Fathers Inside

Family Man and Fathers Inside 2 April 2012

11/11/11

Family Man • 7-week programme • Focus on maintaining and developing family relationships • Considering impact of imprisonment on the whole family

Fathers Inside • 5-week programme • Focus on parenting • Considering impact of imprisonment on children and their carers

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Family Man Personal development Considering the needs of family members How to be an active family member from prison Making realistic plans for the future

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Fathers Inside Understanding child development The needs of children How to be an effective father from prison Contributing to their children’s education

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Warm Up Games Fiction Drama Group and One-to-One Discussion Portfolio Work Debates Letter Writing Presentations

A Supporter* can be a:

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Partner Relative Friend Volunteer

*Family Man only

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What’s Involved? Receiving and replying to 4 structured letters Attending a Supporters’ only session Working face-to-face with the FM student Attending a Family Visit, which includes a Presentation

Family Man • Student and Supporter meet internal and external agencies • Student and Supporter work together to write a Family Action Plan • Opportunity to work with OM/OS

Fathers Inside • Student meets internal and external agencies • Student writes an Action Plan to help him meet his needs as a father • Opportunity to work with OM/OS

Family Man

Fathers Inside

NOCN Qualifications in:

NOCN Qualifications in:

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Family Relationships, Level 1 Developing Group and Teamwork Communication Skills, Level 1 Developing Personal Development Skills, Level 1*

*If all 3 units are achieved, the student will also receive a Level 1 Award for Progression

Other Assessment Opportunities: •

Opportunities to practice for Functional Skills in English

Developing Parenting Skills, Level 1 Developing Group and Teamwork Communication Skills, Level 1

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Adult Literacy, Entry Level Opportunities to practice for Functional Skills in English

Family Man • 2 full-time tutors • 1 Family Support Worker (FSW) @25 days • 1 Family Man Line Manager @2.5 hours per week

Fathers Inside • 2 full-time tutors • 1 Family Support Worker (FSW) @15 days • 1 Fathers Inside Line Manager @2 hours per week

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Additional staff to supervise ‘What Next’ session and Presentation

Additional staff to supervise ‘What Next’ session and Presentation

• Coordinating security clearances for Supporters and Family Visit guests • Liaising with Supporters via phone and letter • Co-facilitating the Supporters’ Only session (FM only) • Organising the ‘What Next’ session • Following up referrals from the ‘What Next’ session • Organising Family Visit • Offering post-course referrals for Supporters

Since 2003: 391 FM/FI courses in 45 Establishments 4,557 Graduates receiving 10,537 qualifications Post-course data collection forms measure: • • •

Course completion rates Progression to education, training and employment Families accessing agency support at ‘What Next’ session

Course Completion Rates 2011-12

80%

Students engaged in Education, Training and Employment: 2010-11 100% 90%

2010-11

77%

2009-10

75%

2008-09

74%

80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30%

Students engaged in ETE precourse Students engaged in ETE postcourse

2011-12: 97% of families have 20% 10% accessed support and advice 0% from What Next agencies (e.g. All Fathers Original Revised Programmes Inside Family Man Family Man Sure Start, Job Centre Plus, Nacro, PACT, CARAT, education, housing Since 2007… and community services) • Students engaged in ETE before FM/FI = 69.4% • Students engaged in ETE after FM/FI = 92.4%

Over the past decade we have compiled a significant body of evidence demonstrating our programmes’ impact, including: • • • •

7 independent evaluations 5 independent reviews Participation in wider research studies On-going data collection and analysis

Family Man Review 2007-08 (University of East Anglia) Tracked reoffending outcomes for 211 Graduates released from HMP Wandsworth 2005-07 using LIDS data. • FM Graduates reconviction rate = 19.6% • 2004 national prisoner reconviction rate = 56% • BUT: No control group and unable to track reoffending outcomes over the long-term Tracked adjudications received by Students to assess impact on behaviour on the wing. Men with Adjudications in 6 Months Before Course

Men with Adjudications in 6 Months After Course

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Independent Evaluation completed by Boswell Research Fellows and the University of East Anglia • Assessed longer-term impact of the revised Family Man programme upon Graduates and Supporters (2008-10) from 7 establishments • Analysis of questionnaires completed by 54 Graduates and 50 Supporters • In-depth interviews were conducted with 24 Graduates (including 6 who had been released) and 24 Supporters Key findings:  78% of Graduates reported implementing the goals in their FM Action Plan  84% of Graduates reported improved relationships with their children/families  92% of Supporters agreed that FM had helped their graduate understand his family responsibilities  98% of Supporters felt that FM had helped both of them think about resettlement  None of the released Graduates surveyed or interviewed appeared to have reoffended

2011-2013 DfE funded longitudinal study of Family Man Conducted by the Institute for Criminal Policy Research, University of London

 Biggest study to date  Will use official data, including reoffending rates, adjudications and family visits, on all Graduates since 2007 to assess longer-term impact of FM  Surveying and interviewing Students and Family Supporters to measure changes in perceptions and family relationships in line with Desistance theory  Will survey education staff and officers to assess impact on the regime  Provide a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis to examine the programme’s cost-effectiveness