We provide one-to-one support to help victims cope and recover from the impact of crime. Led by the victim, we create individualised support plans which include a range of interventions to help build resilience in victims. This includes emotional and practical support, advocacy with other agencies, crime prevention advice and restorative justice if appropriate.
We liaise with other agencies who may become involved in the victims journey to ensure victims are kept informed at every stage of the criminal justice process. We work closely with the police and Witness Care Units to ensure victims can access the rights they are entitled to under the Victims Code of Practice (VCoP).
We place strong emphasis on working alongside commissioners, partner agencies and service users in the development of our services. We involve victims in design of the services and establish advisory groups to consult for ongoing improvement of our services. We co-locate with partner services so victims can gain access other specialist support.
"She treated me like a human and not a number in a book. She listened to me and I felt so supported."
Victim
Catch22 support victims of crime across nine regions in the UK. We worked with our operational teams to produce materials for anyone who works with young or adult victims.
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I have been pleased in how Catch22 have grasped and led on our Case Managed approach in supporting vulnerable victims as well as outreach to those victims who are unable to report crime to police. We are seeing the results in relation to positive outcomes for victims and increased self-referrals into the service. They are bringing reality to my vision that ‘no one victim should be left behind'
Head of Commissioning Victims Services, Hertfordshire
Structured support networks including ex-military volunteer mentors to assist veterans in custody in reducing re-offending, accessing physical and mental health and wellbeing services, and living a good life outside of a regimental environment.
Catch22 builds high quality relationships alongside case management in prisons and resettlement work to provide the long term support needed for positive outcomes and to reduce reoffending.
Catch22 works nationally to address the multiple and complex issues that can lead to gang involvement. People engage best with a service that operates flexibly, so we offer a responsive and needs-led service, focusing not on the behaviour but its cause. The Dawes Unit brings together research, policy and practice to understand how to reduce the harm caused by gangs and gang-related crime.
Our services cover the spectrum of youth justice, from crime diversion and prevention through to intensive supervision and surveillance and reparation. We aim to prevent first-time entrance into the criminal justice system, intervene when young people have committed an offence and support young people already subject to youth justice.
