Clinks Light Lunch | Issue 575 | 8th March 2019

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In this week's edition...

CLINKS VACANCY: MEAM Partnerships Manager – South West

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) Local Networks Team. The MEAM Partnerships Manager – South West role [£32,029 plus 6% pension, full time, home based – Bristol and surrounding area] will support around nine local areas in the South West region to better coordinate their services for people facing multiple disadvantage. The role provides a unique opportunity to work with four national charities taking a collaborative approach to addressing some of the most complex and urgent challenges facing our society. The deadline for applications is 5pm on Monday 18th March. Find out more and apply here

CLINKS VACANCY: Communications Officer

Do you want to work for a charity supporting organisations who help transform the lives people in the justice system and their families? Are you a skilled communicator, a good writer, with excellent attention to detail and IT skills? We're looking for a Communications Officer [£26,470 plus 6% pension, full time, London]. This exciting position is essential to promoting the important role of the voluntary sector working in the criminal justice system and our key messages. You will lead our social media presence, and write e-communications and website content with accuracy and consistency. You will support the Communications Manager to implement our communications strategy and tools to develop our profile and help achieve our strategic objectives. The deadline for applications is 9am on 1st April. Find out more and apply here

CLINKS NEWS: do you provide services via the rate card?

Do you provide services via the rate card to the National Probation Service in Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset & Wiltshire; Dorset, Devon & Cornwall; or Wales? How has the transfer to Seetec affected you? Please get in touch with Clinks’ Head of Policy and Communications at jessica.mullen@clinks.org

CLINKS NEWS: education services procurement

Clinks and the Prisoner Learning Alliance would like to hear about your experiences of using the new online procurement system for education services, also known as the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). We will use this to monitor how the DPS is working in practice, and feedback to Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. Please tell us about your experience of using the DPS, including how you have found getting on to the DPS system; how you have found responding to call outs for services; and any benefits/disadvantages to the system. Please send this feedback to TrackDPS@prisonerseducation.org.uk

NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE ARTS ALLIANCE NEWS: our latest guest blogs

Two new National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance guest blogs from both Lindsay Morgan and Rowan MacKenzie look at how a creative prison-university partnership allowed women in Scotland to explore being authors of their own representation, and how a new drama group in a men's prison tackled a performance of Macbeth. Read the blogs here

NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE ARTS ALLIANCE NEWS: did you make it to our annual conference?

Over 100 delegates joined The National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance at The Crescent Theatre in Birmingham for its annual conference: Young people in the criminal justice system - how can the arts respond? For all those who couldn’t join us, we live-tweeted from a packed day of workshops, performances and panel discussions, and have published a write-up which includes Justice Minister Edward Argar's video address. Find out more here

CLINKS MEMBERS NEWS: preventing drug related deaths

The Forward Trust has published a report entitled Finding a needle in a haystack: Take Home Naloxone in England. It shows the potential impact that Naloxone can have on reducing drug-related deaths. The Forward Trust instigated a new process to increase the amount of opioid users being released from prison with Take Home Naloxone. This structured approach was first implemented in HMP Lewes, where it had a positive effect on uptake of Naloxone kits by opioid users – with an average of 53% being released with Take Home Naloxone. Read the full report here

CLINKS MEMBER’S NEWS: awards for employment charity

Tempus Novo has won a Centre for Social Justice Award for its work supporting people with convictions into sustainable employment. Shortlisted finalists also included DIVERT in London and Women's Work in Derby. Watch the event video here

CLINKS MEMBER’S NEWS: legal support study

Revolving Doors Agency has published a small-scale study of legal support which gathered the perspectives of 30 people with lived experience of the revolving door of personal crisis and crime. The No Justice in the Capital? report explores their experiences of seeking assistance in London for cases that should be eligible for legal aid under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. Read the report here

