Crime Prevention Program Assignment
University of Namibia
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Human Science: Section Social Work
Social Work with Groups (HSOW 3631)
Proposal
Ex Youth Offenders Group
Sylvia Tjizake
Student Number: 201003490
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I.
Abstract
Youth offenders are a problem in every town of Namibia, and Otjiwarongo is no exception. More youth are committing crimes and are kept in prisons all the country to serve their sentence, but little are done about the successful reintegration of these ex-offenders in the community. Ex- offenders need programmes and services that will assist them in dealing with crisis or if they experiencing adjustment difficulties. A lot of ex-offenders lack skills for employment because they have no skills when they land up in prison, and some are stigmatized and don’t know how to cope afterwards. This is a proposal to create Rehabilitation and Reintegration Services group for ex-youth offenders. The group will issue a report on all facilities they will need in order to set up these services.
II. Purposes of the Group
The purpose of the group is to assist ex-offenders by providing full range of programmes and services at the Youth Centre in Otjiwarongo that support the rehabilitation, personal, and social growth. The group will also encourage and support the successful integration into the community of individual offenders who served custodial sentences under the Prisons Act. Services to offenders will be provided primarily through group-based psycho-educational skills and skills-development program delivery. However, additional services to ex-offenders may be provided through individual .counseling and treatment. Ex-offenders work programs will as well be provided to give them an opportunity to develop practical employment skills. Role playing, behaviour rehearsal modeling, and reinforcement will be employed as method of teaching social skills. Practicing resume writing, application letter writing skills will
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Human Science: Section Social Work
Social Work with Groups (HSOW 3631)
Proposal
Ex Youth Offenders Group
Sylvia Tjizake
Student Number: 201003490
,
I.
Abstract
Youth offenders are a problem in every town of Namibia, and Otjiwarongo is no exception. More youth are committing crimes and are kept in prisons all the country to serve their sentence, but little are done about the successful reintegration of these ex-offenders in the community. Ex- offenders need programmes and services that will assist them in dealing with crisis or if they experiencing adjustment difficulties. A lot of ex-offenders lack skills for employment because they have no skills when they land up in prison, and some are stigmatized and don’t know how to cope afterwards. This is a proposal to create Rehabilitation and Reintegration Services group for ex-youth offenders. The group will issue a report on all facilities they will need in order to set up these services.
II. Purposes of the Group
The purpose of the group is to assist ex-offenders by providing full range of programmes and services at the Youth Centre in Otjiwarongo that support the rehabilitation, personal, and social growth. The group will also encourage and support the successful integration into the community of individual offenders who served custodial sentences under the Prisons Act. Services to offenders will be provided primarily through group-based psycho-educational skills and skills-development program delivery. However, additional services to ex-offenders may be provided through individual .counseling and treatment. Ex-offenders work programs will as well be provided to give them an opportunity to develop practical employment skills. Role playing, behaviour rehearsal modeling, and reinforcement will be employed as method of teaching social skills. Practicing resume writing, application letter writing skills will