‘Your Choice’ is the only current
provider of bespoke, cohort-relevant training in CBT techniques
that equips (at scale via train the trainer model) existing
practitioners who are supporting children at risk of youth violence
in the field of youth justice, youth work and complex safeguarding
to enhance their practice with practical CBT tools, whilst working
within a local authority’s practice framework. CBT is
recognised as an effective intervention for a range of emotional
and behavioural conditions associated with the use of violence. The
programme enables existing youth practitioners to use CBT
techniques available with children most affected by violence,
through enhancing their skills in building therapeutic
relationships with them, so that increased pro social behaviours
and safety for these children can be achieved.
Whilst traditional CBT has sometimes been seen by some to negate
systemic, relational and trauma-based approaches, this programme
alternatively seeks to work with these wider understandings of the
child’s personal / familial history and context and the
systems of which they are a part.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 09/05/2024
Decision due: 13 Mar 2024 by Director for Police, Crime, Criminal Justice and Fire
Contact: Lisa Lees Email: lisa.lees@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk.