Victim services commissioned by the OPFCC for victims under the age of 18.

Our Ref:  NY8940

Date: 19 February 2024

Freedom of information request reference no: NY8940

I write in connection with your request for information that was received by the Office of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire (OPFCC) 29^th January 2024.

Question/ Request:

1. Please can you provide details of any victims services commissioned by the OPCC exclusively for victims under the age of 18, including:

• Details of the service(s)
• The funding allocated to each service
• How many victims under the age of 18 were supported by these services.

Please can these details be provided for the year 2022/23 and 2021/22

2. Please can you provide details of any victims services commissioned by the OPCC that provide support for victims under the age of 18 (even if the service is not exclusively for victims under the age of 18), including:

• Details of the service(s)
• The funding allocated to each service
• How many victims under the age of 18 were supported by these services.

Please can these details be provided for the year 2022/23 and 2021/22

 

 Answer/ Response:

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within the OPFCC.

I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by the OPFCC.

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.

1. Hand in Hand

• Service Description: Support for young people aged 10-18 who have been victims of, or who are at risk of becoming victims of child exploitation, and those who repeatedly go missing. The support offered includes one to one and group work in addition to targeted awareness raising in schools.
• Service Provider: The Children’s Society
• Contract Length: 1^st July 2019 – 31^st March 2024
• OPFCC Contract Value (p/a): £200,000
• Additional Budget (p/a) £45,000 (MoJ Domestic Abuse & Sexual Violence Funding) to increase frontline capacity of the service to raise awareness of exploitation in educational settings
• of victims supported 21/22: 40
• of Victims supported 22/23: 92

 

2. Domestic Abuse Victims Community Based Support services

• Service Description: Available for anyone aged 16 and over who is a direct victim or survivor of domestic abuse. The objective of the service is to enable all victims and survivors of domestic abuse to cope with the immediate impacts of crime and recover from the harm experienced and reach out to more people who are victims and survivors of domestic abuse through targeted community engagement to encourage an increase in self-reporting to access support. The aim is for victims and survivors to be and feel safer in their own home, and to be able to support themselves independently, or through an appropriate peer support network by the end of the provision of support.
• Service Provider: IDAS
• Contract Length: 1^st March 2019 to 31^st March 2024
• OPFCC Contract Value (p/a): £401,000
• Additional Budget (p/a): The service is jointly commissioned by City of York Council & North Yorkshire Council – contribution = £348,000

£352,958 and £451,516 MoJ National ISVA & IDVA Funding in 2021/22 and 2022/23 respectively to increase frontline capacity

• of Victims supported 21/22: 111 C&YP aged 17yrs or under supported
• of Victims supported 22/23: 77 C&YP aged 17yrs or under supported

 

3. Domestic Abuse ‘Whole Family’ Approach – Support for Children & Young People Affected by Domestic Abuse

• Service Description: Initially piloted in City of York from July 2021, the service was rolled out to the rest of North Yorkshire from April 2022 providing support for children & young people affected by domestic abuse. Support is available for all children & young people aged 10yrs and over who are living in households where domestic abuse occurs, alongside telephone support, supported groupwork and workshops and peer support networks for (non-abusive) parents or guardians. The objective of the services is to enable children & young people living in households where domestic abuse occurs to cope with the immediate impacts and recover from the harm experienced. The aim is for children & young people to be and feel safer in their own home.
• Service Provider: IDAS
• Contract Length: 1^st July 2021 – 31^st March 2023
• OPFCC Contract Value: 2021/22 Budget Allocation = £29,700, 2022/23 Budget Allocation = £132,000
• of Victims supported 21/22: 48 C&YP aged 17yrs or under supported – York only, over 9 months
• of Victims supported 22/23: 145 C&YP aged 17yrs or under supported

 

4. Independent Sexual Violence Adviser (ISVA) Service

• Service Description: Holistic, all age ISVA service for all victims and survivors of all forms of sexual violence or abuse. Support is available for any victim or survivor of all forms of sexual violence or abuse, including historic child sexual abuse. The objective of the ISVA service is to enable all victims and survivors of sexual abuse, assault and rape to cope with the immediate impacts of crime and recover from the harm experienced; and reach out to more people to encourage an increase in self-reporting to get the help they need. The aim is for victims and survivors to be able to support themselves independently or through an appropriate peer support network by the end of the provision of support.
• Service Provider: IDAS
• Contract Length: 1^st April 2019 – 31^st March 2025
• OPFCC Contract Value (p/a): £109,000
• Additional Budget (p/a): The service is jointly commissioned by City of York Council & North Yorkshire Council – contribution = £15,000
• of Victims supported 21/22: 150 C&YP aged 17yrs or under supported
• of Victims supported 22/23: 173 C&YP aged 17yrs or under supported

 

5. Counselling / Talking Therapy Service

• Service Description: As part of the Counselling / Talking Therapy Service, the PFCC commissions a countywide service for Young Victims of Crime (aged 17 and under).  The aim is to provide a service for victims of crime to cope with the immediate impacts of crime and recover from the harm experienced, enabling them to either support themselves independently, or be supported through an appropriate peer support network by the end of the provision
• Service Provider: Community Counselling
• Contract Length: 1^st November 2018 – present
• OPFCC Contract Value (p/a):

2021-22

• Overall annual counselling budget: £160,000
• Young Victims of Crime element of budget: £27,360

2022-23

• Overall annual counselling budget: £243,500
• Young Victims of Crime element of budget: £35,693
• of Victims supported 21/22: 76
• of Victims supported 22/23: 124

 

6. Supporting Victims

• Service Description: An all-age telephone-based service providing support for anyone affected by crime in North Yorkshire, whether reported to the police or not. This includes victims, bereaved relatives, those under 18 with consent where possible, parents or guardians of victims under 18 and members of staff where a business has been a victim of crime. Supporting Victims is also the Independent Reporting route for victims of hate crime (whether reported to the police or not)
• Service Provider: In-house OPFCC staff
• of Victims Supported 21/22: N/A as referral route through to other services
• of Victims Supported 22/23: N/A as referral route through to other services

 

7. Independent Victim Adviser (IVA) Service

• Service Description: Provides face to face support in the community for all-age victims of serious crime, vulnerable, persistently targeted, and young victims (excluding sexual or domestic) whether or not they have made a report to North Yorkshire Police. The service provides a range of practical and/or emotional support for victims of in order to help them to cope and recover. Referrals are made via the Supporting Victims team.
• Service Provider: Victim Support
• Contract Length: 2014 – 3^rd January 2025
• OPFCC Contract Value (p/a): £230,000
• of Victims Supported 21/22: 85
• of Victims supported 22/23: 110

 

8. Restorative Justice Service

• Service Description: Restorative Justice (RJ) brings those all-aged harmed by crime and those responsible for the harm into communication with each other. This enables everyone affected by the incident to play a part in repairing the damage and finding a positive way forward.  The service is focused on the delivery of victim-led, face to face victim offender conferencing and indirect restorative justice where appropriate, giving any victim of crime in North Yorkshire the opportunity to meet with their offender, with the support of a restorative justice professional to enable cope and recovery after crime.
• Service Provider: Restorative Solutions
• Contract Length: 1^st June 2019 – 31^st May 2025
• OPFCC Contract Value (p/a): £115,000
• of Victims supported 21/22: 62
• of Victims supported 22/23: 37

 

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