Transcript Sue Whitaker - Butler Trust

Sue Whitaker
Project Development Manager
Northants Probation Trust
My presentation
• Examples of the services we provide
• How/why they work
• Suggestions as how others might
implement some of these service/ideas.
What do we mean by offender
health
Detainee/offender health as this related to
substance misuse, mental health well-being and
physical health
Aims
• To improve the offender health in the wider
sense
• To transmit relevant information across the CJ
pathway
• To measure a reduction in reoffending
• To measure positive impacts for the NHS
Substance use
Dedicated Substance Intervention Programme
All detainees in Police custody are now screened for
any substance /offending links. If known detainees can
be
– Assessed by substance recovery workers
– Tested if known for Class A drug use
– Considered for Restrictions on Bail (ROB)/Conditional
Bail (COB) applications
Information is communicate to court via an Information
for Court form re suitability for ASAR, ATR or DRR
Liaison and Diversion
• An established Criminal Justice Mental
Health Team
• Dual Diagnosis Pilot
• Remand Bed Pilot
Personality Disorder Services
Model
Link Worker based in Probation
Supported by Psychologist
Probation
Performance
identify
most cases
Offender
Managers
screen
Link
worker
supports
screen
and
records
Offender
Manager
attends case
consultation
if there are
concerns
If required
case is
referred for
case
formulation
with
Psychiatrist
Health Worker Pilot - Outcomes
1.
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Reduction in
offending/severity of offending
representing to custody,
representing to A&E,
2. Numbers of
– Referrals and where to
– Learning difficulties/mental health/Personality Disorder. Autism
– A medical need
– With GP and those registered
3. Demand and nature for safe guarding/social care links
4. Identification of pathways and any issues that need to be
resolved
5. IT/assessment developments required
July to Sept findings
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342 assessments 80% white British and 20%
spread of all ethnicity, 48 females and 294
males.
IT not resovled and too many for one staff
member therefore still relying on Police referral
Youths a priority but access problematic
Supports nurse prescribing
Enables FPs to concentrate on SARC referrals
and forensic assessments
What helps
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DSIP
TRACKER
Strategic leadership
Strong Project Group
Strategic assessment of provision (see
handout)
• Stakeholder Events
Lessons Learnt
• Communication to Sentencers
• IT
• Trial processes especially information
transmission
• Know your commissioning landscape
• Admin support