Inspection Programmes: HMI Probation
Supporting People Inspection Programme
'Supporting People' is a centrally funded Government programme aimed at delivering support services to help vulnerable people to live independently. The programme is commissioned locally by a key partnership between local administering authorities (LAAs), probation and health. The Supporting People programme is delivered by a range of providers across the statutory, voluntary, and independent sectors.
Key Principles underpinning the Supporting People programme
Prevention - Stopping problems before they become a crisis
Independence - Helping people to maintain/regain their lifestyle
Inclusion - Supporting people in hard to reach groups
Individual focus - Services designed and modelled around the person
Local - Locally decided and locally delivered
The Supporting People (SP) inspection programme is a national five-year inspection programme led by the Audit Commission (Housing Inspectorate), partnered by HMI Probation and the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI). Inspections started in September 2003, with all LAAs in England being subject to inspection at various points during the five year inspection cycle.
In these inspections we examine how probation areas contribute to the local partnership to ensure that the needs of victims and offenders are addressed, including children and young people subject to Youth Offending Team (YOT) supervision, that appropriate support services and accommodation are made available and that the promotion of social inclusion, managing and assessing offenders' Risk of Harm (to themselves and others) and community safety remains paramount.
