The National Mentoring and Befriending Conference

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The National Mentoring and Befriending
Conference 3rd May 2007 Presentation on
the Transitional Support SchemeSOUTH WALES AND
GWENT AREA
This project has received funding from the Welsh
Assembly Government
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G4S Transitional Support SchemeSOUTH WALES AND
GWENT AREA
Mission Statement   To enhance an offenders
motivation to change in order to assist him or
her with community re-integration. To do this by
way of planning, connecting and encouraging
interaction with those who can best provide the
appropriate level and type of support as
determined by a mutual assessment of need.
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What is the Transitional Support Scheme?

• A mentoring support service available to
  prisoners who have substance misuse (including
  alcohol) issues who are resettling in Wales
  following release from prison.
• Aimed at those serving less than 12 months.
• Focus is on practical resettlement needs via
  motivational ie
• Access to drug treatment.
• Homelessness.
• Employment/Training/Education.
• Relationship problems.
• Benefits/financial issues etc.

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Project Overview

• G4S provide the service in the South Wales and
  Gwent Areas.
• The CAIS-DAWN Partnership with NACRO provides the
  service in North Wales.
• Our team

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G4S Broader Framework
OFFENDER MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES AND PROCEDURES
RELEVANT INTERVENTIONS
CONTINUITY
RISK ASSESSMENT
TRANSITION
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• Regional Context
• WALES Perspective - Reducing Re-offending
  Strategic
• Pathways
• Offender Management and Interventions at
• HMP YOI PARC
• Standardisation and processes
• Innovation integrated approach, underpinning
  ethos,
• transitional continuity
• Management Building Blocks/bedrock

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The general historical picture
Pre-release Resettlement interventions
Post release Community Resettlement Interventions
Dodgy Suspect
Innovative Effective
Dodgy Suspect
Innovative Effective
Little or no transitional continuity therefore
no motivational reinforcement dramatically
reduces likelihood of detachment from a criminal
lifestyle
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COMMUNITY
Transitional Continuity
OFFENDER MANAGEMENT
INTERVENTIONS (FOR)
OM
TSS
MOTIVATIONAL
AOL MOTC BAP
PASRO SOTP ETS 12 STEPS
OM
CJIT
COMMUNITY
A Framework for Change
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Operational Function

• Mentors
• Referral
• Matching mentor / participant and flexibility to
  change
• Health Safety
• Risk Assessment (Task Participant)
• RAC Breakdown Recovery Cover
• Personal Protection Equipment
• PDA
• First Aid Kits
• Personal Alarms
• Contact Reporting

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Operational Function cont..

• Casework
• Prison Contacts Experience of What Works
• Participant motivation issues
• Managing transfers
• Community / Home Visits
• Working with families
• Wide range of contact type
• Trends in Intensity of Support
• Individualised approach
• Developing knowledge

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Performance reports and data

• Welsh Assembly Government Evaluation Report
  publicised March 2006 with very positive results
  for the service delivery and performance of G4S
• see www.wales.gov.uk
• South Wales and Gwent Area to date
• 660 males, 64 females
• Contacts 7102
• 89.5 Community Based

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Peer Group Advisors
Composition Volunteers who have been
through the TSS process as clients. Duties To
attend monthly meetings with TSS team to discuss
continued development of the scheme bringing with
them their experiences and ideas to promote its
credibility amongst service users. Attend
seminars/ forums to represent G4S.
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Volunteers an agreement that satisfies all
involved

• Partnership working with University
• Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC)
• Newlink (Wales)
• Development programme for G4S
• employees

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The future

• Current contract with the Welsh Assembly
  Government (WAG) scheduled to end March 2007
  extended to 30th September 2007.
• NOMS (Home Secretarys 5 year Strategy for
  Protecting the Public and Reducing Re-offending).
• SPV for facilitating Peer Group
  involvement/employment, providing formal
  infrastructure for purposeful and ethical
  employer practices whilst working towards robust
  service-user led programmes within G4S Justice
  Services remit.

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Transitional Support Scheme SOUTH WALES
AND GWENT AREA

• QA