1. Sharing good practice and the launch of the revised i-HOP website
Polly Wright

2. i-HOP to date
National one-stop information and advice service for professionals working with children and families of offenders providing:
Web-based knowledge hub
Practice-based briefings and publications
Delivered by Barnardo’s since (initially in partnership with POPS).
Initially funded by DfE.
HMPPS secondment since 2017.
Over 3000 members from across sectors.
An average of 2400 site visits a month.
Image courtesy of NEPACS

3. Publications to support practice

4. Introducing the National Information Centre on Children of Offenders (NICCO)
Reason for rebuild:
To create a site with improved functionality
To reflect the changing HMPPS Family Support landscape
Create a resource that encourages shared practice across the prison estate
Rename to create a site where ‘it does what it says on the tin’

8. NICCO supporting HMPPS practice with families
Platform for prisons to identify what they provide and who provides it, therefore supporting sharing of practice/ideas/ resources and encouraging consistency across the estate (as well as healthy competition).
Helps to bridge the gap between the CJS and community based services.
Enables HMPPS to compare what is available re family support across the prison estate, by having access to the information all in one place, for example, comparing what is provided across YOI estate (may also support HMIP processes).
Only national repository of resources and quality assured research to support and inform practice with offenders’ families.

9. Next steps www.i-hop.org.uk www.nicco.org.uk
NICCO will go LIVE 10th April, 2018
Look out for March ‘monthly feature’ on Maternal Imprisonment.
Ensure MoJ Prison Finder information up to date.
Encourage workforce to access NICCO
Ensure that new innovations, guidance and services are listed