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The specific support needs of female
offenders and the role of family support
in sustained recovery
Lauren Benham
Contents
Phoenix Futures and our work in prisons
Through The Gate provision at HMP’S Holloway and Pentonville
The role of family support in sustained recovery
The support needs of female offenders and how we address
them
Recovery Capital
Our work in prisons
Building Futures
treatment model
Case Management
Team
Assessments, 1:1 keyworking, onward referrals
Interventions Team
Psychosocial group
delivery
Community
Engagement Team
Family support
Through The Gate
Young Persons TTG
Phoenix Plus
Housing
Phoenix Plus
Family &
Carers
Phoenix
Plus
Phoenix Plus
Education &
Employability
Phoenix Plus
Community
Engagement
Family Support
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1:1 key working
Mediation
Children and Family visits presence
Family interventions: Families in Recovery, Families Anonymous,
All About Mum, Story Sacks
Involving families post-release
Prison services
Pre-release planning meetings
3 months family support post-release; 1:1 key working, signposting and
referrals, practical support e.g. grant applications
Practical advice for families:
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Set clear boundaries
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Write down behaviours that cross the boundary
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Stick to ‘healthy consequences’
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Support group
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Acknowledge the cycle of change
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No enabling!!
Involving families post-release
Residential service
Community services
Visits – increased family contact
throughout treatment, inc
overnight stays and debriefing
with family members
Triple P – positive parenting
programme
Care plan reviews
FLAMES programme – 3 hour
monthly workshop to coincide
with family visit – open support
and advice + guest speaker to
share their story + ‘hot topic’ e.g.
TC concept, interventions
MPACT course
1:1 support and counselling for
family members
Older persons Befriending
service
NORCAS Young People’s
Affected Others Service
Phoenix Plus
Housing
Phoenix Plus
Family &
Carers
Phoenix
Plus
Phoenix Plus
Education &
Employability
Phoenix Plus
Community
Engagement
Through The Gate (TTG) service
Young Persons TTG service
•18-24 year olds
•Pre-release support
•3 way pre-release meeting
•Meet at the Gate service
•3 months post-release support
100% offered, 70% uptake
Focus on 7 pathways of reducing
reoffending
46 accessed service since March
2015
Adult TTG service
•Over 24’s
•3 way pre-release meeting
•Meet at the Gate service
•2 weeks support post-release
•Expansion January 2016 to
include 3 months post-release
support
•Pan-London and Essex
Self-referral
68 accessed since April 2015
Coordinate average 25 TTG’s per
month
Phoenix Plus
Housing
Phoenix Plus
Family &
Carers
Phoenix
Plus
Phoenix Plus
Education &
Employability
Phoenix Plus
Community
Engagement
Grace House
First female-only residential, opened to address housing gap
for women leaving Holloway with complex needs
12-24 week programme, 10 bed spaces
4 phases to treatment
1 assignment per month: courage, faith, strength, acceptance, hope, freedom.
Contact information:
Charlotte Sharpe, Service Manager
[email protected]
Support needs of female offenders
Domestic
violence
Low self-esteem/self-worth
Forced
marriage
Self-harm
Sexual violence
Trafficking
Loss of
children into
social care
Sex-working
Eating
disorders
How Phoenix Futures (and partners)
address these needs in the prison
• Awareness groups on self-harm, mental health topics,
contraception, STI’s, affirmations, vignettes
• MBAT
• The SHINE Project
• Families in Recovery, AAM group, FA
• Referrals into other support teams e.g. psychological
therapies, mental health, counselling, housing
• Thyme project (Women In Prison)
• Safer Sex Working programme
Safer sex working programme
4 day psychosocial intervention
Self-referral or through a member of the team
Hard-to-reach client group, don’t share those
experiences in substance misuse groups but
often impacts on their substance use and
experiences of trauma
Topics include:
• What kinds of sex work are there
• What are the emotions experienced by
the service user
• Cycle of change to explore attitudes
towards sex working
• Education around STI’s and Hepatitis,
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methods of contraception and how to use
them (women's health)
• Ways to make sexual activities safer and
how to reduce risks of contracting STI or
getting pregnant,
• Setting boundaries with yourself and with
a client (practice saying no to particular
requests)
• Guest speaker to share their story
Domestic and sexual violence
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Thyme project – partnership with
(Women In Prison)
6 week personal development
group
For women who have
experienced gender-based
violence
Running since October 2013
Self-referral
Based on the understanding that
safety, trust and self-worth have
been compromised
Thyme self-help journal
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Power to Change
New prison initiative, first
programme currently running
6 weeks, 12 sessions of group
work
Self-referral
Topics include: boundaries, grief
and loss, coping with children in a
violent relationship
Any 1:1 support provided by TSP
staff
Partnership working
• WIP (Thyme)
• Holloway hub – Phoenix Futures, Hibiscus,
New Horizons, PACT, Working Chance, WIP
• The SHINE Project
• Fellowships
• CRC’s
• Probation, DIP, IOM, social work, aftercare
services
Questions?
Lauren Benham
[email protected]
0789 628 1098