YASI™ :: Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument Introduction The Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument (YASI™) is an innovative model for assessment of risk, needs and protective factors in youth populations. YASI features measurement of both risk and strengths in juvenile populations in with other high risk youth. Part of YASI’s innovation involves the measurement of protective factors – a feature that helps caseworkers build on the strengths of youth to buffer the negative impact of risk. The YASI provides pre-screening functionality, a major benefit for settings where triage based on risk principles is required. YASI also includes a ...
Girls...Moving On™ A Program for Criminal Justice Involved Girls Girls… Moving On™ is a gender-responsive program designed to assist girls between the ages of 12-21 who have entered the criminal justice system. The program uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to help girls build new skills. The primary goal of the program is to provide girls with alternatives and choices free from criminal activity by assisting them to identify and mobilize both personal and community resources. Girls… Moving On consists of seven Modules - two are delivered on an Individual basis and the remaining five are delivered in a group setting. The program is designed for continuous ...
CaseWorks™ Software Suite CaseWorks™ is the next generation in case management and assessment software. CaseWorks is the leading software platform that integrates risk and needs assessment (including our YASI, SPIn and SPIn-W tools) with a comprehensive case management system. Designed to put tuning and configuration in the hands of the user, CaseWorks integrate seamlessly with existing case management tools, or other enterprise software platforms. We understand that the needs of each of our clients’ will differ and CaseWorks has been designed for rapid customization, enabling us to tailor a solution specific to your needs. Our software has been refined thanks to many years of feedback ...
WOCMM Women Offender Case Management Model (WOCMM) is a gender-responsive case management model. The model aims to reduce re-offending among criminal justice system involved women and to increase the health and well being of the women and their families. WOCMM provides a variety of strategies to help women offenders be successful in the community. The targets and essential components of the WOCMM evolved from field experience and a review of the existing research. The model represents a very concerted effort to provide the combination of supervision style, resources, and interventions that are necessary to help women offenders make the gains they need ...
SPIn™ :: Service Planning Instrument The Challenge of Case Planning The Service Planning Instrument (SPIn) is an exciting model for assessing risk, need and protective factors in adult populations. It can be used in probation, parole, re-entry and custodial settings where there is a requirement to assess risk of recidivism and identify service needs. As the name implies, helping case workers develop service plans for their criminal justice clients is the primary objective in using SPIn. SPIn also provides scoring that is helpful for classifying offenders according to overall risk level so that adequate supervision resources can be assigned. In many ...
Moving On™ Moving On™ focuses on responsivity issues for women offenders. The structured program provides women with alternatives to criminal activity by helping to identify and mobilize both personal and community resources. The program is based on an educational and cognitive skills-building approach and can be delivered over 9 – to –13 weeks in small groups or on an individual basis by trained correctional practitioners. Because of the smaller proportion of female offenders, most criminal justice treatment programs settings were developed specifically for male offenders. Accordingly, women offenders have been neglected in many of the new and exciting new treatment programs that ...
SPIn-W™ :: Service Planning Instrument for Women The Service Planning Instrument for Women (SPIn-W™) was developed from research and field practice with criminal justice involved women. The assessment contains 100-items that assess risk, need and protective factors that have demonstrated relevance for increasing responsivity in case work with justice involved women. While, the content of SPIn-W overlaps with traditional risk/need assessment in general populations of men and women, SPIn-W items related to child custody and parenting issues, domestic violence, mental health, social support, and community living. Items in assessment domains related to attitudes, aggression, interpersonal skills, and cognitive skills ...
Motivational Interviewing Orbis offers training in MI for a variety of practitioners involved in case work with high-risk clients. We teach counselors, case managers, correctional officers and other professionals helpful techniques for engaging their clients in behavioral change. MI can be described more as a style of working with people rather than a program. It has become a standard principle of practice for many of our clients who wish to achieve greater buy-in with the people they serve. For example, in the field of corrections MI has revolutionized how many jurisdictions go about their work. Using a number of intuitive techniques, MI ...
CounterPoint™ CounterPoint™ is a cognitive-behavioral intervention designed for men aged 18 and older involved in the criminal justice system. The program is aimed at reducing reoffending by providing participants with the skills necessary to develop more pro-social attitudes and behavior. The Counter-Point curriculum consists of 33-sessions and it has been designed specifically for male offenders who are assessed as having a high likelihood of reoffending. To facilitate attitudinal and behavioural change and increase participants’ personal responsibility and accountability, Counter-Point is based on a social learning perspective that applies cognitive behavioural principles and methods. Skill rehersal and reinforcement for learning are critical principles ...
CALM™ :: Controlling Anger and Learning to Manage It CALM™ is a cognitive-behavioral group training program designed to reduce anger, violence, and emotional loss of control among male offenders. The popular program is designed to increase men’s knowledge of anger and other emotions and teach the skills necessary to reduce the frequency, intensity, and duration of anger episodes. Originally developed for Correctional Service Canada, CALM has been implemented across the United States, England and Australia. Training in a booster version of the program (CALMER) is also available. The 24 sessions in the CALM Program teach participants the skills necessary to reduce the frequency, intensity, ...
Orbis Partners provides consulting services to organizations engaged in the helping professions. Our clients include a range of social service agencies, criminal justice services, employment counseling organizations, mental health providers, education, workplace wellness programs, substance abuse treatment facilities, and other organizations in the business of helping clients achieve positive outcomes.
Girls...Moving OnTM is a gender-responsive program designed to assist girls between the ages of 12-21 who have entered the criminal justice system. The program uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to help girls build new skills. The primary goal of the program is to provide girls with alternatives and choices free from criminal activity by assisting them to identify and mobilize both personal and community resources.
CaseWorksTM is an exciting new software platform that allows our clients to manage their assessment, case noting and reporting activities using one software application. A major benefit derives from CaseWorks' ability to link ongoing case work activities (e.g., contacts with client, collaterals, crisis events, program participation, etc.) to the assessment-based case plan.
