Barnardo's Essex Children Affected by Parental Imprisonment (CAPI) Service has just released the evaluation paper from their conference: 'Hidden cost on Offender Families'.

The conference...

The attached PDF contains an overview and description of the Essex CAPI conference: 'Hidden cost on Offender Families' which was held on 26th September 2017, as well as an evaluation of the event.

This PDF contains the findings of the conference 'Breaking the taboo: Supporting the families of sex offenders' held on 13 February 2013.

Barnardo's Essex Children Affected by Parental Imprisonment (CAPI) Service has just released the evaluation paper from their conference: 'Hidden cost on Offender Families'.

The conference...

This document contains a poster and two page briefing about the children and families of sex offenders and how NICCO can assist professionals to support them.

The briefing was written in partnership with the Lucy Faithfull Foundation, the only UK-wide child protection charity dedicated solely to preventing child sexual abuse. The poster and briefing include direct quotes and examples...

The attached PDF contains an overview and description of the Essex CAPI conference: 'Hidden cost on Offender Families' which was held on 26th September 2017, as well as an evaluation of the event.

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This information and advice booklet is for families of people convicted of sexual offences.

Produced by Families Outside in conjunction with Barnardo's Scotland, Stop it Now! and Edinburgh City Council, it is written and intended for direct use by family members but is also a useful source of information for professionals supporting families in this situation. While some of the...

This publication by Action for Prisoners' Families (now Action for Prisoners' and Offenders' Families, part of Family Lives) aims to support children with a family member who has sexually abused children. It is not intended for children to read unsupported, but rather for an appropriate adult (perhaps a parent/family member or professional) to read it with them.

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Somerset County Council have recognised children of prisoners as a vulnerable group in their Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) for 2016.

JSNAs are a statutory responsibility for all local government Health & Wellbeing Boards, bringing together information on regional patterns of health and social need in order to inform strategic priorities. The 'Somerset: Our...

This PDF contains the findings of the conference 'Breaking the taboo: Supporting the families of sex offenders' held on 13 February 2013.

Produced by the Lucy Faithfull Foundation this online fact sheet is intended to support families of sex offenders. Specifically focusing on the offence of accessing indecent images of children, the fact sheet aims to address the questions and issues families may face when impacted by a loved one's offending behaviour. The fact sheet can be used by both parents, carers and professionals...

AFFECT is an organization which supports families and friends of offenders who are potentially facing a long or life sentence of imprisonment. A great deal of those at AFFECT have experienced the imprisonment of a close relative or friend. AFFECT provide face to face or telephone counselling, telephone support, group meetings, befriending, court support, training and presentations. A range...

This programme is specifically for the non-offending partners of men who have been convicted or accused of sexual offences committed against children.

It has been designed specifically to complement and support the statutory child protection process providing the referring agency with an assessment of participants capacity to protect their child(ren) from the risk of sexual harm....

The Fatherhood programme at Oakhill Secure Training Centre (a custodial setting for young male offenders aged 12 to 17) is a nurse led intervention specifically designed to improve the outcomes for teenage fathers and expectant fathers and as a preventative measure for young men at risk of becoming teenage fathers.

The programme includes a 'Thinking Through Fatherhood' course...

Invisible Lives

Launches New Service:-

Challenging Behaviour & Attitudes (CBA)

The Invisible Lives CBA service provides a whole family approach to support children (aged 8-19 years) and their families when there has been an adverse change in the child’s behaviour which may result in risk taking...

Out There offers a free and confidential service for those affected by a family members' imprisonment in the Greater Manchester area.

Out There provides friendship and information in order to alleviate, in some measure, the isolation and difficulties facing families in finding sources of information and support at a very stressful time. Out There's services cover the Greater...

Relate is the UK's largest provider of relationship support.

Relate has a federation of 65 independent centres covering the whole of England and Wales giving a national service providing relationship counselling for individuals and couples, families, children and young people as well as sex therapy. Relate also deliver friendly and informal workshops for people during important...

Relate are offering a time limited service, “Being Parents First” for ex-offenders to have free counselling with their partners/ex partners in Sussex and Kent. This provision is part of a DWP funded programme to reduce the risk of reoffending and improve outcomes for children by strengthening family relationships.

Criteria for referral is:...