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Great opportunity to join our justice team as Community Justice Manager. We are looking for a dynamic manager to lead and be responsible for all aspects of the delivery and development of our Community Justice services: https://buff.ly/3OQMWM4

Great opportunity to join our justice team as Community Justice Manager. We are looking for a dynamic manager to lead and be responsible for all aspects of the delivery and development of our Community Justice services: https://buff.ly/3OQMWM4

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Huge thank you to our amazing volunteers this #InternationalVolunteerDay. Volunteering with Sacro provides the opportunity for you to put your skills and knowledge into practice while giving back to the local community. https://buff.ly/3ZmsMyH

Huge shout out to Rachael Moss & Rowena McIntosh with an amazingly passionate and creative 🎨 Sacro completing their certification in our BPS approved trauma enhanced course 📃 🎉 Energy and innovation lighting up minds & transforming theory to practice Privilege to support Lynne Thornhill and wider Sacro vision 🌅 #TraumaInformed #LearningJourney #TheEpioneEffect

Violence against women and girls is most often perpetrated by partners and family members. If you are affected, please seek support. If you're not, stand up to it and seek change. #NoExcuse #16Days

This is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Nearly 1 in 3 women will experience violence in their lifetime, many at the hands of partners and family members. Be aware of it, report it, support survivors. https://buff.ly/498sFej

‘Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids’ is a pioneering programme aimed at improving relationships, health, and health behaviours in fathers and their children. Originally developed in Australia, for the first time, internationally, it has been adapted for, and delivered in prisons. The eight-week programme was first delivered in HMP Barlinnie, followed by HMP Perth, and has so far involved 14 families with children aged 5 to 12. The weekly sessions comprise a ‘fathers only’ session which focuses on exploring the theory around topics such as ‘The importance of being a dad’, ‘Raising healthy kids’ and ‘Positive parenting’. The fathers are then joined by their children, for the ‘activity’ session which focuses on three areas of physical activity: positive rough and tumble play; fitness; and fundamental movement skills (e.g., throwing, catching, bouncing and kicking). At the end of each session, the children and their fathers were able to sit and enjoy a meal as a family with their partner, or another family member, who had accompanied the children to the session. This chance to spend quality time together away from the confines of the visit room was particularly impactful with one participant saying: “Just the simple fact the family are sitting down having a meal with you, using a table. It’s a completely different dynamic”. Developed by a research team from the Universities of Glasgow and Stirling and the University of Newcastle in New South Wales, the programme forms part of a two-year study which seeks to address wider questions about ways to improve the health, wellbeing and family relationships of men while in prison and following their release. Studies have shown that people in prison are at a higher risk of increased mortality and poor health, and similarly children of imprisoned parents have poorer health, education and offending outcomes compared to other children. The programme is designed to facilitate children’s contact with their fathers and uses enjoyable joint physical activity sessions and family meals to improve their health, wellbeing, and relationships; and ultimately break possible inter-generational cycles of disadvantage and reduce recidivism. One participant said: “I think it’s been great to reconnect with my son in a way you probably cannot even put it into words… I liked how it brought my attention to things like, when we talked about active listening and being present, and things that are outside that you don’t really mean to overlook, but things get in the way of life. I actually think we are having a chance to do it in here [in prison] as we don’t have more outside pressures on.” Such is the success of the programme, over two days in August, HMP Barlinnie staff trained a further 23 colleagues from prisons around the country to allow them to facilitate the programme in more locations. HDHK continues in Barlinnie and will now be introduced to HMPs Low Moss, Shotts, Kilmarnock, and Dumfries in the coming months.

Looking for careers in Community Justice? Sacro has full-time, sessional and volunteering posts available. https://buff.ly/3AUTk1G

Great opportunity for a Volunteer Befriender in South Lanarkshire. Volunteering with Sacro provides the opportunity to put your skills and knowledge into practice while giving back to the local community. All volunteers will also receive comprehensive Sacro training. https://lnkd.in/exG94CmM