Accommodation
Improving access to accommodation is an integral aspect of effective rehabilitation and a key component of the HMPPS Reducing Reoffending , Partnerships and Accommodation Directorate business plan.
Accommodation
Improving access to accommodation is an integral aspect of effective rehabilitation and a key component of the HMPPS Reducing Reoffending , Partnerships and Accommodation Directorate business plan.
Working alongside CFO
How CFO services can complement your work, without duplication, and with dedicated support for each individual:
CFO and Accommodation
CFO engage with Community Accommodation Services, tiers 1-3 and other accommodation services to provide additional wraparound support to address participants’ wider resettlement needs.
Creating Future Opportunities community provision offers a safe space for participants to spend time and take part in a range of activities to support your participants. Available in over 30 community locations, each participant journey is tailored to the individual to complement existing resettlement arrangements and reduce reoffending.
Benefits for participants
Participants working with accommodation services can use CFO services to gain a number of benefits. This can include establishing routine, spending positive time, independent living skills such as cooking, healthy living or budgeting, social inclusion and much, much more.
CFO participants can also work on employability, gaining a variety of skills that move them closer to the labour market.
Making a referral in your region
CFO commission services nationally, with providers and activities varying on a region-by-region basis. To make a referral to CFO in your local area, please click below.
You can also get in contact with your nearest CFO location to speak to them directly about what is available to your participants.
Josie*’s Story
When Josie* was released from custody, she was moved out of area and lived in an Approved Premises in Bristol. She had limited knowledge of her new city, and was isolated, which presented a barrier to preventing reoffence.
Josie* first met her Support Worker at the Approved Premises, when the staff member was delivering a gardening session there. Having stuck up a level of rapport, Josie* enrolled at the CFO Activity Hub. She engaged with a First Aid course, arts and crafts and substance misuse support.
A key benefit for Josie* though, was wellbeing walks. Staff at the CFO Activity Hub walked participants around the local area, which helped Josie* learn about her surrounding and feel like a valued part of the community in Bristol.
Having experienced her own success at the Bristol CFO Activity Hub, she would encourage others at the Approved Premises to engage, and helped to run a gardening activity between the two agencies to help introduce others to the Hub.
She would show resilience and talked candidly about overcoming key barriers at the CFO Activity Hub, remaining abstinent and keeping a positive attitude.
Eventually Josie* would relocate but signed off by telling her Support Worker: “You are an amazing lady, you have bought so much joy into my life. I have so many happy memories of us in the garden, planting bulbs, plants, and the many laughs we had together. I will miss your company very much. I will definitely stay in touch.”
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What CFO services are available in my area?
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