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Engaging Offenders: Exploring alternative approaches to commissioning voluntary sector justice services
September 13, 2018 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
An Academy for Social Justice Commissioning event
featuring
Kevin Wong
Associate Director for Criminal Justice │Policy and Evaluation Research Unit │ Manchester Metropolitan University
Drawing on research evidence about offender engagement, this free seminar will explore the potential for adopting alternative approaches to commissioning voluntary services for offenders. During his talk Kevin will examine resourcing, design and delivery of these services. He will also discuss how engagement and needs data can be used to monitor and evaluate effectiveness.
Kevin has extensive experience of the justice sector as a practitioner, policy advisor and researcher and was previously an Assistant Director at Nacro, and a commissioner of justice services under the Home Office Safer Cities Programme.
PLEASE NOTE you must be an Academy member to attend this event. Membership and services are free and you simply need to complete the online regsitration form and send to academy@noms.gsi.gov.uk