Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/03/2015
10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Location
54 St James Street
Category(ies)
Understanding the needs of offenders’ families and why
The expanded Troubled Families (TF) programme has ambitious service transformation goals and will work with a broader range of multiple problems. Moving forward, the TF programme will extend to a further 400,000 families with a budget of £200m in 2015/16 and will include families with a parent in prison and on community orders.
Not all families of offenders will meet the Troubled Families criteria but never the less they may require support as an integrated part of the offenders’ journey through the criminal justice system to ensure the best outcomes for families.
Research shows that the role of the family can have a significant impact on an offender and their successful re-integration to the community and maintaining positive and strong family ties is one of the key factors in reducing re-offending . This conference is the opportunity to bring together people so that we may gain a greater understanding of the issues faced by the families of offenders and how these issues may or may not impact on the TF agenda.
We will bring together expert speakers and delegates to discuss, gain a greater understanding of scope of the issues, to share information, ideas and knowledge and to consider what is required to provide an effective programme of support for offenders’ families in both a prison and community setting. The aim of the conference is to consider:
- What will the expanded TF programme look like?
- How will the £200m be spent?
- What should /could the early start TF programme look like?
- Are we providing the right services at the right time?
- How do we ensure offenders’ families have a voice in the development of services?
- What will be the role of the Third Sector in the development and delivery of family support services for offenders?
- How can we integrate the prison service with community based offender family support services and the Troubled Families Programme?
- How will community based support services for offenders families be funded?
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