Collaborative Working In Calderdale

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Collaborative Working In Calderdale

• Lifeline Project West Yorkshire Police Offender
  Management Unit

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Introductions

• Kate Barnett, Progress2Work Adviser, Lifeline
  Calderdale
• Michael Chippindale, Detective Inspector,
• West Yorkshire Police

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Collaborative Working

• How and Why?

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Collaborative Working

• Who is involved?

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Collaborative Working

• The purpose /benefits

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Collaborative Working

• Dealing with people as individuals

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Collaborative Working

• Opportunities

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Collaborative Working

• Approach

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Collaborative Working Case Study
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Collaborative Working

• Offending History
• Client A appeared at Calderdale Magistrates Court
  on 11.5.06 where he was remanded in custody
  having been charged with burglary, as a result
  the client was convicted of over 372 Theft From
  Motor Vehicle offences which he had Taken Into
  Consideration (TIC)

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Collaborative Working

• The Partnership discussed Client A at the PPO
  meeting prior to his release date and was
  referred to the weekly Offender Management
  meeting for discussion. A further case
  conference was then held on 31.7.07 this involved
  all partner agencies to discuss numerous issues
  such as-
• Accommodation
• Employment
• Drug Treatment
• Lifeline also kept in regular contact with Client
  A whilst he was in prison, through writing
  letters and arranged for the client to be
  collected from prison.

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Intensive Interaction

• The Partnership went to great lengths to assist
  Client A both pre and post prison release by
• 2 x pre-release prison visits by DC Leyson
  Kate
• Kate and DC Garnett picking him up from prison
• Kate assisted daily in diversionary activities
• DC Leyson visited him daily as a Red Target
• Kate took him to all his DIP appointments
• Attended housing to sort accommodation issues
• Kate assisting with Employment opportunities
• Assisted with benefits / care grant paperwork

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Collaborative Working

• Drug Treatment
• Kate took him to the DIP offices at Harrison
  House on the day of his release to get him onto a
  Methadone script
• Since being part of the Offender Management
  Scheme, Client A attends DIP on a voluntary basis
  every week where he is seen by his Care Worker
  and drug tested
• Since he has been out of prison he has been
  providing
• negative drug tests

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Collaborative Working

• Client A was released from prison on 13.8.07 to
  live at
• Milans Hotel, 6 Carlton Place, Centre,
  Halifax.
• This was on a temporary basis funded by the
  Lifeline Project Prison aftercare, this was until
  accommodation became available to him through
  Foundation Housing
• Kate then assisted him in moving into
• his new accommodation.

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Employment

• Progress2work Link-Up assisted Client A in his
  employment opportunities on a daily basis by
• Putting a CV together
• Arranging interviews with employment agencies
• Arranging training courses
• Arranging references for employment

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Collaborative Working

• Client A started employment at a warehouse which
  was found for him through a recruitment agency
• The reports from the company during his time
  there stated that they were really pleased with
  him and he was a very hard working individual

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Collaborative Working

• The partnership made a huge effort to stop Client
  A committing crime by
• Assisting with furnishing the flat
• Filling in Community Care Grant forms
• Assisting with housing amenity issues
• Involving him in Lifeline Projects
• Taking him to all his appointments
• Supporting him with benefit issues
• Assistance in accessing healthcare provisions
• Budgeting advice

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Collaborative Working

• Due to Client A not re-offending we estimate that
  vehicle crimes could have been reduced by as many
  as
• 2 crimes per day 14 per wk 56 per month
  168 per annum
• Therefore the PSA1 target would not have been met
  by the Multi Agency Partnership
• These figures show that Offender Management has
  clearly had a significant impact on PSA1 crime

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Case Study

• One example is a man who was a prolific burglar
  who, when not in prison was committing up to six
  burglaries a day. We have worked with him, along
  with our partner agencies, he has undergone your
  FLT course, and got good reports. He has since
  gained employment and loves his new life. The
  benefits to Calderdale are that there are now six
  less victims of crime a day, which equates to
  2190 less victims of crime a year. This has
  massive financial benefits, not to mention
  emotional aspect for victims of burglary. Without
  your course this may well have been an entirely
  different story.
• 
  Sergeant Darren Wainwright

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The Future......

• Our plans and future objectives

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Collaborative Working

• Thanks and appreciation
• Any questions ??