the Integrated Offender Management hub, Leicestershire Constabulary, Chief Superintendent Rob Nixon

Centralised Integrated Offender Management hub promoted in city A ground-breaking new partnership group called the Integrated Offender Management hub was promoted last Monday (September 10) at Mansfield House police station. The hub targets offenders causing greatest harm to local communities, and by working in partnership endeavours to break the offending cycle. In an Open Day to promote the work of the hub, senior managers and representatives from a wide social spectrum in the city and county attended Mansfield House police station to listen to details of its work.   The hub draws officers and expertise from agencies like the police, the Leicestershire and Rutland Probation Trust, the Leicestershire Youth Offending Service, and Senior Drugs Workers to work together to gather and co-ordinate intelligence on convicted offenders or those suspected of offending. Case management meetings are convened to focus on offenders and involve representatives from Social Services, Community Safety Partnerships, Childrens Services or any other relevant agency to collectively agree offender management. At its heart, the approach is about bringing people from different agencies together for a meeting about an offender, to share information and agree a more joined-up way of working together. The hub covers Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The event was opened and hosted by Chief Superintendent Rob Nixon, City Police Commander. He said: “Integrated Offender Management is an overarching framework for bringing together agencies in local areas to prioritise interventions with offenders. This is real partnership working, and I am very excited by the creation of this unit which is located at Mansfield House police station.” Presentations were delivered by Helen West, Chief Executive of Leicestershire and Rutland Probation Trust as well as Tim Scotson, the Integrated Offender Management Strategic Manager. The work of the hub will cover a wide range of criminal offences arising from a variety of social situations including domestic violence, mental health and drug related issues. To find out more about what is happening in the city police area, click here. Any enquiries regarding the work of the hub should be directed to Tim Scotson by telephoning 101.