Sova Lincolnshire Offender Mentoring
Sova and Humberside Lincolnshire & North Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company Ltd are working in partnership on a mentoring project in Lincolnshire to recruit and train community volunteers to be matched as mentors to offenders referred to the service by Lincolnshire Probation Officers.
This pilot project will assist the Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) in improving the quality of offenders’ lives and reducing re-offending.
The CRC is part of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), an agency of the Ministry of Justice and works with offenders throughout Lincolnshire from offices in Lincoln, Gainsborough, Grantham, Spalding, Boston, Skegness and Louth and in courts and prisons.
In Lincolnshire, the CRC manages between 2,000 and 2,400 offenders across the county at any one time.
This project will work to address the multiple barriers faced by disadvantaged offenders. The project will offer community mentoring and a range of intervention activities that aim to enable its participants to realise their full potential.
Community volunteers are recruited, trained and managed to work in conjunction with offender managers. They are matched to offenders and a bespoke support package is agreed to enable and empower the offender to overcome barriers and successfully complete their community order.
The project aims to influence future service provision and assist the CRC in reducing re-offending.
