Transcript Women Offenders

Lisa Dando and
Sophie Gibson
30th January 2015
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Evidence based approach
Psychologically and trauma informed responses
Bespoke wrap around emotional and practical
support
Building confidence and motivation
79% increase in well-being
75% improvement in accommodation
Prison place at £54,415 or Inspire at £1,300
SROI –£1 invested results in £3.57 return on
investment
87.5% reduction in reoffending
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Early diversion – from Police Custody/court
Alternative to Custody
In-reach
Through The Gate (TTG) post prison support
Re-unite
Mentoring
RISE
Brighton
Oasis
Project
Brighton
Women’s
Centre
Survivors’
Network
Threshold
BHT
Brighton
Inspire
West Sussex
East Sussex
Crawley &
Worthing
Eastbourne
& Hastings
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Women with multiple vulnerabilities and complex and interrelated needs
71% of women have issues relating to accommodation
80% of clients have and continue to experience domestic
violence
Between a third and a half have experienced childhood abuse
62% lack skills in education, training and employment
Almost half Inspire clients are mothers. Of these 67% have
had their children taken into care or adopted
77% suffer from mental health needs including anxiety,
depression and isolation
70% are mothers
37% have had children removed
A total of 14 children removed
1child in care
9 children placed elsewhere
4 children in foster care
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21% have social services involvement with
children on child protection plan
% Housing need
120
100
80
60
% Housing need
40
20
0
L&D
SAR
In-reach
TTG
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50
40
30
20
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% of additional needs
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Women often do not show up in head counts
of rough sleepers
Women do not stay in mixed hostels as feel
unsafe in mixed accommodation
Homelessness is a pathway into sex work as
women swop sex for a bed
Women will return to unsafe relationships as
alternative to being homeless
High incidence of drug use – some women
fund their and their partners drug use
through sex work
Clients have history of trauma and abuse
80% have DV and 50% childhood abuse
Challenge to manage multiple appointments
Evidenced through neuroscience research
 Isolation and difficulty in accessing services
 Use of drugs and alcohol to self-medicate
 Breech rates and compliance
 Pushes vulnerable towards custody threshold
 Coerced into crime – vulnerable to further abuse
and exploitation
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Two Pronged approach
A: Building relationships and trust.
Evidence that building relationships are at the
heart of creating change
Inspire women do not access services prior
to coming to Inspire
B: One stop shop
Ability to address multiple needs in one
location
BRIDGET
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Vulnerability with regards housing
Low level literacy skills
Inability to access mental health services
Self medicating with substances
Loss of daughter into care
Increased risk of criminal justice involvement
Impact of underlying trauma and PTSD
Complex and interrelated needs create a
downward spiral of increased vulnerability
and risk
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Gender specific housing strategy
◦ Adopts a trauma informed approach
◦ Gender specific accommodation
◦ Ensures that accommodation and services are in the
same geographical area.
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Inspire specialist staff
Co-commissioning of services for vulnerable
clients include: housing, health and children’s
service
Evidencing financial and social savings
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Lisa Dando
Director
Brighton Women’s Centre
[email protected]
Sophie Gibson
Inspire Operational Manager
[email protected]
01273 698036