Ian Carter

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• Ian Carter Kierra Brand
• Essex Police Rainer

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Background

• Devised by Essex Police in partnership with Essex
  Youth Offending Service in response to police
  identified need
• Successful bid to The Childrens Fund, Essex.
  Contract awarded to Rainer following tender
  process
• Launched on 1st September 2004 further
  developed through partnership of Essex Police,
  Rainer Childrens Fund, Essex
• With support from Essex Youth Offending Service,
  Essex Social Care, Essex Education Welfare
  Service, Basildon Womens Refuge Braintree
  Pathfinder Childrens Trust

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Aim

• Rainer RAP aims to divert young
• people from future offending by helping
• them re-establish a positive lifestyle
• and reach their full potential
• A pioneering way forward to address issues
  affecting young people, who are currently outside
  of, or fall below the threshold for, statutory
  provision.

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RAP objectives

• Provide an independent outreach worker to rapidly
  assess the risk to children young people
• Offer short term intensive practical support to
  the family at a time of crisis
• Work individually with young people to develop
  realistic, measurable action plans and support
  them in working towards these goals
• Develop the personal, social and coping skills
  young people need to keep out of trouble and to
  succeed in education
• Establish agency partnerships to signpost young
  people and families to the appropriate long term
  support services

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Service locations
Basildon Rayleigh Harlow Braintree
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Criteria for referral
Independent youth outreach workers in police
stations, providing rapid assistance and support
to children young people aged 5-13 years and
their families, who become known to the police
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• Living with domestic violence
• Receiving a police Reprimand
• Engaging in offending behaviour when aged under
  ten years
• Truanting or at risk of exclusion from school

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Principal referrers

• Referrals are received from
• Police
• Education Social Workers
• Womens refuge
• Other Voluntary Organisations

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RAP Statistics

• Over 500 referrals in the first year
• 16 refused to engage
• Of the successful referrals
• 59 for domestic violence
• 23 for police Reprimand
• 11 for truancy/risk of exclusion
• 7 for offending behaviour under 10

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Impact

• 70 of parents/carers noted significant
  improvement in young persons behaviour
• 80 noted improvements in self esteem and self
  confidence
• 90 noted improvements in how the young person is
  getting on at school
• 100 noted improvements in the young persons
  general level of happiness

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Opening a referral

• Receive a referral
• Contact parent
• Complete an Initial Assessment Form
• Contact any professional involved with family
  (e.g. social services)
• Design program to what young persons needs are
• Start sessions

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What we look at

• Anger management
• Behaviour
• Bullying
• Emotions and feelings
• Law (what the law is and how this affects them)
• Relationships
• Self esteem
• Setting targets

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Independent Evaluation

• Discussions with staff
• Telephone and face to face interviews with young
  people
• Parental impact questionnaires
• Telephone interviews with agencies
• Questionnaire for agencies

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Agencies professionals view

• Quick response
• Responds in a crisis
• Works directly with young person
• Provides support for whole family
• Flexible about where they work
• Draws together agencies
• Early intervention

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Feedback from parents/carers

• Absolutely brilliant, cant believe the
  difference, got me through.
• Different child, made a big difference, not the
  child he was.
• If it wasnt for Rainer RAP..supported us
  100.
• I think it is brilliant to have an organisation
  for our young people that experience these
  situations.
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• Wasnt sure at first but came to realise they
  were there for help and advice and not judgement.

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What young people want from RAP

• to make me happier
• to help me and have someone to talk to
• help me so that I am not scared
• just some help because of what happened with dad

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How young people describe RAP

• fun
• happy
• enjoyable
• trying to help
• teaching me not to be worried
• being nice to everyone
• helpful

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