Outcare

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• Outcare
• Formed in 1963 as The Civil Rehabilitation
  Council of WANon-government group operating
  specifically in the criminal justice
  systemTarget GroupOffender, ex offenders and
  their families

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Outcare

• Service Provision
• - Holistic through care model since the early
  90s
• - Tertiary support but moving towards also doing
  primary prevention
• Common factors which may put clients at risk of
  re-offending
• Accommodation
• Employment
• Income
• Support

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• Outcare a one-stop shop
• Emergency accommodation
• Re entry Link case management/advocacy service
• Emergency welfare support
• Employment Training
• Addiction/health Counselling and education
• Family Support
• Youth Services
• In excess of 175,000 contacts this past year.

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Outcare

• Trends
• Illicit Drugs
• Rising indigenous population
• Accommodation crisis

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Health Service

• 2007, 76.46 of detainees at the East Perth Watch
  house tested positive for an illicit substance
  (cf. 65.75 nationally) (within 48 hours of
  arrest/detainment).
• 77 females tested positive and 73 males tested
  positive.
• Ref Drug use monitoring in Australia 2007
  annual report on drug use among police detainees.
  

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Health Service

• Addiction Service
• Throughcare Counselling for offenders,
  counselling for ex-offenders and their families
  in regard to alcohol and drug addiction issues.

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Health Service

• 2007, 60 of WA prison entrants had never been
  tested for HIV and 65 had never been tested by
  HBV
• In WA 2007, 63 of prison will test positive for
  Hep C cf. 37 of a non prison population
• Key findings high prevalence of high risk
  behaviours such as unprotected sex in last 12
  mths (48), and sharing injecting equipment (16)
  particularly for juvenile and adult females
  (17 and 20 respectively, cf 15 adult males and
  3 juvenile males).
• Ref The epidemiology of notifiable sexually
  transmitted infections and blood borne viruses in
  WA 2007 (2008). K. Kwan, D. Mak, B. Combs, S.
  Arthur, R. Bangor-Jones, C. Giele. Dept of
  Health Perth.

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Health Service

• Blood Borne Virus Program
• Families Partners
• of offenders and
• ex offenders.

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Health Service

• Confidential Hepatitis B Vaccination Service
• Hakea Remand Centre one day per week - free to
  clients
• Accelerated program with Engerix, three
  vaccinations within a four week period (booster
  recommended in twelve months time).

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• Family Support Services
• Aims
• To reduce the impact of imprisonment on
  prisoners, their families, children and visitors

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Outcare Family Centres

• Emotional Support
• Financial Assistance
• Centrelink
• Childcare
• Housing
• Prison Assistance

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Outcare Family Centres

• Stats 2008-09
• 6 centres 166,907 visitors this year 76,194
  at Hakea (remand prison)
• 13,880 children used our childcare services
• At Hakea childcare service is licensed and
  individual attention is provided to each child

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Employment Training

• Life-skills
• Job-shop career development
• Driver education
• Computer Training
• Accredited training

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Pre-release Life-Skills

• Framed around 3 competencies
• Build and maintain a positive self image
• Interact positively effectively with others
• Change grow through life

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Career Development

• Outcare is a specialist provider of the
  Employment Directions Network to provide career
  development services to ex-offenders
• The primary focus of this is to assist clients to
  identify a career goal and develop an action plan
  to achieve that goal

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Driver Education Program

• Assist clients to prepare application for
  Extra-ordinary drivers licence application
• Provide driving lessons in a vehicle provided by
  Lotteries West and utilizing volunteer
  instructors

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Accredited Training

• Outcare has formed a partnership with two
  Registered Training Organisations that
  allows Outcare trainers to deliver
  units of competency from
• accredited training courses.

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Brief Intervention Service

• Provide brief intervention services on anger
  management and relapse prevention to remanded and
  newly sentenced prisoners

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Re-Entry Program

• Transition from prison to the community
• Refer to other services (internal / external)
• Support with reporting requirements
• Employment
• Accommodation
• Links with the community
• Pre and Post-Release programs

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Accommodation

• The current economic conditions a great challenge
  to ex-offenders exiting the prison system
• Finding accommodation one of the greatest
  challenges for them.
• 28 properties scattered throughout the Perth
  metropolitan area
• Houses and units, fully furnished 3 months
  accommodation at minimal rate.
• Minimal rental rates which is inclusive of
  utility charges.

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OUTCARE YOUTH SERVICES BY EXAMPLE WE STRIVE TO
ACHIEVE PURPOSE, ACCEPTANCE UNIFICATION
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Youth Services

• Reconnect
• Indigenous Youth Services
• Outcare JTARP
• Preventative Keeping Kids Out of Crime

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Outcare Youth Services

• Outcare Youth Programs
• Reconnect Youth Services
• Indigenous Youth Programs
• Crime Prevention Keeping Kids Out of Crime

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OUTCARE YOUTH SERVICES BY EXAMPLE WE STRIVE TO
ACHIEVE PURPOSE, ACCEPTANCE UNIFICATION Homeless
ness A KEY FACTOR IMPACTING ON PEOPLE IN THE
JUSTICE SYSTEM
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Factors of offending behaviour.

