Housing Strategy 2009-2014 - South Derbyshire District Council

South Derbyshire District Council Housing Strategy 2009 – 2014
9.2 Work with
an RSL to
develop 4 units
of supported
accommodation
for care-leavers.
10 Objective:
To ensure there
is suitable
accommodation
for ex-offenders.
10.1 The Council
will work in
partnership
Derbyshire
Probation
Service and
other agencies
that support
ex-offenders to
sensitively and
confidentially
deal with their
applications for
housing.
10.2 To work with the
youth Offending
Service and
an RSL to
develop 4 units
of supported
accommodation
for young
ex-offenders.
There are insufficient care-leavers in the district to justify
a dedicated scheme for this group. However, there are
occasions when a care-leaver requires additional support
before they can move from dependent living to semisupported
living. This will be considered by the
Derbyshire Supporting People as part of the re-tendering
of young peoples services across the district.
Successes
Implemented Detention Release procedure for housing
advice prior to date of release. Teh Housing Service
liaises with probation on local Prolific and Priority Offenders
scheme, involved with re-housing offenders through MAPPA.
The Council have secured Supporting People funding to
pilot a supported lodging project in the district for an initial
3-year period.
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