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Case studies part 2. Case studies part 2. Catherine Hennessy Director of Operations Revolving Doors Agency. Supporting Social and Emotional Aspirations through the Link Worker Approach. “The Remade World”. Content. Revolving Doors Agency
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Case studies part 2 Catherine Hennessy Director of Operations Revolving Doors Agency
Supporting Social and Emotional Aspirations through the Link Worker Approach “The Remade World”
Content • Revolving Doors Agency • Challenges to enabling the fulfilment of social and emotional aspirations • Using the Link Worker Approach • Work in progress
About Revolving Doors Revolving Doors Agency A research and partnership agency working with people with multiple needs involved in or at risk of involvement in the Criminal Justice System Through: • Partnership in service delivery • Policy • Research • User involvement
Challenges to supporting social and emotional aspirations Individual Family/ Social Societal
Key features of link working • Needs not labels • Working across boundaries • Holistic, multi-dimensional service • Practical and strategic response
Work in progress National Development Programme • Working nationally in partnership to increase provision for our target group Research • To identify best practice in improving the family and social networks of our target group leading to developmental work Working with adults facing chronic exclusion • Link Worker plus Pathfinder project working to effect wider systemic change in Milton Keynes
“I have lived my life in pursuit of the remade world. .…”"Survival is the Least of My Desires”Dorothy Allison