• Socio economic status exclusion
• Little or no supervision/boundaries
• History of abuse Sexual, Mental/physical and
  emotional
• Alcohol Drug misuse

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Factors of offending behaviour.

• Family history (one or both parents have been
  incarcerated at any point in time during the
  young persons life. )

• Negative Peer interaction and pressures

• Transient lifestyle
• Homelessness
• Low educational standards, Truancy

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Factors impacting on social exclusion for
indigenous people also include

• Lack of education, training opportunities
  Employment
• Marginalisation of this group with a large
  percentage embedded in welfare system.

• Lack of appropriate Accommodation.
• Lack of structure,
• dysfunctional family units,
• Ongoing generational issues.

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KEY AREAS OF CONCERN

• WA has the second Highest rate of incarceration
  in Australia
• High Rate of Indigenous people in the Justice
  system.
• There is a Lack of
• A Holistic Through care longitudinal Programme.
• Limited Emergency accommodation.
• No transitional and long term accommodation
  supports available as a through care model from
  emergency accommodation.
• Funding to employ more community case workers to
  further support this marginalised group of people.

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KEY AREAS OF CONCERN

• Indigenous population of WA 3.4
• 2 of the national population.
• Approximately 75 of indigenous people are
  situated in the metropolitan area and major
  regional towns.

Incarceration rates of Indigenous people in W.A.
Youth 75 - 80 Adult - 40 - 45
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KEY AREAS OF CONCERN
RECIVIDISM RATE For Juveniles in custody

• 75 FOR SENTENCED YOUTH
• 70 FOR YOUTH - BREACH OF BAIL CONDITIONS
  SUPERVISED RELEASE ORDERS.
• FOR WOMEN
• FOR ADULT MALES 45 (RE-ENTRY 17.5)

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KEY AREAS OF CONCERN

• Lack of a holistic through care 24/7 Programme
  for youth and identified adults.

• White Paper (homelessness)

• Fragmentation in Service/s

• Loose /fluid KPIS. Gov.

• Duplication of Services

• Reduction in silo mentality within NGOs
• Silo mentality still remains within Gov.
  Departments.

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Benefits of a holistic 24/7 through-care Programme

• Incorporate accommodation and a safe environment
  for the identified client group.
• Longitudinal Support programme for identified
  Homeless clients
• Incremental reduction of supports over period of
  time.
• Realistic choices and plans in dealing with
  justice issues
• Individual long term Case Management

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Benefits of a holistic 24/7 through-care Programme

• Real options for clients to make own choices.
• Opportunity for clients to change plans as the
  programme progresses.
• Support future short and long term directions and
  options.
• Needs Assessment with all stakeholders involved.
• Case management identifying lead agency with all
  stakeholders involved in plan and supports.

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CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT OF OFFENDERS IN CUSTODY

• Community Juvenile and Corrections Officers are
  responsible for clients statutory requirements,
  not welfare issues.
• Who is?
• Minimal contact with clients that are
  incarcerated.

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DCP, JUSTICE AND KIDS

• For the financial year 2006/07) 34 Department of
  Child Protection Clients were incarcerated in
  Juvenile custodial Centres due to a number of
  welfare issues including lack of appropriate
  accommodation.
• This represents 17 of the total population in
  the juvenile justice system.
• With an average stay of 94 days in custody.

Average based on total amount of detainees
incarcerated.
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DCP, JUSTICE AND KIDS
Department of Child Protection Clients
Issues for these clients aged 13yrs 18yrs.

• Accommodation placement emergency, transitional
  and long term.
• Attributed to a number of reasons with two major
  factors being
• The reduction in child protection hostels and
  suitable accommodation available.
• The sharp increase of infants requiring Child
  Protection services and placement.

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OUTCARE RECONNECT
RECIVIDISM RATE For Juveniles in custody 75
FOR SENTENCED YOUTH 70 FOR BREACH OF BAIL
CONDITIONS SUPERVISED RELEASE ORDERS.
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CAN WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

• THE PATH FORWARD
• SAFE ENVIRONMENTS
• LIFE SUPPORTS
• LIFE SKILLS
• EDUCATION
• HOLISTIC THROUGH-CARE PROGRAMMES AND PLANS.
• INCREASED AVAILABILITY OF ADDICTION COUNSELLORS.
• FUNDING FOR LONG TERM CASE MANAGEMENT
• TRANSITIONAL LONG TERM ACCOMMODATION SUPPORTS
• DEPARTMENTAL COLABORATION AND OWNERSHIP OF
  ISSUES.

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