INVISIBLE WALLS WALES
This is a new project which seeks to integrate the support and interventions offered to specific men in custody with
support, treatment and advice to the whole family. The range of services will be tailored to individual families and will
include mentoring support, group work, mediation, conferencing, parenting and other related services according to need.
Core aims of the Invisible Walls Wales Project:
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Reduce the likelihood of reoffending and custody.
Reduce the likelihood/escalation of intergenerational crime.
Increase the prosocial community inclusion for the family.
IWW will be delivered within Parc prison and out into the community.
IWW will target families in critical need of multi-systemic support, and where
the father of the children is in/will be in prison custody.
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IWW will offer a high level of support for the whole family for up to a year
leading to the fathers release from custody, and then for a further 6 months post release.
In pursuit of the 3 core aims, IWW will support positive family outcomes in:
resettlement, relapse prevention, accommodation, finance/debt, ETE, substance misuse, physical and mental well-being, relationships,
schooling, parenting.
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Key
partners
:
Community:
Bridgend
Local
Authority –
Consultant
Social
Worker.
YOS YISP
Mentor.
Barnardo’s
Cymru –
Clinical
Manager,
Child
Advocate.
Family Group
Conferences,
Project
Workers.
Welsh Centre
for Crime and
Social Justice.
Wales
Probation
Trust.
G4S TSS Rapid
Response
Mentor.
Custody:
HMP & YOI
Parc Prison –
Funded by the BIG Lottery, and focused within the South Wales area.
To engage and work with 20+ families in need per year, over a 4 year period.
Inclusion criteria:
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Famil
y with children living in South Wales.
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Father of the child/children in prison custody, with a minimum of 6
months left to serve, and an identified/assessed need for relationship/parenting/resettlement support.
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Partner/significant adult/children, in identified/assessed need of
systemic community support.
Exclusion criteria:
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Any offence/public protection/child safeguarding
restrictions/issues that deny the prisoner contact/access with the other members (adults/children) of the family.
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Project
Manager,
Business
Support, 4x
Family
Integration
Mentors,
ETEV Coach,
CARAT
Mentor,
Family
Interventions
Unit, Parc
Supporting
Families.
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IWW will work in partnership with all relevant statutory/voluntary/private
service providers, so as to complement and enhance existing service provision.
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IWW has an in-built phased replication model in order to promote IW
projects throughout the UK. Significantly, the creation of the first IW project is here in Wales and we hope to work alongside you in
the spirit of partnership to achieve ambitious outcomes, identify credible cost savings and develop a sustainable success.
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Please feel free to email this briefing sheet and referral document on to
colleagues in the field working with families in need who may be interested in making referrals, or indeed in becoming professionally
involved in the project.
For more detailed information, please contact:
Clare Carver
Invisible Walls Wales Project Manager
HMP & YOI Parc
E-mail: clare.carver@uk.g4s.com.cjsm.net
Corin Morgan-Armstrong
Senior Manager: Family Interventions & Invisible
Walls Wales
HMP & YOI Parc
E-mail: corin.morgan-armstrong@uk.g4s.com.cjsm.net
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INVISIBLE WALLS WALES
REFERRAL FORM
Referring agency:
Nameof referrer: Self-referral
Contact details of referrer:
Date of referral:
Inclusion criteria - Please select relevant box:
1. Family with children living in South Wales
2. Father of the child/children in Welsh Prison
custody, with a minimum of 6 months left to
serve, and an identified/assessed need for
relationship/parenting/resettlement support
3. Partner/significant adult/children in identified/
assessed need of systemic community support
Exclusion criteria – please select relevant box:
Any offence/public protection/child
safeguarding
restrictions/issues that deny
the prisoner contact/ access with the other
members (adults/children) of the family
Name of main person
being referred
Name of partner
Date of birth:
Other members of
family / Relationship
to person referred
1.
Date of births (if known)
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2.
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3.
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5.
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6.
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Main person (Please complete/delete as
appropriate)
Partner(Pleasecomplete/ delete
asappropriate)
Custody / Community
Main person:
Custody / Community
Partner:
Current location
Address
Date of birth:
Post code
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REFERRAL FORM
Main person being
referred
Preferred Language:
Ethnicity: Disabilities:
Nationality:
Partner
Preferred Language:
Ethnicity: Disabilities:
Nationality:
Main reasons for referral:
Current Key Issues – please select relevant box: C = Child, F = Father, P = Partner
C
Employment/Education/Training/Volunteering
F
P
C
F
P
Offending Behaviour
Substance Misuse
Accommodation
School Exclusions
Childcare Issues
Financial/Debt Management
Children at Risk
Health & Wellbeing
Mental Health Issues
Problem Solving
Domestic Violence
Parenting
Family Relationships
Life Management
Select if you wish to have continued involvement in the referral process
Any other relevant information?
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REFERRAL FORM
Other agencies involved? (If known):
Any risk identified to workers?
If yes, please detail below:
Yes
No
What outcomes do you hope to see from support provided?
Declaration
Please read this section carefully. If you have any questions with the declaration, please ask us for an explanation
before you sign it.
I/we understand and I/we have no objection to the information I/we have provided in connection with my referral
being shared with appropriate agencies.
Your signature:
Date:
Your partner’s signature:
Date:
This section must be filled in if someone has filled in the form for you. This includes an agent, an appointee, a
relative or friend.
Name of the person who filled in the form:
Signature of that person:
Relationship to you:
Date:
Once completed please email this document to: Mary.Cooke@uk.g4s.com.cjsm.net
Or alternatively post to: Mary Cooke, Business Support Officer, Invisible Walls Wales, G4S Care &
Justice Services, HMP & YOI Parc, Custodial and Detention Services, Heol Hopcyn John, Bridgend,
South Wales, CF35 6AP
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