Building Better Relationships (BBR) Programme Carol Burton Treatment Manager Anne-Marie Taylor Treatment Manager The Staffordshire and West Midlands Community Rehabilitation Company Limited Building Better Relationships (BBR) Programme

What is BBRP? Community based DVPP since Spring 2014. Designed to reduce re-offending by adult male perpetrators convicted of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). Nationally accredited group-work programme Research Based on recent research into IPV Requires multi-agency working to address IPV and prioritise the safety of women and children.

Legal requirements to do BBR Court Prison Family Court Other BBR Condition of Prison Licence BBR Requirement of Criminal Court Order DVPP Direction of Family Court (CAFCASS)

Suitability SARA Medium to High Risk Male 18 yr old + Current Conviction for IPV related offence within heterosexual relationship against current / previous intimate partner. I did ... Able to discuss at least one act of IPV. Likely to achieve the learning outcomes SARA Medium / High risk on SARA (Spousal Assault Risk Assessment) IDAP is not 1 size fits all. A DV related offence doesn’t mean a man is suitable for IDAP. BBR S.o.U. Information Sharing Medium to High Risk Willing to sign a Statement of Understanding and agreement to sharing of information. Signed Ideally Order/Licence of 2yrs duration.

BBR Safety Overarching Aims Aims Reduce re-offending. Promote the safety of current / future partners and children. Safety Work with other agencies to manage risk.

Multi-agency approach to assessing & managing risk BBRP Partner Link Worker / Victim Liaison Units BBRP Prog’s team Programme Manager Treatment Manager Facilitators DV forum Services for women & children Integrated children’s services Services for Adults Women’s Services in voluntary sector IDVAs Health/Education OM (NPS / CRC) Justice agencies CPS Court Police MARAC/MAPPA SEU Prison Resettlement Key Roles in Working Towards a Co-ordinated Community Response to Domestic Abuse The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) () NOMS has a major role to play in changing the behaviour and reducing the risk posed by perpetrators of domestic violence and abuse. There are a number of different roles involved in the work with offenders:   Programme Managers and Managers of Offender Management Teams Some areas will have a Programme Manager with overall responsibility for the implementation of the programme who works at a strategic level. All areas will have programme managers who manage the group work element of the programme. Their tasks are to ensure that all the practical arrangements are in place to support the programme: to provide supervision for facilitators and treatment managers: to see that facilitators and treatment managers have access to regular consultancy from outside the line management system. The managers of Offender Management Teams supervise the work done by Offender Managers, ensuring that key roles and tasks are carried out effectively. In particular they ensure that accurate risk assessments are made when needed and plans drawn up to manage risk under the Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements, including sharing information to inform decisions on offender recall and release. Facilitators and Treatment Managers: Facilitators work with PSR authors to advise on referrals to the programme. Following sentence they work with Offender Managers to deliver the pre-programme session "Offence Analysis". They deliver the pre-programme Orientation session and then the 9 modules (27 sessions) of the group work programme itself. They participate in mid-way and final reviews. Treatment managers supervise facilitators’ practice and ensure that the group work programme is delivered with integrity. Offender Managers: A detailed description of the roles and tasks of Offender Managers is provided in subsequent sections of this manual. Women's Safety Workers: Women's Safety Workers may be NOMS employees or may work for a partner agency. They offer regular contact to the known victims and current partners of men on IDAP. Their main role is to enhance the safety of victims to ensure that risk to the victim does not increase by the man's participation on the programme. They are supportive in attitude and give women information about how to obtain the help they may need, encouraging women to access appropriate local community resources. The Women's Safety Worker also has a role in giving and receiving information for assessment and evaluation purposes. Whilst their main role is to be supportive in attitude and give women information about how to obtain the help they need, they also give and receive information for assessment and evaluation purposes. In some areas the Women's Safety Worker may offer contact to the victim at the pre-sentence stage and obtain the victim's view of the offender's behaviour, which can be passed to the PSR author to inform assessment then. In all areas the Women's Safety Worker will contact the victim at four particular points during the programme: These are once the offender has a requirement to attend the programme; at the mid-way point of the group work programme; at the end of the group work programme and finally six months after the end of the group work programme. The Women's Safety Worker will give the victim general information about the offender's attendance and will ask the victim for her own experience of his behaviour if she is still in contact with him. The Women's Safety Worker will contact the victim if facilitators or Offender Managers become aware of any increase in risk posed by the offender and will encourage the victim to contact with new information herself so that further plans can be drawn up to protect her if necessary. The Risk Management Plan may require more frequent contact and it may need to be specifically added. HM Prison Service: Offender Managers are required to liaise with the resettlement manager on a regular basis to provide relevant information to facilitators and to attend to risk management issues. Offender Managers are expected to attend end of programme reviews at the prison. Partnership Agencies The Police: Areas need an agreement, sometimes called a protocol, with the Police to ensure that any call-outs to offenders (or their victims) on the programme are notified to the Offender Manager and other relevant staff, particularly those concerned with victims, as soon as possible. This evidence is vital in assessing offender progress and alerting relevant staff to the victim's situation. The information exchange protocols have been negotiated through MAPPA, but often this does not include this type of information. Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) /Courts/Sentence Enforcement Unit: The CPS and the Courts share information with NOMS () on offenders pre-sentence and take measures designed to prevent the offender re-offending or harming the victim whilst on remand. The Courts and the Sentence Enforcement Unit are responsible for dealing with breaches of orders and licences respectively, taking into account the risk posed by the offender and the need to protect the victim. Social Services Departments/ Integrated services for children and adults: Social Services have a statutory duty to protect vulnerable adults and children and it is important that they are informed of households where there is domestic violence. Apart from the emotional abuse experienced by children witnessing abuse to their mother, there is strong evidence of high concordance between the incidence of domestic abuse in a household and child protection issues of physical and sexual abuse. Areas will have different methods of passing on initial information to this effect. The Offender Manager has an important role in alerting Social Services to any subsequent increase in the level of risk posed by the offender. In some cases, this will involve activation of Safeguarding Children Procedures. In others the type of notification will depend on agreed protocols for information sharing. Health/Education: Midwives, health visitors, GPs and teachers may often be the first to see the signs of domestic violence in the women and children they work with. Areas are developing protocols for sharing information with these agencies, but the law does not prevent information-sharing if the public interest in safeguarding a child's or adult's welfare overrides the need to keep information confidential. This may be particularly so in the case of victims whose vulnerability is compounded by, for example, physical disability, mental illness or isolation because of cultural or language issues. Offender Managers and managers should therefore feel confident about contacting these services to pass on critical information that affects the risk to the victim and any children. MAPPA protocols for information sharing assist here. Women's Services: Women's Services provide support to victims of domestic violence. They provide refuges and work with women and children to undo the harm done by domestic violence and help them rebuild their lives. Where the victim is known to them, Women's Services should be alerted to any change in the level of risk posed by an offender. The victim may not wish them to communicate directly with the Offender Manager but may be willing for some information to be passed to the Women's Safety Worker. Domestic Violence Fora and Community Safety Partnerships: Most localities have a Domestic Violence Forum where representatives of the major agencies involved look at local issues together, scope the provision needed and try to access the necessary funding. Community Safety Partnerships are statutory multi-agency bodies with access to funding from central government. They may be given funding to address domestic violence or may put together bids to access such funding. Offender Managers need to keep service representatives on these bodies informed of issues that need attention and conversely, need to be kept informed of the work that is done by these bodies. As part of the infrastructure of this programme, in accordance with NOMS policy on domestic violence, areas and teams have a responsibility to work with their local Community Safety Partnerships and Domestic Violence Fora to develop local resources for victims of domestic violence (adults and children). Multi-agency approach to assessing & managing risk

