These sessions are designed to prepare interested members from a variety of faith communities to support men, women and youth recently released from local corrections facilities. The training provided by the ReIntegration Project Chaplains will clearly explain how the ReIntegration Support Teams work and what this Project requires from its participants. Following training volunteers will then be asked whether they feel they can support returnees, whether they are still interested in becoming members of a RSTeam or whether they might prefer to volunteer in another way.
Training takes place over two sessions.
The first session acquaints the participants with the philosophical and ethical models which under gird the project including information about the Multifaith context of the project. Together these two sections will provide volunteers with a clear picture of the kinds of support RSTeam members will be called upon to provide,as well as the information and supports available when working with the Community Chaplains and the Returnees assigned to their team.