Community Delivery
Participants can engage with CFO in the community at a pace which suits their rehabilitation journey, with tailored support to help overcome personal barriers. Activities and interventions available include independent living skills, financial support and education and employment.
This practical support aims to build personal resilience, upskill participants and strengthen support networks, amongst others. All of which aims to help participants to reach a mainstream destination.
CFO delivery in the community can take place in a CFO Activity Hub or through wider community delivery.
Community Delivery
Participants can engage with CFO in the community at a pace which suits their rehabilitation journey, with tailored support to help overcome personal barriers. Activities and interventions available include independent living skills, financial support and education and employment.
This practical support aims to build personal resilience, upskill participants and strengthen support networks, amongst others. All of which aims to help participants to reach a mainstream destination.
CFO delivery in the community can take place in a CFO Activity Hub or through wider community delivery.
What is a CFO Activity Hub?
All CFO Activity Hubs represent safe, warm spaces where participants can, and importantly want to, engage in a range of activities. Participants can engage at any stage along their rehabilitation journey and attendance is voluntary.
Support Workers offer a consistent contact point for participants throughout engagements, helping to build trust and encourage involvement. Participants can work towards overcoming individual barriers to rehabilitation and are not rushed into engaging with activity before they are ready.
There are 33 CFO Activity Hubs available across nine regions.
Risk is managed throughout engagement with CFO in in the community. Feedback is relayed to probation practitioners to ensure positive progress is being made along a participants’ rehabilitation journey. Any delivery is designed to complement engagement with mainstream agencies, avoiding duplication.
Wider Community Delivery
For some participants, who will be released to areas where it is not practical to attend CFO Activity Hubs, support is available via wider community delivery. For more information about wider community delivery. Please read our wider community delivery download.
Activities available can include:
Employability and education
Independent
living skills
Personal
skills
Practical
courses
Overcoming obstacles to community engagement
Addressing
wider barriers
“I feel that staff at CFO have been very supportive and have helped me immensely along my journey. I feel that I have grown in confidence, and I don’t get as anxious as I used to when I first started attending the Hub. I feel able to talk to others and to be sociable.”
Harrison*, CFO Participant
Cathryn’s Journey
Upon her release from custody, Cathryn* was distressed and struggling to attend appointments due to anxiety. Her Support Worker at the Stoke CFO Activity Hub engaged her with phone calls prior to attendance, this built trust and eventually Cathryn* attended an appointment at the Hub.
Together they initially focussed on wellbeing activities, following which Cathryn* expressed a strong desire to secure employment, but was unsure of how to get started. She would attend CV creation and disclosure sessions, giving her practical tools to move closer to the labour market.
A career path in beauty was explored, and Cathryn’s* Support Worker helped her to look at potential rooms to rent. CFO provided funding for courses in waxing and tinting, and Cathryn* also attended a microblading course. Through this employability support, Cathryn* advanced to become a fully-qualified technician and has set up her own beauty room in the local area. The financial stability of her beauty room has led to better mental wellbeing and a stronger sense of purpose. She is also less socially withdrawn and communicating better with others.
Speaking about her employability journey with CFO, Cathryn* said: “The course was great – I really enjoyed it. She’s an excellent teacher. I’ve now got all the techniques behind me, so I can do brow tinting and waxing, or even the full package: tinting, waxing, and microblading. Thinking back to where I started, I can’t believe how far I’ve come. I was so anxious before, and now I feel confident enough to build my own business. I feel so much better now. I had a few nerves, but I got through it. Thank you for that. It was well worth it because it’s going to enhance my business, and she’s even given me pointers on microblading. You’ve been very helpful – thank you.”
Make a referral
Making a referral to CFO is simple and easy, simply click below to access our referral form.