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Warbarth Working Links Devon and Cornwall Probation Reducing Crime – Tackling Exclusion Together Presentation to The Howard League for Penal Reform House of Lords 4 th February 2009. Background. Response to National Action Plan to Reduce Re-offending (2004) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Warbarth
Working Links
Devon and Cornwall Probation
Reducing Crime – Tackling Exclusion
TogetherPresentation to The Howard League for Penal Reform
House of Lords 4th February 2009
Background
• Response to National Action Plan to Reduce Re-offending (2004)– “Having a real job reduces the risk of reconviction by between
33% and 50% depending on age”
• Financed by European Social Fund’s (ESF) Objective One and match funded through DCPA and Working Links from May 06 to June 08
• Partnership between Devon and Cornwall Probation and Working Links
• Eligibility - offenders/ex-offenders aged over 18 living in Cornwall.
• Most referrals from DCPA but also from offenders not on licence and ex-offenders who still consider offending to be a barrier.
Approach
• Specialist Offender Programme
• Voluntary
• County Wide
• Discretionary Enabling Fund
• Individual tailored solutions
• Cross Agency Activity
Meet the team
Customer Journey
• Engagement Activity• Meeting Clients • Diagnostic interview and tools• Action Planning• Job Search and Interviews• A New Job• Aftercare support
Case Study One
• Schedule one offender
• Referred to us by DCPA
• Licence restrictions
• Change of career needed
• Disclosing to employers
• Getting a job!
• What happened next
• He won ‘Store man of the Year Award’
• Probation agreed trip abroad
• His long term partner moved in
• He has been promoted
• He is loving life
• Signing with Probation until April 2009
• On sex offenders register for further 5 years
Case Study two
• Previous job Foreign Exchange Broker in Hong Kong
• Due to alcohol misuse suffered liver damage
• Re-located to Cornwall• Convicted of dealing Class B drugs• Split from partner – twin boys born• Housing – caravan• Warbarth helped him develop his
photography skills• Do a Business Plan for self
employment• Secure Housing• Purchased lap top
Outcomes
• Starts 655 v Profile 280• Jobs 162 v Profile 70• Other Outcomes 233 v Profile 85• Qualifications 122 v 75
• National Award from Howard League and • National Justice Award
Lessons Learned
• Recognise & Respond to Local need
• Specialist staff
• Cross agency approach
• Invest and take risk
• Praise and not punish
Warbarth the Legacy
• Specialist Ex- offender advisors
• Relationships with Probation
• Plymouth University SRRU Evaluation
• Cornwall Works Plus