Family Man and
Fathers Inside
2 April 2012
11/11/11
Family Man
• 7-week programme
• Focus on maintaining
and developing family
relationships
• Considering impact of
imprisonment on the
whole family
Fathers Inside
• 5-week programme
• Focus on parenting
• Considering impact of
imprisonment on
children and their
carers
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Family Man
Personal development
Considering the needs
of family members
How to be an active
family member from
prison
Making realistic plans
for the future
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Fathers Inside
Understanding child
development
The needs of children
How to be an effective
father from prison
Contributing to their
children’s education
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Warm Up Games
Fiction
Drama
Group and One-to-One Discussion
Portfolio Work
Debates
Letter Writing
Presentations
A Supporter* can be a:
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Partner
Relative
Friend
Volunteer
*Family Man only
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What’s Involved?
Receiving and replying
to 4 structured letters
Attending a Supporters’
only session
Working face-to-face
with the FM student
Attending a Family
Visit, which includes a
Presentation
Family Man
• Student and Supporter
meet internal and
external agencies
• Student and Supporter
work together to write
a Family Action Plan
• Opportunity to work
with OM/OS
Fathers Inside
• Student meets internal
and external agencies
• Student writes an
Action Plan to help him
meet his needs as a
father
• Opportunity to work
with OM/OS
Family Man
Fathers Inside
NOCN Qualifications in:
NOCN Qualifications in:
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Family Relationships, Level 1
Developing Group and Teamwork
Communication Skills, Level 1
Developing Personal Development
Skills, Level 1*
*If all 3 units are achieved, the student will
also receive a Level 1 Award for
Progression
Other Assessment Opportunities:
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Opportunities to practice for
Functional Skills in English
Developing Parenting Skills, Level 1
Developing Group and Teamwork
Communication Skills, Level 1
Other Assessment Opportunities:
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Adult Literacy, Entry Level
Opportunities to practice for
Functional Skills in English
Family Man
• 2 full-time tutors
• 1 Family Support
Worker (FSW) @25
days
• 1 Family Man Line
Manager @2.5 hours
per week
Fathers Inside
• 2 full-time tutors
• 1 Family Support
Worker (FSW) @15
days
• 1 Fathers Inside Line
Manager @2 hours
per week
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Additional staff to supervise ‘What
Next’ session and Presentation
Additional staff to supervise ‘What
Next’ session and Presentation
• Coordinating security clearances for Supporters and
Family Visit guests
• Liaising with Supporters via phone and letter
• Co-facilitating the Supporters’ Only session (FM
only)
• Organising the ‘What Next’ session
• Following up referrals from the ‘What Next’ session
• Organising Family Visit
• Offering post-course referrals for Supporters
Since 2003: 391 FM/FI courses in 45 Establishments
4,557 Graduates receiving 10,537 qualifications
Post-course data collection forms measure:
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Course completion rates
Progression to education, training and employment
Families accessing agency support at ‘What Next’ session
Course Completion Rates
2011-12
80%
Students engaged in Education, Training and Employment: 2010-11
100%
90%
2010-11
77%
2009-10
75%
2008-09
74%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
Students engaged in ETE precourse
Students engaged in ETE postcourse
2011-12: 97% of families have
20%
10%
accessed support and advice
0%
from What Next agencies (e.g.
All
Fathers
Original
Revised
Programmes
Inside
Family Man Family Man
Sure Start, Job Centre Plus, Nacro,
PACT, CARAT, education, housing
Since 2007…
and community services)
• Students engaged in ETE before FM/FI = 69.4%
• Students engaged in ETE after FM/FI = 92.4%
Over the past decade we have compiled a significant body of evidence demonstrating
our programmes’ impact, including:
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7 independent evaluations
5 independent reviews
Participation in wider research studies
On-going data collection and analysis
Family Man Review 2007-08 (University of East Anglia)
Tracked reoffending outcomes for 211 Graduates released from HMP Wandsworth
2005-07 using LIDS data.
• FM Graduates reconviction rate = 19.6%
• 2004 national prisoner reconviction rate = 56%
• BUT: No control group and unable to track reoffending outcomes over the long-term
Tracked adjudications received by Students to assess impact on behaviour on the wing.
Men with Adjudications in 6 Months Before Course
Men with Adjudications in 6 Months After Course
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10%
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40%
Independent Evaluation completed by Boswell Research Fellows and the
University of East Anglia
• Assessed longer-term impact of the revised Family Man programme upon
Graduates and Supporters (2008-10) from 7 establishments
• Analysis of questionnaires completed by 54 Graduates and 50 Supporters
• In-depth interviews were conducted with 24 Graduates (including 6 who had
been released) and 24 Supporters
Key findings:
 78% of Graduates reported implementing the goals in their FM Action Plan
 84% of Graduates reported improved relationships with their
children/families
 92% of Supporters agreed that FM had helped their graduate understand his
family responsibilities
 98% of Supporters felt that FM had helped both of them think about
resettlement
 None of the released Graduates surveyed or interviewed appeared to have
reoffended
2011-2013 DfE funded longitudinal study of Family Man
Conducted by the Institute for Criminal Policy Research,
University of London
 Biggest study to date
 Will use official data, including reoffending rates,
adjudications and family visits, on all Graduates since
2007 to assess longer-term impact of FM
 Surveying and interviewing Students and Family
Supporters to measure changes in perceptions and
family relationships in line with Desistance theory
 Will survey education staff and officers to assess
impact on the regime
 Provide a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis to
examine the programme’s cost-effectiveness