Decision details

PCC DN - Variation of VRU Navigator Contract to include Custody Navigator Programme

Decision Maker: Director for Safer and Stronger Communities, GM Deputy Mayor, Group Finance Officer

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

The current 3D Custody Improvement Programme has highlighted a gap in support for young people in police custody at risk of violence (perpetrator or victim). The VRU / Police and current L & D service have been collaborating to find a solution, and the intention is additional provision of up to 3 youth Navigators to service a pilot at Central Park custody facility (identified via demand profile). This collaboration will see funding from the existing 3D Custody project £36K, VRU CJ £36K and NHS (L&D) £40K.
The pilot will review the current referral process for young people into
services, provide appropriate support either on site or away from custody, and contribute towards the review of child attendance / voluntary attendance for interviews. £72,000 of the funding will be used to deliver the Navigators, with the remainder of the funding allocated towards benchmarking and staged evaluation to be carried out via Manchester Centre for Youth Studies within Manchester Metropolitan University.

Decision:

The VRU is seeking a contract variation to its existing Navigator contract with Oasis UK to extend the current Navigator service to include police custody for a 12-month pilot. The current contract value is £1,323,646.00 and the current contract end date is 31st March 2025; the VRU seeks to add £112,000 to this contract to bring it to the new total of £1,435,646 and seeks to extend the contract to 31st August 2025. A Decision Notice was previously signed in March 2024 to permit the VRU to transfer £36,000 of its 2023/24 budget to the FIM cost centre for this purpose.

Publication date: 29/10/2024

Date of decision: 24/10/2024