Issue details
For the provision of a Greater Manchester Integrated Rehabilitation Services Personal Wellbeing – Pilot of the Welfare Service
The reasons for the decision are:
As part of Justice Devolution arrangements between Greater
Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and Her Majesty’s Prison
and Probation Service (HMPPS), it has been agreed that HMPPS will
devolve their national ‘Dynamic Commissioning
Framework’ responsibilities for
commissioning of services through to GMCA.
The devolved approach for Greater Manchester is entitled
‘Greater Manchester Integrated Rehabilitative Services’
(GMIRS). This approach is designed to offer a less structured and
more locally tailored interventions which will draw on the
experience, innovation and skill within the
private and voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors
(VCSE), to provide effective rehabilitation and resettlement
services that address criminogenic needs unmet by NPS through their
programmes, Accredited Programmes, Unpaid Work and Structured
Interventions.
The creation of a Greater Manchester Integrated Rehabilitative
Services Welfare Programme across Greater Manchester seeks to embed
public service reform principles by working with provision where it
already exists and bolstering those services to create additional
value by providing funding for enhancing the following service
provision:
• Mentoring
• Emotional regulation and decision making
• Wellbeing support and healthy choices
• Behaviour change
• Family support and mediation
The service will deliver a needs-led, person-centered offer of
support via a variety of delivery methods and interventions,
working in conjunction with Probation Service sentence planning and
risk management objectives. Value will be created through both the
enhanced funding provided through this Expression of Interest and
existing service provision already in place and accessible as part
of Greater Manchester Integrated Rehabilitative Services. It is
expected that the services will operate as a broker role acting as
advocate for both the person and other services. This will include
developing and maintaining networks and supporting excellent
relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
Referrals will be from the Local Probation Delivery Unit for people
subject to probation supervision including those in custody or the
community on a Community or Suspended Sentence Orders and for those
on Licence and Post-Sentence Supervision.
Year 1 will see the approach start as a pilot of adding value and
capacity into existing services as an investment approach in
Greater Manchester. During this first year a commissioning approach
will be developed with the expectation of an Invitation To Tender
to be issued for delivery of the services for 3 year duration until
2026.
The first ‘pilot’ year will be delivered through an
Expression of Interest process, the sustainable, longer-term
approach is to embed a delivery model through a tender process and
contractual arrangements. The approach also seeks to develop a
Coordinator Provider to support development and delivery of the
model.
The funding envelope for 2022/23 is up to £100,000 for each
area apart from Manchester only where it is £200,000. Funding
for the Co-ordinator Provider anticipated at £50,000, with a
further £150,000 allocated for mobilisation.
The expression of interest process allowed services that are
already delivering in our communities, this will enable GMCA &
the GM Probation service to build on the infrastructure and
services that already exist. There is an ambition to develop VCSE
provision to be able to engage with justice partners, particularly,
GMPS. Services will need to demonstrate connectively to local areas
(at a local authority geography) including Probation Delivery Units
(PDU), local statutory services and the wider VCSE. The provider
‘s are able to deliver a service from day one of agreement.
However, as this may represent a potential large increase in demand
the provider will be able to develop capacity to meet need during a
mobilisation period.
In these circumstances it is anticipated the Provider will already
have a targeted service user group which may include People on
Probation. The Provider will be able to deliver a dual delivery
approach that both recognises the statutory requirements to deliver
services for people on probation whilst at the same time,
supporting existing and future voluntary attendees. There is an
expectation the approach for People on Probation and those
attending voluntarily will be consistent.
The Named allocated providers are;
District
Lead Provider - The Big Life Company
Welfare Advice line - The Big life Company
Bolton - Bolton Advice
Bury - Stepping Stones
Manchester - POPs and Back on track – PoPs will be the lead
in Manchester
Oldham - POPs and Back on track
Rochdale - Sanctuary Trust & Rochdale Community trust –
Rochdale Community Trust will be the lead provider
Tameside - Big Life Company
Trafford - Out There & Big Life
Salford - Salford Foundation
Stockport - Nacro Lead Provider
Wigan - Big Life Company
Mobilisation Fund - Open to successful providers
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 08/08/2022
Decision due: 30 May 2022 by Director for Police, Crime, Criminal Justice and Fire, GM Deputy Mayor, Treasurer GMCA
Contact: Lisa Lees Email: lisa.lees@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk.
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