For both adult and youth offending, please provide details of what provision is currently in place to support the re-settlement of offenders who have been or will shortly be released from custody. Please include details of any providers delivering this service locally, how many clients (ex-offenders) are managed through this service per year, the annual value of the service, the scope of this service (i.e. a copy of the specification), the expiry date of this service and your commissioning intentions for recommissioning this service.
Please also provide the contact details for the relevant commissioner
We should clarify that Adult social care is not responsible for resettlement or management of ex-offenders. Our duties would be limited to supporting any individual who has needs that are eligible under the Care Act 2014 both whilst in custody and upon release.
Further information will be available from the National Offender Management Service.
Also, housing is the responsibility of district and unitary councils and therefore Devon County Council does not hold any further information regarding the re-settlement of offenders. We recommend that you contact district councils who can be contacted using information available from Neighbouring authorities
In Devon the Youth Offending Service has the primary responsibility for the resettlement of young people who have served custodial sentences. This means working with the young people whilst they are in custody and ensuring that they have accommodation upon release. Numbers are small and this means that individual bespoke solutions are sought to meet the circumstances of each young person – therefore there is no contract for this provision with any organisation, rather arrangements are made with a provider at the time to fit the circumstances of the young person.
In 2020, for example, 2 young people were released from custody – one returned to his home address and the second was found a placement in Exeter. Given this level of demand there are no plans to commission any provider to meet these needs.
Substance Misuse Outreach
Please provide details of what provision is currently in place to identify hard-to-reach individuals who may require support for substance misuse (i.e. outreach). Please include details of any providers delivering this service locally, the annual value of the service, the scope of this service (i.e. a copy of the specification), the expiry date of this service and your commissioning intentions for recommissioning this service. If you’re unable to provide this information because the ‘outreach’ element forms part of a larger substance misuse service, please provide what details you can in relation to that service instead.
Please also provide the contact details for the relevant commissioner
All available information can be found online at: Y-Smart
Mentoring for Adolescents, Children in Care and/or Children on the Edge of Care
Please provide details of what mentoring provision is currently in place to support adolescents, looked after children and/or children on the edge of care. Please include details of any providers delivering these services locally, how many children & young people are managed through these services per year, the annual value of these services, the scope of these services (i.e. copies of the specifications), the expiry date of these services and your commissioning intentions for recommissioning these services.
Please also provide the contact details for the relevant commissioner
Mentoring for Individuals with Emotional, Health and Well-being Support Needs
Please provide details of what provision is currently in place to mentor individuals with emotional, health and well-being support. Please include details of any providers delivering these services locally, how many individuals are managed through these services per year, the annual value of these services, the scope of these services (i.e. copies of the specifications), the expiry date of these services and your commissioning intentions for recommissioning these services.
Please also provide the contact details for the relevant commissioner
In response to these further questions, and the various information already provided above, young people aged 16-25 have an allocated PA who will remain in touch with them when they are in custody. Accommodation will be sought for their release and we will continue to update their pathway plans. Visits where allowed will take place and where not we will have zoom or telephone calls with them
For those young people post age 25 we will no longer be involved