Bridging the Gap: Offenders, Families, and the Journey Home
Equip yourself to walk alongside offenders and families through the complex journey of reintegration with empathy, insight, and real-world strategies.
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Bridging the Gap: Offenders, Families, and the Journey Home
SPS-008-FAM
$0.00
Duration: 8.00 hours
Upcoming Run: 21st Feb 2026
Sign Up nowCourse Fees & ScheduleWhat is it about?
Have you ever wondered what homecoming feels like after years behind bars?
Do you know what it’s like for families left to carry the weight of absence, change, and hope?
When volunteers are asked to support this journey, are we truly prepared?
Reintegration isn’t just about returning home. It’s about rebuilding trust, redefining relationships, and sometimes, reimagining what “family” means.
In this module, you’ll uncover the often-unseen dynamics between offenders and families. You’ll gain the tools, sensitivity, and self-awareness to bridge that gap in ways that are grounded, respectful, and person-centred.
What Is This Module About?
Bridging the Gap: Offenders, Families, and the Journey Home is an 8-hour immersive training designed for volunteers supporting individuals on their reintegration journey.
Through interactive activities, case discussions, and reflective exercises, this module explores how incarceration disrupts family roles, how reunification efforts unfold, and when reconnection may not be appropriate.
Volunteers will learn to:
Understand family systems affected by incarceration
Redefine “family” through a client-centred lens
Support complex family dynamics with empathy
Navigate boundaries, setbacks, and realities of reintegration
You’ll walk away with renewed clarity, grounded expectations, and practical tools to support both offenders and their loved ones, wherever they are on their journey.
How This Course Makes a Difference
Reintegration is never a straight path and families are often at the heart of that journey.
This module prepares you to show up with empathy, strategy, and a deep respect for complexity. Whether you’re supporting biological families, chosen support networks, or walking beside someone who has no family left, you’ll learn how to honour their truth and build forward.
Understand the Family Impact of Incarceration
Gain insight into how imprisonment reshapes family roles, responsibilities, and emotional bonds for both offenders and their loved ones.
Experience Family Dynamics Through Simulation
Step into the shoes of family members via our interactive Family Game to feel how roles shift and fractures form.
Rethink What 'Family' Means in Reintegration
Explore why “family” isn’t one-size-fits-all and how to support the client’s own definition, not just the legal one.
Learn When Reunification Isn’t Ideal
Recognise the signs and situations where returning to family may not be safe or appropriate and how to hold space for those realities.
Gain Practical Tools to Support the Reintegration Timeline
Use timelines, mapping, and planning frameworks to understand where and how volunteers can step in meaningfully.
Build Respectful Boundaries in Complex Situations
Understand the role of a volunteer when emotions run high, expectations clash, or boundaries are blurred.
Who is it for?
Ready to Support Families and Offenders Through the Reintegration Journey?
Whether you support offenders, walk alongside their families, or advocate for stronger community reintegration, this module helps you work with greater empathy, clarity, and confidence. It offers practical strategies to navigate the often complex and emotional dynamics that shape reintegration outcomes.
Spiritual Counsellors & In-Care Facilitators
Support offenders beyond the prison walls. Learn to engage with the family system as part of the healing and reintegration process, building bridges between the offender’s growth and the environment they return to.
Aftercare Befrienders & Community Volunteers
Gain insight into the challenges families face after incarceration. This module helps you walk alongside them with compassion, awareness, and tools that foster meaningful reintegration.
Volunteers Working with Families
Whether you serve in homes, community spaces, or institutional settings, this training sharpens your understanding of family systems and equips you to support with sensitivity and structure.
New Volunteers in Correctional Work
Just starting out? Build a solid foundation in what it takes to support both offenders and families. Learn what reintegration truly involves and how your role can make a lasting difference.
Community & Social Service Professionals
From grassroots advocates to frontline social workers, strengthen your ability to collaborate across systems. Learn to hold space for both offender accountability and family restoration.
Prison Care Counsellors & Officers
Work inside the system with a view on the outside. This module equips you to recognise the importance of family readiness, enhance pre-release preparation, and foster continuity of care that extends into the community.
Alastair Leo Tan Yew Jin
Instructor showcase (implementation pending)
Why Learn with Us
Hands-On & Practical
We believe the best learning happens by doing. Our courses are highly experiential, packed with real-life case studies, role-plays, and interactive group work. You won’t just sit through slides; you’ll practice the skills that matter.
Learn from the Best
Our trainers are experienced practitioners, not just facilitators. They’ve walked the talk and brought wisdom from the field, not just the textbook. Learn from people who’ve been there and are here to help you grow.
Fun, Safe & Engaging
Learning should feel energising. We foster a warm, inclusive environment where you're encouraged to ask, reflect, laugh, and learn, all while building supportive relationships with fellow participants.
Backed by Research
Every course is grounded in evidence-based practices from psychology, social work, education, and communication science. You get practical tools that work, not just trendy jargon.
Designed for Real Life
Our content is real-world-ready. Whether you're navigating tough conversations at home, supporting others in your role, or developing your own mindset, what you learn is instantly applicable.
Lifelong Learning Community
When you join us, you join a movement. All alumni get access to follow-up events, peer circles, and exclusive learning spaces. You stay connected, supported, and part of something bigger, long after the course ends.
Meet your trainers
Alastair Leo
Master Trainer | Counsellor | Coach | NLP Practitioner
Alastair Tan is a counsellor, coach, and adult educator with over 15 years of experience. He has worked extensively with offenders, families, and communities, delivering psychological interventions, WSQ training, and coaching in para-counselling, reflexive practice, and employability. A certified coach and senior counsellor, Alastair supports individuals and families on reintegration, parenting, mental health, and substance use.
- •Master Trainer, Counsellor, Executive Coach and NLP Practitioner
How will the course run?
📌 Course Access Information
This is a 1-day in-person training conducted face-to-face at:
Blended Concept Pte Ltd
Grantral Mall
601 MacPherson Road, #03-11
Singapore 368242
📞 For directions or support, please contact Ally at Allynna@blendedconcept.com.
| Date | Start Time | End Time | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-21 | 09:00 | 17:00 | Face-to-Face |
Course Fees
| Course Structure | Fee (Net Fee after training grant subsidy) |
|---|---|
| Free (Sponsored by Singapore Prison Service)This course is complimentary for volunteers and staff from partner organizations of the Singapore Prison Service. | Free |