 Help perpetrators to: BBR Aims Why do I ..? Help perpetrators to: Increase understanding of themselves and their use of IPV BBR Toolbox  Identify, use and build on existing strengths and skills to change. SAFE Route BBR L Increase motivation to change. Learn in a safe, respectful, stimulating and challenging environment. Skills & Strategies Develop strategies for maintaining change Promote better lives for all affected by their IPV, including themselves

Post Programme Report (PPR) BBR Structure Core Group PPR Post Programme Report (PPR) My Thinking Module T s1 T s2 T s3 T s4 T s5 T s6 Group 24 Group + 6 1-1s 1-1 Foundation Module My Emotions Module E s1 E s2 E s3 E s4 E s5 E s6 Group 3-Way Meeting 1-1 Pre-Group Sessions s4 s5 s6 s1 s2 s3 Group My Relationships Module R s1 R s2 R s3 R s4 R s5 Rs6 Group Pre-gp s1 1-1 Post group work with OM Pre-gp s2 1-1 1-1 1-1

Foundation Module (Lifestyle & Culture) covers: Model for analysing behaviour How we learn and where our ideas come from Objectivity Tool for challenging and changing beliefs Starting a map of individual identities (e.g. roles and responsibilities) Starting a plan for change A crisis management tool Here & Now Skills

Using the Model for analysing behaviours Autopilot & Rumination My Thinking Module Using the Model for analysing behaviours Autopilot & Rumination Biased Thinking Types Scripts Challenging Beliefs

Primary and secondary emotions Instrumental emotions My Emotions Module Arousal Identifying emotions Primary and secondary emotions Instrumental emotions Jealousy Stress Dealing with anxiety Victim Perspectives

My Relationships Module Attachment Assertive Communication Healthy Conflict Resolution Interpersonal boundaries & Consent Letting Go

Partner Link Worker Safety planning. BBR Inform about BBR, attendance and possible outcomes Signpost to relevant local services Contribute to risk management Sharing information with Offender Manager + Programmes team. Contribute to MAPPA, MARAC and Safeguarding. Collaborative work with partner agencies for ongoing development of a co-ordinated community response to IPV.

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