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Hampshire Integrated Offender Management Service - HIOMS

What is Integrated Offender Management - IOM?

Integrated Offender Management is primarily a crime reduction initiative to reduce crime and reduce reoffending by a more intensive case management approach to certain individuals. It will also provide support for those with drug and alcohol dependency linked to their offending behaviour. It aims to provide the right interventions to the right individuals at the right time through ‘Breaking the Cycle’ of their offending behaviour. The services to address individual need include health, education, employment opportunities, housing, drug, alcohol and parenting skills programmes.

Once agreed by all the relevant pathway agencies, a single plan for supervision of each offender will be produced, with a designated lead agency to provide offender management. The components of the plan will vary according to the needs of the individual.

Which agencies are involved?

Led by Hampshire Probation Trust, IOM involves close working between Hampshire Constabulary, Hampshire County Council, the unitary authorities of Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight, local health authorities, Community Safety Partnerships, Prison Service, Youth Offending Teams (YOT), and providers who manage outreach, engagement and specialist substance misuse advice and support.

Information sharing and communication is key to the success of IOM, with partnership working being the driving force behind the schemes across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Co-ordination pan-Hampshire has been led by the Local Criminal Justice Board.

Who will be targeted?

It will focus on those repeat offenders who meet a specific criteria or pattern of behaviour and will also include designated drug and alcohol related offending. Within IOM, individuals will be offered the opportunity to receive advice and assistance to help them change their life; the aim is to stop their offending behaviour, therefore reduce crime in order to benefit the individual and our communities.

With the introduction of IOM in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, offenders who are arrested four or more times within three months, or are assessed as at risk of not complying with a Court Order, will be brought within the scheme. It will also give priority to those offenders receiving a prison sentence of less than a year, who are not already under Probation supervision, with a focus particularly on high risk groups such as women, and males from a black or ethnic minority background. It will also work with the Youth Offending Teams to continue interventions for some individuals within the Deter Young Offender scheme.

What happens if offenders don’t engage?

Information about an offender will be shared across agencies, and anyone who does not wish to engage but continues offending will be brought to notice more quickly.

What will IOM look like across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight?

It is envisaged that there will be six ‘core’ teams located across Hampshire and IOW, staffed by Probation, Police, and third sector organisations (within HCC area this will be the Society of St James), linking to services mentioned above. These teams will work together across the whole county, using partner and other agency sites to provide client access. Across the HCC area there will be two main hubs at Fareham and Basingstoke with other satellite sites shared between services, such as HOMER.

Further information on HIOMS teams and contact details can be found below:

Contact details for Hampshire (HCC area) IOM Services:

  • Hampshire North team: Chapel House, Kingsclere Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6UG. Tel: 01256 303640 Fax: 01256 816539

  • Hampshire East team: Fareham Borough Council, 5th Floor Civic Offices, Civic Way, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 7AZ. Tel: 01329 824774 Fax: 01329 824502

  • Hampshire West team: 75 Leigh Rd, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 9DQ. Tel: 02380 629102 Fax: 02380 614831