GLDVP is organising this conference in partnership with Women in Prison, the Prison Reform Trust, Counselling in Prisons and Women in Secure Hospitals. Th event is sponsored by the National Probation Service London.

Tuesday 14th November 2006
Jolly St Ermins Hotel, St James' Park, London
Early bird discount for bookings received on and before 30th Sept 2006

This high profile conference is organised by the Greater London Domestic Violence Project in partnership with Women in Prison, the Prison Reform Trust, Women in Secure Hospitals and Counselling in Prison. The event aims to raise awareness among criminal justice agencies and the voluntary sector of the interlinking nature of work on violence against women and women's offending. It seeks positive and creative ways for these sectors to work together to improve services for women who have experienced violence and abuse.

The programme includes a research and practice overview, a panel discussion of the role of NOMS in improving services for women who have experienced violence and abuse and a series of workshops.

Aims

To provide service commissioners with information on minimum standards and examples of safe practice
To improve staff training and awareness of abuse and domestic violence
To give criminal justice system staff the tools they need to respond to women with experience of violence and abuse
To give the violence against women sector the tools they need to respond to the needs of women in prison and intersect effectively with prison service provision
To increase awareness and improve referrals amongst violence against women and criminal justice system professionals of the other sectors' issues and responses
To emphasise links between violence and abuse, drugs, alcohol and mental health and provide examples of safe practice and minimum standards
To provide recommendations to the Corston Review of Vulnerable Women in the Criminal Justice System

Who should attend?

Strategic leads within the women's voluntary sector, health, drug and alcohol services, NOMS, HMPS, and the Probation Service. This includes voluntary sector staff and managers, Prison Governors from the women's prison estate, Regional Offender Managers, representatives from HMPS Women's Team, regional resettlement strategy leads and senior staff from within the prison and probation services including resettlement and healthcare teams.

Programme

Time: :
Session

9.00:
Registration

9.30:
Welcome and introduction by Chair Anne Owers, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons

9.45:
Presentation One: Research overview: Making the links – victimisation and offending Dr Judith Rumgay, Reader in Social Policy, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics

10.15:
Workshops
A whole prison approach – integrating awareness of violence against women into regimes
Navigating the commissioning process; minimum standards and good practice (for commissioners and voluntary sector)
Safe practice in specialist work with women who have experienced violence and abuse
How can all services work safely with women who have experienced violence and abuse? (including mental health, drugs, alcohol and resettlement services)
Empowering women offenders
Working with foreign nationals (am only)
Using theatre as a motivating tool for change (pm only)

11.30:
Break

11.45:
Presentation Two: Beyond theory into practice: Delivering services to women victims who are also offenders The Nia Project

12.15:
Video clips – service user experiences

12.30:
Lunch

1.30:
Workshops (repeat of morning workshops)

2.45:
Break

3.00:
Panel discussion. How will NOMS meet the needs of women offenders who have experienced violence and abuse?
Hazel Banks (Head of Women and Young People's Group, HMPS)
Anne Owers (HM Chief Inspector of Prisons)
Chris Cawthorne (Director, Asha Centre)
Christine Mann, National DV Coordinator, NHS
Alethea McIntosh, Head of Equalities and Diversity, London Probation
Mitch Egan – NE ROM

4.15:
Closing address - Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC, Minister of State for the Criminal Justice System and Offender Management

4.30:
Close

Please download the programme which includes a booking form by clicking on this link.
Please note this is a pdf file and if you have problems with it being an inaccessible format contact GLDVP for an alternative
Please note the early bird discount for booking forms received on and before 30th September 2006

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