1 / 6

Allister Short - NHS Lothian

From Prisoner to Patient – changing the perspective on vulnerable women in the criminal justice system. Allister Short - NHS Lothian. Willow Project. Aims to address women’s offending and related needs in order to: Reduce offending behaviour;

dorit
Download Presentation

Allister Short - NHS Lothian

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. From Prisoner to Patient – changing the perspective on vulnerable women in the criminal justice system Allister Short - NHS Lothian

  2. Willow Project Aims to address women’s offending and related needs in order to: • Reduce offending behaviour; • Improve women’s health, wellbeing and safety; and • Improve women’s access to services Partnership between NHS Lothian, City of Edinburgh Council and SACRO

  3. What’s needed at operational level: • Creating stability and tackling underlying issues • Holistic one stop shop and neutral community venue • Women specific service and interventions • Multi-disciplinary team work (Group work and 1:1) • Practical support to engage and remain engaged • Flexibility of programme delivery – not just linear

  4. What’s needed at organisational level: • Strategic leadership from partners • Alignment with mainstream services • Shifting the balance of care • Prevention and early intervention • Clear pathways for women across services • Community-custody-community approach • Focus on the outcomes

  5. This country is a paradoxical tapestry of rich resources, inventive humanity, gross inequalities, and persistent levels of poor health and deprivation. Against that backdrop, the public services of the future must not only continue to provide a safety net for the vulnerable, but make a coherent contribution to a stronger, healthier, economically viable and more equitable society. Christie Commission on the Future of Public Services in Scotland 2011

  6. Did Willow work for you? “This is the first course I’ve on.” stayed ‘‘I learned life coping .” skills “I’ve been to a few places like this but this .” worked learn “You more about yourself each time you come here.”

More Related