Gangs and County Lines Preventative and Protective Interventions in Kent and Medway

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The PCC and the Kent and Medway VRU wishes to commission the following services: • Preventative interventions for those Children and Young People (CYP) up to the age of 25 at risk of serious youth violence, knife offences, drug supply, criminal exploitation, or gangs. • Protective interventions for those CYP up to the age of 25 who are involved in of serious youth violence, knife offences, drug supply, criminal exploitation, or gangs. Service Objectives: To deliver age-appropriate, trauma informed, needs led approaches with the aim of providing long term support to CYP and their close relatives or immediate support network. • Reduce criminal and anti-social behaviour • Increase engagement with statutory services • Enable positive change e.g., ETE, ability to make better informed decisions • Reduce the likelihood of re-engaging in serious youth violence, knife offences, drug supply, criminal exploitation, or gangs. Lot 44152: Lot 1 – Countywide Gangs and County Lines Preventative Interventions The Preventative Interventions cohort will consist of CYP up to the age of 25 who are at risk serious youth violence, knife offences, drug supply, criminal exploitation, or gangs. This cohort may already be involved in anti-social behaviour (ASB) and low-level criminality. They may not have a case holder but there is evidence that the individual may have already come to the attention of police/other services and an opportunity to work with the individual has been identified.Attached as document Lot 44422: Lot 2 – Countywide Gangs and County Lines Protective Interventions The Protective Interventions cohort will consist of CYP up to the age of 25 where there is evidence of that there is already involvement in serious youth violence, knife offences, drug supply, criminal exploitation (both perpetrator and victim), or gangs. Additional offences such as false imprisonment; modern day slavery offences; robbery and possession of an offensive weapon will also be considered.Attached as document