To receive a presentation
Minutes:
We received an update on progress with the MOPAC funded Projects.
1. Street Triage – we had received £30,000 to deliver a street triage project in Romford Town Centre. The project started on Friday, 6 December, 2013. It was staffed by 2 paid medics every night. Additional support was provided by a number of St Johns volunteers.
20 incidents had been attended with only 7 requiring support of an ambulance. Officers would continue to monitor the success of the project and work with the Street Pastors to assess how many people were helped so that they did not need to attend A&E.
2. Substance Misuse and Young People – we had received £40,000 to deliver this project. The outcomes to date were as follows:
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Target |
Outcomes |
RAG |
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55% of young offenders reporting reduced substance misuse.
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64% report a reduction or stopping their substance misuse |
Green |
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70% of young offenders reporting improved physical health.
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75% reporting an improvement. |
Green |
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75% of young offenders reporting improved psychological well being.
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75% reported improvement |
Green |
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65% of young offenders reporting improved family relationships.
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75% reported improvement. |
Green |
We were pleased with the outcomes but asked whether the improvement had been maintained and how the improvement in family relationship was assessed.
Whilst the percentages were impressive how large was the cohort? We were advised by officers that this related to a cohort of 20.
3. Domestic Abuse Providers – we had been granted £20,000 to deliver this project. 24 staff had been trained by the Domestic Violence Intervention Project. Additionally, London Probation had been commissioned to deliver a ‘training the trainer’ programme for 16 front line officers in quarter 4, to deliver the Caring Dads programme across the borough.
4. Improving Support for Domestic Abuse – we had been granted £35,000 to deliver this project.
The Independent Domestic Violence Advocate had supported 36 victims who had been referred by the MARAC. A specialist Domestic Violence Worker had been appointed to the Tier Three team in Children’s Services and was already providing support to 14 families.
52 two-hour drop-in sessions had been provided, each quarter, which had been attended by 208 victims. 3 courses, each of 10 sessions had been delivered. These had been attended by 70 women with crèche facilities provided for 32 children.
The Borough Commander advised us that the number of domestic violence victims had risen by 2% which made this project even more valuable.
5. Rent Deposit Scheme for Offenders – we were granted £32,400 to deliver this scheme. The outcomes were as follows:
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Target |
Outcomes |
RAG |
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75% of cohort to sustain engagement with floating support services and criminal justice agencies after 6 weeks.
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100% currently |
Green |
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Reduction in offending after 12 weeks. |
3/3 (only three have completed 12 weeks, the fourth is on target and complying).
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Green |
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Reduction in substance misuse after 12 weeks on the IOM scheme.
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1/1 (only applicable to 1 at present) |
Green |
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Increased engagement with education, training or employment after 6 months.
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7/8 in ETE, 1 starting in January, 2014 |
Green |
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75% of the cohort to be sustaining their tenancy after 6 months.
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100% with 8/8 on course. |
Green |
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75% of cohort to be successfully completing/ completed their order/ licence.
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100% currently with */* on course. |
Green |
Officers advised that the average cost of a rent deposit in Havering was between £1,300/ £2,000. We were supporting 15 offenders and had already pretty much spent the budget.
LSD advised that MOPAC was giving priority to IOM bids and we should be pursuing this option vigorously.
It was still a major problem to find suitable accommodation for ex-offenders.
6. Drugs and Alcohol Service Provision – a grant of £56,000 had been provided to deliver this scheme. This funding was matched by funding from the Public Health budget. The outcomes were as follows:
|
No. |
Outcome |
Baseline |
Target |
Q1 |
Q2 |
|
1 |
Increase the number of RA referrals picked up by the drug treatment services. |
93% |
95% |
86% |
86% |
|
2 |
Increase in the number of criminal justice clients entering drug treatment |
59% |
65% |
52% |
77% |
|
3 |
Reduce criminal justice clients attrition from treatment |
31% |
26% |
41% |
36% |
|
4 |
Reduce the number of criminal justice clients who re-present to treatment within 12 months |
7% |
4% |
0% |
7% |
|
5 |
Reduce the re-conviction rate of offenders sentenced to a drug or alcohol community order |
New measure |
20% re-offended |
33% Cohort 1 |
Not available. |
We have noted the report.