CHAMPIONS’ Partnership work between Cambridge City Council, CRI Street Outreach Team and Cambridgeshire Constabulary Diane Docherty Cambridge City Council

Champions’

• The award was given for partnership working between the jointly funded street life officers, CRI (Crime Reduction Initiatives) Cambridge Street Outreach Team and Cambridge City Council to address rough sleeping and street based anti social behaviour related to homelessness.

CRI Street Outreach CLIENT Police Balanced approach To support and enforcement

Cambridge City Council Homelessness Strategy

• Sound partnerships with all voluntary and statutory partners • A spirit of genuine partnership working and collaboration • Effective co-ordination and delivery of the Strategy

Key roles within the City

• Homelessness Service Development Manager (CCC) • Street Outreach Team (CRI) • Dedicated Street Life Officers (Cambridgeshire police)

Information Sharing

• Information sharing protocol (all agencies) • Information sharing meetings – Task and Target (Monthly) – Allocation and Resettlement (Weekly) – Reconnections Forum (Fortnightly) – Health meeting (Weekly) – Add hoc information sharing between the street life officers and Voluntary sector

Police comment

A vested interest in shared goals leads to an intelligent targeted use of information,

CRI comment

Both parties maintain a sensitive and intelligent approach in information sharing. The Street Life Officers do not site the Street Outreach team as having provided any information relating to clients.

Useful Documents CD

• Each pack contains a guide to how we work and a CD with a number of useful documents on it, that should enable local authorities to put into place some of the strategies used in Cambridge.

Questions?

Contact Details

Diane Docherty: [email protected]

Rachel Everitt, Project Manager, CRI Outreach Team [email protected]

Mark Thomas, Street Life Officer, [email protected]

Chris Dicks, Street Life Officer, [email protected]

Jane Maggs, Sergeant with responsibility for Street Life Officers [email protected]