CLINKS MEMBERS NEWS: scrutiny of stop and search

The Criminal Justice Alliance has published a report arguing for community scrutiny of local police stop and search practices. Stop & Scrutinise: How to improve community scrutiny of stop and search is based on a survey of Community Scrutiny Panels in all the police services of England and Wales. Read the report here

CLINKS MEMBER’S NEWS: reading in prison

Last year, Shannon Trust commissioned User Voice to talk to men and women in prison about why people in prison who struggle with reading don’t choose to try Shannon Trust’s Reading Plan. User Voice surveyed residents in four prisons and conducted a series of focus groups. Read what they found out here

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: biometric technology in prisons

The Ministry of Justice trialled biometric technology, such as iris scanning and facial recognition, to identify visitors at HMPs Hull, Humber and Lindholme, during December 2018 and January 2019. The trials are part of wider measures to tackle increasing drugs and violence in prisons. However, there have been concerns raised about their impact on visitors and families as well as potential racial bias in facial recognition software. Find out more here

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: Durham and Tees Valley probation report

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation has given Durham and Tees Valley Community Rehabilitation Company an overall rating of ‘requires improvement’. Leadership was found to be outstanding and organisational delivery was found to be generally good but case supervision was rated as inadequate or requiring improvement, as was through-the-gate work. Read the report here

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: discrimination of disabled defendants

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has launched a formal inquiry into the experiences of disabled defendants in the criminal justice system in Great Britain. It will focus on those with cognitive impairments, mental health conditions and neuro-diverse conditions including autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Find out more here

FUNDING: employment programme

There is an opportunity to bid for up to £93k from London Borough of Brent to deliver a specialist employment programme to enable ex-offenders in Brent secure employment in good quality jobs which are aligned to their skills and which they want to do. The closing date is 15th March. Find out more here

CLINKS MEMBER’S EVENT: restorative justice

Restorative Justice for All (RJ4All), in partnership with Bizzie Bodies, is holding a public exhibition [8th April, London, donations] to celebrate the art of South East London’s children. It will demonstrate how the values of restorative justice have been used to enhance community cohesion in SE16 London. The event is part of the Children and Art for Unity project, which was a children-led, community cohesion project in Rotherhithe. The project provided educational and recreational activities to marginalised children. Book your place here

NON-MEMBER’S EVENTS

  • Increasing confidence and enhancing self-esteem for women affected by the criminal justice system | 9th March, Surrey, free | Details 

RESOURCE: ex-armed services personnel

The Probation Institute has produced an e-learning module entitled Working with Ex-Armed Services Personnel under Supervision. It addresses the importance of identifying veterans in the criminal justice system, key aspects of engaging veterans and the benefits of making appropriate referrals to the armed services charities. It is based on research funded by the Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) in 2016/17 carried out by the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies for the Probation Institute and is accessible to all at no charge. Find out more here

CLINKS MEMBERS' VACANCIES

Vacancies on the jobs board this week include: A Family Gangs Workers with St Giles Trust [Camberwell], Team Manager with Barnardo’s [Cookham Wood YOI/Medway STC], Volunteer Peer Supporter with Together for Mental Wellbeing [London], Chief Executive with The Restorative Justice Council [London], Fundraising & Comms Co-ordinator with YSS [Worcester], Family Support Worker with Nepacs [HMP Frankland], Gangs Groupwork Facilitator and Mentor with St Giles Trust [Kent], SI Intern x4 with Unlocked Graduates [Ipswich], 2 x GROW Trainees with Community Led Initiatives CIC [Bedford and Dunstable], and a Switchback Mentor (Support Worker) with Switchback [London]. For more information about these vacancies, and many more, click here

TIPS OF THE WEEK

  • Tip of the week I: 70% off frames in a sale at Eyewear Brands. You can also get 60% off lenses with MSE60 until 11.59pm on 10th March. Free delivery. Details
  • Tip of the week II: Free tickets to be in a TV show audience. Details
  • Tip of the week III: Special offers on event tickets nationwide with Central Tickets. Free to join. Details

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