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What are Providers? What do Providers do? What do Providers need?

Accommodation & Support for Ex-offenders An Overview Presented by Will Myers & Clare Butcher (Porchlight). What are Providers? What do Providers do? What do Providers need? What role do you play in the resettlement process?. Supported Accommodation.

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What are Providers? What do Providers do? What do Providers need?

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  1. Accommodation & Support for Ex-offendersAn Overview Presented byWill Myers & Clare Butcher(Porchlight)

  2. What are Providers? What do Providers do? What do Providers need? What role do you play in the resettlement process?

  3. Supported Accommodation • Supported Accommodation – Low, Medium and High Support. Single, 16-65, Mixed Gender & Sexuality • Floating Support - Home-based Support • Outreach – Rough Sleepers and Sofa Surfers • Referral Types – Agency, Self, Probation and HMP Referrals

  4. Accommodation Providers • Porchlight, Hope, Stonham, Local Councils, St. Giles Trust, Amicus Horizon/ CASA, Carr-Gomm, AMAT, Lifeline, ECHG, Bridge Trust, Kenwood Trust, CRI, Shepherd House, Swale Foyer, Lighthouse Project, Old Schools Lodge, Pilsden Community, YMCA, Chapter One, Moat, Medway Cyrenians, The Shrubbery, Crawley Open House, Lily Smith House.

  5. Support Areas • Mental Health • Substance Misuse • Offending Behaviour • Living Skills • Physical Health • Employability • Outreach Services

  6. Information needed to process offender referrals accurately and smoothly • Previous Convictions • Oasys Reports • Pre-Sentence Reports • Risk Assessments • Support Needs • Release Dates

  7. The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly • Inconsistencies • Inaccuracies • Omissions • The Consequences • Priority Need • Time-scale • Allocation

  8. We have covered… • What are Providers? • What do providers do? • What do we need? • What role do you play in the resettlement process? • BUT • What do the clients need?

  9. Accommodation / Tenancy reactivation ID Benefits Stability Dr Dentist Substance Misuse Support Mental Health Support Improved Employability - Education – Literacy & Numeracy, Learning Difficulty, Training Meaningful Use Of Time References & CVs Reconnection with family & area if appropriate Removed from old contacts, negative locations & peers Organisational Skills / Structure Hope, Ambition, Self-esteem, A chance to prove themselves Compliance with release conditions if required A plan SWOT What Do The Clients Need?

  10. ConsequencesSWOT • Strengths • Weaknesses • Opportunities • Threats

  11. So …… Working Together So ……..Working Together

  12. Contact Details willmyers@porchlight.org.uk clarebutcher@porchlight.org.uk

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