Sirdifield, Coral and Mark, Gardner and Brooker, Charlie (2010) The importance of mental health awareness training in a European probation training curriculum. European Journal of Probation, 2 (2). pp. 23-38. ISSN 2006-2203

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Abstract

In 2009 the CEP held a conference centring around the concept of a pan-European probation training curriculum. This article draws on the results of an evaluation of some training conducted in the UK to argue that mental health awareness training should form part of such a common training programme. The article outlines the potential benefits of making such training mandatory for staff working in probation systems across Europe. In addition, it identifies the role of instructional design in constructing learning resources which are flexible enough to be reconfigured to be relevant in different cultural contexts without diminishing the learning process.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	In 2009 the CEP held a conference centring around the concept of a pan-European probation training curriculum. This article draws on the results of an evaluation of some training conducted in the UK to argue that mental health awareness training should form part of such a common training programme. The article outlines the potential benefits of making such training mandatory for staff working in probation systems across Europe. In addition, it identifies the role of instructional design in constructing learning resources which are flexible enough to be reconfigured to be relevant in different cultural contexts without diminishing the learning process.
Keywords:	probation, training, mental health, Instructional Design, Criminal justice
Subjects:	L Social studies > L560 Probation/After Care
Divisions:	College of Social Sciences > Faculty of Health & Social Sciences > Lincoln School of Health & Social Care
Depositing User:	Alison Wilson
Date Deposited:	01 Nov 2010 17:48
Last Modified:	18 Jul 2011 16:34
URI:	http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/3593

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