BUILDING A WEST MERCIA COMMUNITY JUSTICE SECTOR ‘ONE STEP BEYOND’

Rob Smith YSS CEO

Tom Currie WMPT

AIMS OF THE DAYStrategic direction of West Mercia Probation Trust and Probation Trusts nationally

Introduction of the 1 Step Beyond concept

Highlight business needs of Shropshire Probation Local Delivery Unit

Explore ideas for service design and innovative partnership arrangements

To be in a position to invite partners to offer an expression of interest for their design ideas.

YSS

West Midlands regional charity supporting young people, adults and families at risk of social exclusion in a wide range of settings

Significant experience of delivering bespoke services to those at risk of offending in partnership with Youth Offending Services, Probation Trusts, NOMS, Police, MoJ, DWP and Local Authorities

Originally established as a multi-agency project aimed at providing community based interventions for young people at risk of being sent to custody

YSS – STRATEGIC PARTNER ROLE WITH WEST MERCIA PROBATION TRUST Delivering directly commissioned services by WMPT

based against a business proposal where required Commissioning services on behalf of WMPT to VCS

organisations Joint business development activity with WMPT and

influencing of local commissioning and policy Developing the VCS capacity to deliver services that

meet the needs of offenders across the reducing re-offending pathways creating a ‘1 Step Beyond’ Community Justice sector

Ensuring service user voice

WEST MERCIA PROBATION TRUST :DELIVERING THROUGH CO-OPERATIVE ADVANTAGE

West Mercia Budget

Provision in Community

Where we want to be - Hold the Budget, grow the provision

UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES

Public good, not public monopoly Not everything needs to be done by “us” Others have expertise Others have access to resources Others can add value “think global, act local” i.e. systemic change driven

locally

Dependence – Probation lead agency

VCS dependent on funding risks distorting aims

Independence – VCS are the experts, alliances with private sector, bids for OM work etc.

Interdependence – we all have a place at the table, we hold money for the public good; it needs to be brought together with wider sector skills, experience, aims.

INTERDEPENDENCE

CIC

YSS

Public

private

WMPT

VCS

?

VCS

Private

VCS

Private

Local CJS sector

NOMS

TRANSFORMING REHABILITATION

http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/press-releases/moj/transforming-rehabilitation-less-crime,-fewer-victims,-safer-communities

NATIONAL OFFENDER MANAGEMENT SERVICE(NOMS)/

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE (MOJ)

Reserved Public Probation services

For High Risk and Public Protection.

Court work, Pre sentence reports, breaches and enforcement for all or only high risk of harm?

Commissioned Services including short sentenced

prisoners. 14 geographic areas in UK.Could be a prime sub contractor model or partnership of ex probation/ YSS/ Clarent/ Willowdene and other partners Or a Special Purpose Vehicle

THE 1 STEP BEYOND COMMISSIONING MODEL FROM THE “BOTTOM UP” No ring fenced pot of cash or a developed specification to go to the

‘market’ Identify the business needs of Probation first - invite innovate

solutions from the VCS and other partners – multiple outcomes ‘Identify initial resources to pilot an activity Resources could be a wide mix of cash, seconded staff, contracts,

income generation activity, grants, equipment, office space, volunteers, matched funding, etc.

Agree a service specification and include in a standard contract template

Evaluation model built in at the start (action research) to use as a business case for attracting resources, sustaining the service or scaling up investment from Probation and/or other stakeholders

SUMMARY - A NEW PARADIGM

A big claim WMPT – core Offender Management (Courts, Reports,

Risk, Breach, Enforcement) Community Justice Partners do majority of ‘Offender

Supervision’ Bottom up commissioning arrangements Joint business development activity & policy influencing Building a virtual ‘networked community justice

organisation’ Win/win/win - funding pots aligned, local priorities met,

social enterprises established, VCS capacity enhanced

HOW DO WE

MAKE IT HAPPEN ?

1. West Mercia area wide event

6. Business proposal

2.Local LDU event s

3. Expression of Interest

4. SIFT 5. Joint development meeting

7. 1 Step

Beyond

approval

8. Implementati

on

9.Monitoring

10.Review and

evaluation: self

assessment , peer review, research and

SROI

11. Scale up (if

appropriate) new proposal

12. Implementati

on

13. Review and evaluate

14. Re- commission

SOME OF 1 STEP BEYOND CURRENT PARTNERS :

YSS and West Mercia Probation Trust are already working with :ASHABES, Barrow Cadbury TrustBournville College, CRI, FPP, Clarent ESG( Employment and Skills Group), Fry Housing Lloyds TSBPPDG( Pertemps People Development Group)Shift Care FarmThe Fold CICUbiqueWillowdene and Rite social EnterpriseYMCA( Redditch and Worcester)Women’s AidWillowdene

THE 7 PATHWAYS TO REDUCE RE-OFFENDING Accommodation and support Education , employment and training Health Drugs and Alcohol Finance , benefits and debt Children and families Attitudes , thinking and behaviour

CONTACT DETAILS rob.smith@yss.org.uk 07968 991124 – CEO YSS tom.currie@west-mercia.probation.gsi.gov.uk lorraine.preece@yss.org.uk 07792 749086 – Director of Operations

and Development angela.parton@yss.org.uk 07548 632123 – Operations Director deb.grantham@yss.org.uk 07989 304695 – Senior Operational

Manager ann.constable@yss.org.uk 01299 252304 -Executive P.A. and

Business Support tina.ashmore@west-mercia.probation.gsi.gov.uk 07974153798 www.yss.org.uk www.clinks.org VCS Criminal Justice infrastructure organisation www.westmerciaprobation.org.uk – Head Office 01562 748375