The offender personality disorder (OPD) pathway was implemented in 2012 to help improve services for people with personality difficulties within the criminal justice system. The OPD pathway acknowledges the importance of supervision, training and reflective practice for staff working with this client group and such activities have therefore been embedded within this initiative. Despite the research from this pathway identifying benefits to both staff and service users, there is a gap in knowledge about the impact of reflective practice. This study aims, therefore, to increase this knowledge base by exploring staff’s experience and perception of reflective practice as part of the OPD pathway programme. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were completed with 32 members of National Health Service and National Probation Service staff within offender management teams and approved premises in the North East of England. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data, resulting in the emergence of four key themes relating to the utility of reflective practice sessions. The findings suggest that reflective practice is useful, however, there are some barriers to attending sessions. The findings have implications for service delivery and workforce development within the OPD pathway programme and more widely within NPS.

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如果你想改变世界，你必须从自己开始：员工反思实践在罪犯人格障碍途径中的影响

罪犯人格障碍 (OPD) 途径于 2012 年实施，以帮助改善刑事司法系统内对人格障碍人士的服务。OPD 途径承认监督、培训和反思实践对于与该客户群体一起工作的员工的重要性，因此此类活动已包含在该计划中。尽管该途径的研究确定了对员工和服务使用者的益处，但在反思实践的影响方面仍存在差距。因此，本研究旨在通过探索员工的经验和对反思实践的看法作为 OPD 途径计划的一部分来增加这一知识基础。在英格兰东北部的罪犯管理团队和批准的场所内，对 32 名国家卫生服务和国家缓刑服务工作人员进行了焦点小组和半结构化访谈。主题分析用于分析数据，导致出现与反思练习课程的效用相关的四个关键主题。研究结果表明，反思练习是有用的，但是，参加会议存在一些障碍。这些发现对 OPD 途径计划内的服务提供和劳动力发展以及更广泛的 NPS 内的服务都有影响。研究结果表明，反思练习是有用的，但是，参加会议存在一些障碍。这些发现对 OPD 途径计划内的服务提供和劳动力发展以及更广泛的 NPS 内的服务都有影响。研究结果表明，反思练习是有用的，但是，参加会议存在一些障碍。这些发现对 OPD 途径计划内的服务提供和劳动力发展以及更广泛的 NPS 内的服务都有影响。