Festival of Strengths
15th November 2016
We are all the same.....Different
Presented by:
Ann Norleigh Noi, Strategic Planning & Development Lead
Department of Communities and Wellbeing
Case For Working This Way
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Repeat and vulnerable victims
Domestic Abuse
Learning disability
Troubled Families / Complex
Dependencies/ LAC
Mental Health and Well-being
Offending/Reoffending
Accommodation
Substance Misuse
Employment, Learning and Skills
Department of Communities and Wellbeing
Note:
If I was not in
prison, I was
out for a few
weeks at a
time
committing
crime on a
daily basis,
sometimes
multiple
crimes, then
would return to When he
was 15
prison
his 17
year old
brother
passed
away
from drug
overdose
12 Month
Bound over
2 Year
supervision
order
Shop lifting
14 years old
12/09/9
7
Timeline of A’s Story
Came out of
prison, parents
had split up
and started
new
relationships
and moved
away, so he
moved into his
girlfriends
place
Started using
cocaine to deal
with death of
brother and
parents split
Senten
ced
whilst
in
prison
2 Year
Supervision
Order 2x
Burglary
Theft x 2,
Robbery,
Burglary
12 months
YOI
Age 15 – 1st
time in
prison
Interfering
with vehicle
80hrs
community
service
£35 fine
Burglary x 4
Possession
– controlled
drug x2
15 Months
Attempted
Burglary
180hrs
community
service
Possession
controlled
drug
£100 fine
Burglary
16 weeks
sentence
£50 fine
Burglary
2 year order
revoked
24 months
Burglary
200hrs
community
service
Breach
community
order
8month
sentence +
2 months
theft
Possession
class B and
battery –
extra 4
months on
sentence
Obstructing
search for
drugs
6 month
sentence
26/11/9
7
06/05/9
8
22/04/9
9
09/02/9
9
14/04/0
0
09/02/0
1
05/03/0
1
04/06/0
1
05/02/0
2
05/02/0
3
12/03/0
3
24/10/0
3
In Prison
Got in
with
older
crowd –
Peer
pressure
1st Child
Born
Department of Communities and Wellbeing
Split up
from 1st
partner
Roof top
protest Prison
Charged
burglary x2
whilst still
in custody
8 months
sentence
Driving
whilst
disqualified
x2, No
insurance
x2
Stolen good
x2
Abusive,
disorderly,
disqualified
whilst
driving adjourned
Possession
of Class
A+C, intent
to supply
committed
to Crown Adjourned
Possession
of
controlled
drug,
driving
whilst
disqualified
9 months
01/12/0
3
12/03/0
4
16/07/0
4
13/09/0
4
24/09/0
4
In Prison
Met
2nd
partn
er
and
2nd
Child
born
whils
t in
priso
n
Roof top siege
Prestwich –
Roads blocked
off
Chief of Police
attended to
talk him down
Siege –
knife
Armed
Response
Roof top
siege
Radcliffe
– roads
blocked
off for 7
hours
Sentenced
on remand,
16 months
concurrent
Attempted
burglary
Recalled
and served
rest of
sentence
Burglary,
affray,
damage to
property,
resisting
arrest,
assault,
31months
Burglary
20 months
Burglary
30 months
Release
d to
Adullam
Property
!
14/11/0
5
10/04/0
8
27/05/1
0
20/08/1
2
26/06/1
3
26/09/1
4
In
Prison
In Prison
Released
from
prison to
take part
in 1st PPO
initiative
– Sefton
Tower
Drug induced
psychosis, taken to
prison then to
hospital for 5 weeks
before returning to
hospital wing at
Forest Bank Prison
Releas
ed for
1
week
on
parole
Recall
ed
Department of Communities and Wellbeing
In Prison
Relea
sed
for 2
weeks
In Prison
Relea
sed
for 2
weeks
Received 1st
Benefit –
gambled all in
1 day so went
out and
committed
further
burglary
Support Budgeting
- Service charge up
to date
Not recalled due to his commitment to gaining
employment and his honest in discussing his
commitment to coping in the community without
resorting to cocaine. This is the longest he has
stayed in the community without
re-offending or completely spiralling into
cocaine use. Probation has reported he has
done well with the joined up approach between
Accommodation, One Recovery and Probation.
Support Benefits
ESA & Housing
Benefit
Support to Access
Volunteering
Support
around
relapse
preventi
on
Support with
physical health
problems
Moved
into
Adullam
Supported
Housing.
Temporar
y room
made
available
whilst
TTG
property
was under
completio
n
Started
Voluntary
work
Started BT
apprentice
-ship
26/09/1
4
29/09/1
4
15/10/1
4
Curfew
removed
IOM
Called,
reported
seeing
people in
backyard
Tested
positive
for
cocaine –
joint
meeting
with
Adullam,
Probation
and police
– 1st
Warning
issued
20/10/1
4
21/10/1
4
22/10/1
4
Support
transfer
benefits
Suppor
t
offered
refuse
d
Upset
around
son –
offered
suppor
t but
refuse
d
Moved
into TTG
property
Complete
d
restorative
justice
Positive
drug test –
final
warning
from
probation
10/11/1
4
19/11/1
4
21/11/1
4
3 way
probation
Finished
BT
apprentice
-ship
Lock
change
carried
out at
property
Incident at
property
Recalled
to prison
08/12/1
4
17/12/1
4
24/12/1
4
26/12/1
4
07/01/1
5
Anniversary
of brothers
death – 1st
time dealing
with this
outside
prison
Department of Communities and Wellbeing
Whilst in prison
Adullam & One
Recovery continued
to visit me and kept
my accommodation
open and carried on
with support.
Agreed to referral to
mental health.
Whilst in
prison did
a lot of
thinking
an
realised I
needed to
accept the
help on
offer.
Forest
Bank
Prison
Complet
ed
Intuitive
Recovery
• This is the longest I
have ever been out of
prison since the age of
15
• This is the longest I
have been drug free
from either illegal drugs
or medication
• In touch with the right
services and able to talk
and open up
Progress
28 Day
Recall
In
Prison
Engaging
with
mental
health
services
Engaging
with
Early
Break
around
access to
my son
Consiste
nt – All
drug
tests
negative
Starting
Bridging
the Gap
Course
Accessin
g the
gym Aiming
for a
healthy
body and
mind
Accessin
g the
gym Aiming
for a
healthy
body and
mind
My Life – Where
I am now
Release
d
04/02/
2015
Department of Communities and Wellbeing
Presen
t time
• A roof over my head
• I have never looked
back since my life has
started getting better
and stronger as each
day passes
Working This Way
• Building on strengths
• Not just in our own organisations
• Having different conversations
• Asset based approach
Department of Communities and Wellbeing
Organisational Challenges
• Develop Trust
• Partners Not Competitors
• Shared Vision/Agenda
• Internal Support & Challenge
• Make Allowances
Department of Communities and Wellbeing
Requirements
From
To
Competition
Partnership
Independence
Collaboration
Outputs
Outcomes
Process Driven
Evidence
Sometimes Disjointed
Full Integration
Department of Communities and Wellbeing
Asset Building
Achieving The Shared Vision
Jane Warren - Operational Manager Adullam Homes
&
Karen Harrison - Criminal Justice Team Manager
Sodexo Justice Services
Department of Communities and Wellbeing
We Bought The T’Shirt .....
And It Fit
Ian Bruty – Community Engagement Worker/Prison
Officer Forest Bank
&
Jake Costello – Support Worker Adullam
Homes/Prison Officer Forest Bank
Department of Communities and Wellbeing