Health and Wellbeing Intervention for Community Managed Offenders November 2014 Carol-Louise Stewart – Programme Manager

Why Community Managed Offenders? Higher levels of mental health issues, drug and alcohol dependency, poor physical health and higher levels of risk taking behaviours.

Aims To improve the health and well being of community managed offenders To reduce health inequalities Improve resilience and coping mechanisms to support individuals to make positive health choices and restrain from risk taking behaviour such as alcohol/drugs use Reduce the prevalence of re-offending

Objectives Provide health checks and life skills intervention to all individuals out with the Keep Well age group Remove barriers to accessing services through referrals to partner agencies and outside organisations as required Gain a better analysis of the health issues of the target population for future consideration Evaluate the effectiveness of the local Keep Well Model with the target group

Target population 187 offenders have had a health check 48 women, 138 men Aged between 16 and under the age of 40

Health Check Findings - Wellbeing 107 clients completed a wellbeing tool 43 clients had high HAADS anxiety 24 accepted referral to LLTTF Only 12 attended

Health Check Findings - Physical Health 142 smokers 121 refused smoking cessation 81 problems with substance abuse 82 heavy drinkers or above 90 had a poor diet 129 met physical activity guidelines

35 with a BMI above 30 8 with BMI below literacy problems 16 new diagnosis of Hep C

Signposting/referral GP Ambulance! Drug and alcohol services BBV and sexual health team Child Protection Adult Protection Lets cook CU Thru

Challenges Recruiting clients; Large geographical area; Small team, small budget; Group work; Organisational differences

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