Issue - meetings

The Board considered a report that set out the work carried out to date as part the Haringey Reducing Re-offending Programme (HARRP).

It was noted that, since the previous meeting, the following actions had been undertaken:

• Reducing Re-offending Action Plan - as suggested by the SCEB Children and Young People’s Services were consulted
• Reducing Re-offending Conference – this had highlighted the absence of mental and physical health services and these agencies were now being engaged with
• The Haringey Reducing Re-offending Network (HARREN) – this was established in April 2010 and thirty organisations had been engaged with as part of this and a ‘Working Level Agreement’ and online forum had been established
• Recruitment of Caseworker – unfortunately this had been delayed due to the HR processes that had to be undertaken. In the meantime the Reducing Re-offending officer was taking on a small cohort of prisoners leaving Pentonville Prison.

In response to a query as to how this fitted in with the work of the Probation Service the Board was reminded that the Probation Service did not work with offenders serving sentences of less then twelve months and that the Programme was specifically targeted at providing support to this group.

The Board discussed the wider context within which the programme sat and how it would be integrated with new initiatives such as the Total Place agenda, Diamond Districts and existing DAAT services. It was noted that the Police and Probation Service would continue to be consulted as the programme developed to ensure that work was properly integrated.  

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.