Police and Crime Commissioner’s Part Year Grant Allocation October 2014 – March 2016:

CSP: / Bury

Please provide details below of your intentions for the allocation of the Commissioner’s Community Safety fund grant between October 2014 and March 2015. Please include details of how the proposals meet your local needs assessment, the Police and Crime Plan and any linked match funding or resources in kind.

Description of Intended spend / Amount / Needs assessment / Match funding or resources in kind
Greater Manchester Police and Crime Plan Priority - Vulnerability, Domestic Violence and Abuse
1.  Six monthly contribution to IDVA service contract with Victim Support to provide intervention and support for high risk victims of domestic violence and abuse. This ensures 2 IDVAs are funded up until March 2014.
Bury’s IDVAs work in a multi-agency setting. They are key representatives at Bury’s Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARAC) in which agencies share information about high risk families and construct a safety plan around that victim and their family. The IDVAS offer information and support, crisis intervention, safety planning, advocacy and practical and emotional support to enable survivors to make positive changes, reduce risk and minimise the risk of repeat victimisation. IDVAs support clients through the criminal justice system, explaining the procedures and the victim’s role and rights within that system and ensure that victims are kept informed of the progress of the case at all times.
2.  Six month contribution to work of the DVA Co-ordinator. The DVA Co-ordinator works with a wide range of local partners to co-ordinate an effective partnership response to DVA in the Borough. Over the next six months, work will focus on developing a preventative approach for standard and medium risk victims (in addition to high risk victims highlighted above). This includes developing the local domestic abuse strategy with a focus on early intervention and prevention.
Locally, services are being re-designed/restructured to build this approach including development of the Multi-agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) and Troubled Families Programme (Supporting Communities and Improving lives, SCIL). In the longer term, DVA will feature as a priority area as we move towards the tackling complex dependency model. / £30,793
£16,000 / Evidence shows that Bury MARAC and local IDVA service continue to support high risk victims (at risk of serious injury or even death).
·  The two IDVAs receive approximately 26 referrals each month of victims of domestic abuse who have been identified by partner agencies as being high risk.
·  Between April 2013 and March 2014, 214 referrals were made to the Bury IDVA service.
·  From September 2012 to October 2013, the two Bury IDVAs supported 79 victims through the criminal justice system.
·  Last year, 245 children were living in households at high risk of serious injury and harm (MARAC end of year report, 2013).
·  Analytical data showing a 9% increase in domestic abuse crimes compared with last year across Greater Manchester. Comparison of the last half year data against the same period last year is showing an 18% increase.
·  Less than 3% of incidents are formally categorised as ‘high risk’. A further 15% of incidents are shown as ‘medium risk’ and there are high levels of repeat calls for services from addresses across Bury (between April 2013 and April 2014, approximately 1,400 addresses were identified as repeat incident locations, over 300 of which generated four or more calls, equating to over 1,900 incidents)
·  With more vulnerable people now being encouraged to seek help, there is a key challenge to ensure the local model of response is equipped to manage and protect these vulnerable victims and to provide a successful outcome for those seeking criminal justice. / Managing/Chairing work of MARAC (GMP)
Wider partnership input and support of MARAC
Wide range of local partners support this work through the Bury CSP and Domestic Violence Steering Group.
Bury Council provide line management and office space to support the work of the DVA Co-ordinator.
Greater Manchester Police and Crime Plan Priority – Anti-social Behaviour
Six month (pump prime) contribution towards innovative work to re-model the local partnership response to ASB. A single team has been established called the Joint Enforcement Team (JET). This comprises of representatives from key front line service providers including Six Town Housing, GMP and Council. These partners are working together to improve information sharing and develop integrated systems and responses to ASB. The aim is to make the best use of joint resources, strengthen self help, early intervention and prevention, avoid duplication and provide more streamlined approaches. GMP have provided office space to facilitate co-location of staff. Funding will be used to support work of a caseworker specialising in ASB for private residents. A review will be undertaken to identify learning and opportunities to achieve further efficiencies through implementation of this way of working. / £16,000 / ·  Although overall levels of ASB in Bury have seen a steady decline over the past 6 years, Bury has started to see a increase in police recorded ASB, and there are neighbourhood perception challenges on particular issues.
·  Bury has seen a 5% rise in ASB (to 8,348) in the most recent 12 month period. (although this is broadly in line with the 6% experienced across Greater Manchester)
·  Bury East remains the volume contributor for police recorded ASB. Other key demand drivers include ASB in and around the Town Centre. The largest year on year increases in ASB are in the wards north of the borough / Bury Council fund a range of posts and services to support this work including a dedicated ASB Manager, work of environmental health team and the CCTV community safety service. Six Town Housing Association and Police also have officers dealing with ASB across the borough.
