We spoke to Mike Davies, manager of Jig-So and Reflect in Swansea about their Reflect service.

In 2021 we spoke to Mike about Jig-So, an early intervention service to support the wellbeing of vulnerable expectant parents. He also manages Reflect, a service set up in 2018, to support the families that aren't able to stay together once they have gone through Jig-So’s intervention. Parents are only referred to the service from Jig-So and so all of them will have come through social services.

We spoke to Emma Martin, Community Justice Manager at Sacro, about their Aye service in South Lanarkshire. 

About Aye

This briefing offers guidance to commissioners for developing drug and alcohol treatment services for women. 

We spoke to Maggie Mitchell, Inspiration for Change Manager at North Yorkshire Council about their Inspiration for Change service. 

What is Inspiration for Change? 

We spoke with Jane Dunne, Team Manager of the Coventry and Warwickshire FDAC, about her work, the key challenges and successes of running an FDAC team, and her hopes for FDAC.

We spoke to Christian Iszchak, Regional manager of Mpower to understand how the service helps families in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire.

Background

This briefing considers the three criminal justice Bills currently before Parliament— the Sentencing Bill; the Criminal Justice Bill; and the Victims and Prisoners’ Bill— and estimates the impact they will have on the demand placed on the prisons and on probation specifically.

We spoke to Phyll Hamilton, Practice Manager at NEST who developed the service after working as a social worker and manager for a number of years. 

We spoke with Claire Jacobs, an Inspector within the Criminal Justice Unit at Humberside Police, leading on the implementation for adult out of court disposals about how Humberside have moved from a 6 tier disposal to a 2 tier plus force.

Greg Berman reflects on his time as chair of the Centre for Justice Innovation, a role he has held since the creation of the organisation in 2011.