Program staff should be trained in the application of Aggression Replacement Training (ART) and Interactive Journaling or equivalent programming approved by OMH Central Office. In addition, all staff will be required to complete the CUCS Academy for Justice-Informed Practice Certificate program. This training is focused on education and skills required for working with a justice-involved population. Staff training opportunities include but are not limited to: • Understanding violence and staff safety • Understanding the criminal justice system • Supporting mandated clients including working with parole • Trauma-informed care for justice involved individuals • Reducing recidivism and promoting recovery • The clinical impact of incarceration • First person perspectives on the experience of incarceration to recovery; and • Intensive Motivational Interviewing training, including supervisory level Motivational Interviewing
