Choices for Change To demonstrate the benefits of custodial based Individual Budget advisors providing brokerage and advice to offenders aged between 18-25, returning to North Tyneside. In particular to evaluate the cross benefits to other agendas; Reducing re-offending Supporting People programme Safer, more cohesive communities Breaking the cycle of family poverty Homelessness and Debt Employment, Education and Training. Health inc. Drug and Alcohol dependency

To demonstrate the benefits of custodial based Individual Budget advisors providing brokerage and advice to offenders aged between 18-25, returning to North Tyneside.

In particular to evaluate the cross benefits to other agendas;

Reducing re-offending

Supporting People programme

Safer, more cohesive communities

Breaking the cycle of family poverty

Homelessness and Debt

Employment, Education and Training.

Health inc. Drug and Alcohol dependency

The big picture Logical solution to a complex set of problems

Features, needs and efficiencies Features of your project Custodial based brokers Mentors recruited from community Fully evaluated Scaleable and replicable Efficiencies created Cost of keeping people locked up due to reoffending Fear of crime costs Family costs – social and financial costs to authority re: care, re-housing. Aligning Supporting People/Social Care 80/20 split Promoting Employment and Volunteering Making better use of Custodial time to plan for a positive future Needs your project meets Communities fear of returning offenders Reoffending rates of returning offenders Breaking the cycle of crime and poverty in communities Contributing toward Local Area Agreement priorities Integrating several agendas around the person

Features of your project

Custodial based brokers

Mentors recruited from community

Fully evaluated

Scaleable and replicable

Efficiencies created

Cost of keeping people locked up due to reoffending

Fear of crime costs

Family costs – social and financial costs to authority re: care, re-housing.

Aligning Supporting People/Social Care 80/20 split

Promoting Employment and Volunteering

Making better use of Custodial time to plan for a positive future

Needs your project meets

Communities fear of returning offenders

Reoffending rates of returning offenders

Breaking the cycle of crime and poverty in communities

Contributing toward Local Area Agreement priorities

Integrating several agendas around the person

Measures of success Amount of personal budgets agreed before release. Reduction of reoffending rates in cohort. Individual Outcomes approach

Amount of personal budgets agreed before release.

Reduction of reoffending rates in cohort.

Individual Outcomes approach

Support Govt / Departmental support e.g. Ministry of Justice, DWP, Local Statutory bodies support e.g. North Tyneside Adult Social Care, Northumbria Probation. Support of local community e.g. mentoring roles

Govt / Departmental support e.g. Ministry of Justice, DWP,

Local Statutory bodies support e.g. North Tyneside Adult Social Care, Northumbria Probation.

Support of local community e.g. mentoring roles

Please delete as appropriate. I am willing to attend the Festival of Ideas on 12 th November to talk about this project and to be signed up to the Innovation Exchange website to support this knowledge sharing after the event. I do understand that this event is the launch of the North East JIP’s Provider Development Fund and I am interested in the possibility of applying to this Fund in the future I do understand that this Fund will only support projects that involve collaboration between at least two providers of social care services and that funded projects will be part of an evaluation process to include both research interviews and knowledge sharing events. Your commitments

I am willing to attend the Festival of Ideas on 12 th November to talk about this project and to be signed up to the Innovation Exchange website to support this knowledge sharing after the event.

I do understand that this event is the launch of the North East JIP’s Provider Development Fund and I am interested in the possibility of applying to this Fund in the future

I do understand that this Fund will only support projects that involve collaboration between at least two providers of social care services and that funded projects will be part of an evaluation process to include both research interviews and knowledge sharing events.