What is the Knife Crime Hub?
This programme provides an online structured programme to support individuals to:
- Develop knowledge and understand the impact of knife crime
- Increase their understanding knife crime and to motivate individuals to not carry offensive weapons
- Learn the tools needed to desist from using knives.
What makes this intervention premium?
This intervention offers subscribing organisations:
- CBT and Strength based interventions
- Complete customisation including: logos, colours and fonts.
- Bespoke amends to reflect local requirements
- Live time management reporting.
How does it work?
Our programmes have been carefully designed to cater for all learning styles. We achieved this by including into our programmes:
- Audio bars for those with reading difficulties
- Visual content such as videos and diagrams
- Written instructions
- Case examples
- Skills practice
- Downloadable content.
What topics does it cover?
Our Knife Crime programme covers:
- Understanding what offensive weapons are and the implications of owning them.
- Support us in self reflecting on why we carry a weapon.
- The family and community consequences of carrying a weapon.
- The ripple effect of being caught with a weapon.
- How to change associations and the support available.
- What the term “Joint Enterprise” is.
- Escalation Awareness and knowing how we react changes outcomes.
- Perspective taking on intent.
- Research based insights
Does the Knife Crime hub offer any more support?
In addition to a structured programme outlined above, users can also access:
- 24 hours a day email support service
- Useful Videos
How effective are the programmes?
RSMS are the only company that have tested CCBT based approaches with an offender population in England and the Isle of Man. To date our average results have been:
- 71% showed a positive change in pre and post questionnaire scoring (measuring change in thinking and attitudes)
- 78% of users would recommend it
- 73% of users report that they found it useful.
What happens when you finish the programme?
When the user finishes the programme, a post programme report measuring any changes is sent to the email address that has been provided. This will also include all the information input into the programme.