DAVID PADGETT

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VICTIM AND WITNESS CARE
DAVID PADGETT Area Manager
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VICTIM SUPPORT HERTFORDSHIRE SUPPORTS VICTIMS OF
CRIME WHETHER THE CRIME HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE
POLICE OR NOT AND ALL THOSE ATTENDING COURT AS
WITNESSES, THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS

• Free and confidential
• Impartial
• Service delivery by volunteers in the communities
  within which they live the community
  supporting the community
• Volunteers are carefully selected, professionally
  trained, supported and supervised

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How we work now
Referral Police
Referral Other VS
Referral Self
Referral Other agency
VS East Assess (support)
VS West Assess (support)
VS Central Assess (support)
VOLUNTEERS Assess deliver emotional and
practical support
WS East Assess support
WS Central Assess support
WS West Assess support
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How we will work in the future
Referral Self
Referral Police
Referral Other VS
Referral Other agency
VICTIM SUPPORT PLUS Victim contact unit full
structured needs assessment
VOLUNTEERS Deliver free and confidential
emotional and practical support
COMMISSIONED SUPPLIERS Deliver childcare,
glazing, alarms, transport, advocacy,
repairs/handyperson
Follow up call quality check and secondary
assessment
WS East Assess support
WS Central Assess support
WS West Assess support
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East Herts CDRP2007/8 PROJECTED (2006/7 IN
BRACKETS)

• Referrals - 2424 (1649)

• Contacts made - 3228 (2612)

• Volunteer hours - 1076 (871)

• Cost if hours paid - 14,128 (11,436)

• Volunteer cost per referral - (1.68)

• Funds received per referral - nil

-uses ESF matched funding rate of 13.13
p/h - Excludes costs covered by Home Office,
HCC Police grants - East Herts CDRP not a
fair example as the local authority gives us
accommodation free of charge
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How can the County Council help?

• Address the inequality of CDRP funding..

2007/8 funding from CDRPs East Herts -
accommodation St Albans - 800 Broxbourne -
1000 Hertsmere - 1000 Stevenage -
1100 Watford - nil North Herts - nil 3
Rivers - nil Welwyn Hatfield -
1000 Dacorum - nil
Average funding against average referrals equates
to 58p per referral
Existing funding from central government, Adult
Care Services and the Constabulary pays for
staffing costs and overheads. All local
authority funding goes entirely to volunteer
costs - our communities