Cornwall VSF Promoting Change Project Overview of CASSPlus Cornwall VSF Promoting Change Project Representation and influence of the voluntary sector LCJB Safer Cornwall Partnership Board

Background Information gathering Networking Triaging Referrals First desk – Bodmin Magistrates Court 2005 Second desk – Plymouth Magistrates Court 2006 Third desk – Truro Magistrates Court 2011 CASS service becomes CASSPLUS charity – 2015 Information gathering Networking Triaging Referrals Advocacy Data collection Evaluation Review

Who? Issues raised? Debt/benefits Criminal Justice - Offenders and families Tribunals – Appeals and Welfare Reform Family Courts – Parties un-represented due to legal aid cuts County Courts – Housing Victims Issues raised? Debt/benefits Housing/homelessness Health/mental health Substance misuse Education/employment Family Criminal Justice Other

How it works.. Operates at the point of crisis/most complex cases Ease of access/drop-in Operates independently Holistic approach/cross sector Volunteers/students/ex-offenders – open ended Positive attitude to clients/flexible approach

Cornwall Promoting Change Project 2013 -2016

What was involved? Innovative ways of supporting people with severe and multiple disadvantage in Cornwall. We focused on: Women with complex needs Young people in transition from youth to adult services

Learning http://www.cornwallvsf.org/ Presentation to Together for Families Board Small grants tender Engagement phase 1 Presentation to Safer Cornwall management Group Influence Complex Needs project DAAT The Offender Voice. Learning the Lessons. 2015. Konnect Cornwall Victims Pathway. Learning the Lessons. 2015. Restorative Solutions Female offender Research. Learning The Lessons. Plymouth University. Nov 2016 Justice Works event 1st March 2017

Representation Safer Cornwall Partnership Board LCJB SSC Partnership Meetings RJ Forum: CASSPLus

Safer Cornwall Partnership Board One of 4 remaining statutory Boards in Cornwall Crime and Disorder Act (1998) which placed responsibilities upon Local Authorities and the Police to work together to develop and implement a strategy to reduce crime and disorder in the local authority area. Through positive partnership action, make communities safer by: reducing crime and disorder including, anti social behaviour and other behaviour adversely affecting the local community and environment; reducing re-offending; reducing the harm caused by drugs, alcohol and other substances; promoting public reassurance; and delivering against our statutory duties under Prevent and Modern Slavery legislation.

Safer Cornwall Partnership Board Three tiers Safer Cornwall Partnership Strategic Board Safer Cornwall Partnership Management Group Safer Cornwall Partnership Thematic Delivery Groups

Membership 6.1 - Membership   Membership Cornwall Council - Community Safety Manager Community Safety Officers/Theme Leads Amethyst Anti Social Behaviour Co- ordinator Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Strategy Manager Area Manager (Trading Standards) Localism Area Manager Fire and Rescue Service Police – Partnership Inspectors and Sergeant Health –Programme Manager Mental Health NHS Kernow Priority Leads (if not already represented above) HWBB Together for Families Isles of Scilly Community Safety Partnership (invitee) Job Centre Plus Housing  Community Rehabilitation Company National Probation Service Youth Offending Team – Manager Drug and Alcohol Action Team - Commissioning Manager Voluntary sector

Influence Typical Agenda Influence ASB Strategy Risk register Quarter Two Performance and Risk Log ASB Strategy Consultation 1 Peninsular mental Health project Final Report and Recommendations Local Alcohol Action Area Phase 2 Bid Influence Risk register Request Impact assessments Respond to consultation report Support comms Report on budget impacts on Voluntary sector ‘Equal partnership’

Local Criminal Justice Board The Government has established 42 criminal justice areas, each with a Local Criminal Justice Board (LCJB). The Devon & Cornwall Criminal Justice Board (DCCJB) formally assumed its responsibilities on 1 April 2003. Local Criminal Justice Boards operate on a non-statutory basis and represent a new way of doing business within the criminal justice system, through better co-ordinated and more cohesive working arrangements. Charged with establishing and delivering, at local level, targets to support the achievement of national objectives for the criminal justice system that are designed to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the criminal justice system.

Local Criminal Justice Board Chief Constable Chief crown prosecutor Police and Crime Commissioner Devon Youth offending Team HMCTS HMPS Voluntary Sector representation Chief Executive OPCC Chief Executive CRC NPS Legal Aid Agency

LCJB Priorities 2016 - 2017 Efficiency in the Court Process Best Use of Technology in the Criminal Justice System Improved Services to Victims and Witnesses Mental Health Reducing Reoffending plan is a multi-agency commitment to deliver a set of national and local objectives, which have been identified through a process of consultation with key stakeholders committed to improving criminal justice services to the communities across Devon and Cornwall. Our members work in partnership to deliver an effective and innovative criminal justice system across the Devon and Cornwall Peninsula.

Meeting structures to facilitate agencies being able to deliver the LCJB plan. The following structures will be in place during 2016/17; Regional TSJ/BCMI Strategic Board Regional TSJ/BCMI Operations Group Strategic Prosecution Team Performance Management (PTPM) Devon and Cornwall Joint Working Forum (Devon and Cornwall) CVRC Project Board (Devon and Cornwall) Peninsula Mental Health meeting (Devon and Cornwall) Reducing Reoffending Board (Devon and Cornwall)

Challenges LCJB At a strategic level some of the lack of clarity and uncertainty derives from the non-statutory basis of the local criminal justice boards, with the resultant lack of statutory authority. Whilst at a national level the Board is seen as a key driver of criminal justice reform As a corporate entity Chief Officers can only seek to influence change and cannot hold others to account. Because of this anomalous position it was not always possible to see how strategic intent had been turned into effective change at an operational level.

Challenges LCJB Geographical size of the criminal justice area raises logistical issues for the local criminal justice agencies and the LCJB The distances between major business centres impacts on resource time and can create difficulties for the administration of justice, time taken for victims, witnesses and defendants to get to court. Issues of rurality mean that the LCJB has to work hard to remain visible as a leader in driving forward criminal justice improvements. Money/only one officer/no budget

Influence Challenge to transparency Reflection on ‘human lives’ v process and cost savings Whole person approach Message from third sector re budget implications within local authorities Presentation to LCJB Feb 2017: Plymouth female Offender ‘Learning the Lessons report’ Nov 2016 Requested RJ Review to be brought to LCJB Requested presentation from PCC re RJ Requested independent review of third sector experiencing of commissioning Victims services Virtual courts: third sector engagement Virtual Courts: Client engagement

Voluntary Sector Representation LCJB Challenges I can’t know everything Cross border engagement Timeliness Access Knowledge of sector outside of Cornwall Timeliness of agenda Opportunities Opportunities for influence Cross border engagement Cross Border representation Cross Border reporting