender on the tentative list for the programme in IOMS
In prisons
If a prisoner is sentence planned for the programme and is eligible, the prison scheduler places the prisoner on the waitlist for the programme in IOMS.