The SCIL team (troubled families team) also provide support and interventions for families adopting the key worker model.
Greater Manchester Police and Crime Plan Priority – Substance Misuse relating to community safety, justice and rehabilitation.
·  Contribution to total cost of Bury’s Drug Intervention Programme (DIP). The aim is to increase the number of drug/alcohol related offenders who are engage with Substance Misuse Services and access recovery interventions, assisting them to become abstinent of all substances and therefore reduce offending and re-offending. The whole service was recently reconfigured and a new criminal justice model is currently being implemented and staff are based both in the community including custody suite, and also in Forest Bank, which is soon to become a resettlement prison for Bury residents. The DIP allocation funds 3.5 staff who are responsible for the following areas of work.
·  Test on Arrest (required assessment following positive test)
·  Cell sweeps (to pick up alcohol related issues)
·  ROB Restrictions on Bail
·  Prison Visits (other than HMP Forest Bank)
·  Working with offenders from Court to HMP Forest Bank and back through into the community.
·  Utilising HMP Forest Banks Video Link to asses offenders outside of the NW who will be returning to Bury
·  Monthly surgeries in HMP Styal to engage with female offenders returning to Bury
·  Working closely with One Recovery Accommodation Project/Through The Gate (TTG) and Addulam Homes
·  Recovery hub (support and relapse prevention)
·  Dedicated member of staff involved in Problem Solving courts.
·  IOM support.
·  Outreach work with offenders/ clients falling out of treatment.
·  Support for families of addicted service users, especially clients.
·  Support police service while conducting drugs raids to offer offenders support into treatment. / £20,456 / ·  Alcohol related recorded crime and alcohol related violent crime in Bury (6.67 and 4.78 per 1,000) are on a par with the rate nationally (6.45 and 4.75 per 1,000) and PHE therefore deems Bury to experience ‘higher harm levels’ than the norm
·  Bury has a higher than average level of binge drinking locally (the estimate of the percentage of the population aged 16 years and over who report engaging in binge drinking in Bury is 25.1%, as opposed to 23.3% nationally)
·  Need to maintain strong performance in relation to crime and anti-social behaviour for Bury’s Night Time Economy (NTE). / Following a detailed and comprehensive review, Bury Council has re-tendered substance misuse provision and recently commissioned One Recovery Bury.
‘One Recovery Bury’ are a collaboration of organisations who will deliver Recovery Focussed Interventions to address substance dependency in Bury. The organisations are Addiction Dependency Solutions (ADS), Sodexo Criminal Justice Services, Harvey House Social enterprises and Bury Employment Support & Training enabling a ‘whole system’ approach.
Bury council to proactively support implementation and further development of the service.
Total / £83,249
In considering the Commissioning Principles, have you identified any risks and if so how are you mitigating them?
Decommissioning, exit strategies and sustainability – IDVA Service.
The short term funding of the IDVA Service has been identified as a risk. There is clear evidence that the service is effective in reducing re-victimisation and improving the safety of high risk victims and their children. The CSP will continue to seek a longer-term or alternative solution to the funding of the IDVA service in Bury. If this is not possible, exit strategies will be developed working closely with the current provider, Victim Support.
Decommissioning, exit strategies and sustainability – DVA Co-ordinator and ASB Caseworker
The short term funding of the DVA Co-ordinator and ASB Caseworker post has been identified as a risk. The CSP is mitigating against this risk through PSR reform and collaboration with partners to develop new and innovative ways of working. This includes the establishment of the JET (Joint Enforcement Team) for ASB and the development of early intervention/preventative approaches for DVA through the MASH and SCIL/Complex Dependency work streams.
Understanding what works – there is a risk that (in a period of austerity) partners capacity to work together to deliver community safety priorities is reduced. Team Bury (Bury’s Local Strategic Partnership) has recognised this risk and work is underway to radically reform and modernise the partnership landscape in Bury. In summary, this involves streamlining the governance of joint working to make the best use of the time and resources available. Three clear priorities have been agreed (stronger economy, stronger and safer communities and health and wellbeing). The revised approach will support different ways of working across agencies to support these priorities in line with Public Service Reform Principles (PSR). For the CSP, this will mean that there will be an enhanced focus on Outcomes Based Accountability, evidence based approaches and performance management.
What outcomes do you expect to achieve from this funding?
·  Promote partnership working and collaboration, particularly through the use of early intervention and prevention measures.
·  Co-ordinated response to safeguard high risk victims of Domestic Violence and Abuse.
·  Increased confidence in reporting Domestic Violence and Abuse
·  DVA services re-modelled to ensure preventative approaches and support in place for standard and medium risk victims (in addition to high risk victims highlighted above).
·  Reduction in offending and re-offending
·  Reduction in Anti-Social Behaviour
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