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Resettling ex-offenders and
prisoners to reduce the risk of their re-offending is at the heart of Nacro’s
work to change lives and reduce crime. Our dedicated Resettlement Plus The helpline is on 0800 0181 259
(freephone) or 020 7840 6464.
The helpline uses Nacro’s Resettlement
Service Finder database to find services in the community from over 16,000
records of projects providing a wide range of services to ex-offenders: from
help with drug problems to housing and employment services. The database is
available to prisons and probation services on disk and will soon be
available online. Nacro’s disclosure service
can run Criminal Record Bureau disclosure checks for employers. We can also
advise employers about setting up straightforward and fair disclosure systems
for themselves and about how to deal with existing or potential employees who
have disclosed a criminal conviction. Nacro trains prison officers to
give housing and employment advice to prisoners and runs resettlement advice services
in many prisons – including some where we’ve trained prisoners to
give housing advice. Nacro's Prison and Resettlement Services team works with
prison governors and other prison staff to enhance prison regimes in the
areas of resettlement, race relations and the needs of women prisoners. We have regular contact with
nearly all prisons in Nacro
can: · Deal with individual's and
employers’ enquiries about disclosing criminal records and other practical
resettlement matters such as housing, employment and benefits. Nacro’s
Resettlement Plus The
following services can help prisons, probation and other agencies improve
their resettlement services. (Please note they cannot help with individual resettlement enquiries – please
contact the helpline, see above): · To provide independent input to
help prison staff develop positive regimes, including establishing
resettlement advice projects in prisons. Nacro’s Prison and
Resettlement Services on 0121 380 4870 or email naomi.byron@nacro.org.uk · To make sure prisons and
probation get the full benefit of using the Resettlement Service Finder database.
020 7840 6426, email louis.anson@nacro.org.uk
Other Nacro Services:
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