Complex Need Co-ordination
Support Type:
Need supported:
- Accommodation / Homelessness
- Alcohol
- Domestic Abuse
- Drugs
- Employability / Training / Career
- Financial Inclusion
- Health / Wellbeing
- Mental Health
- Military Veterans
- Older People
- Personal Development
- Re-integration
- Sexual Offending
- Short-term Prisoners
- Women
Aim/Purpose:
Complex Needs Co-ordinator offers support to people following arrest, on remand and prison sentence. The Complex Needs Co-ordinator is a single point of contact for referrals from Police Scotland (Third Sector Organisation) referral, GEOAmey & Voluntary Throughcare (where Voluntary Throughcare Support has not been accepted by the national voluntary throughcare service). The Complex Needs Co-ordinator provides assertive outreach to people with complex needs, while working to link the person into relevant community supports.
Suitability criteria:
- All genders
- All ages
Assessment/referral process:
- Any agency
No criteria. The Complex Needs Co-ordinator will attempt to engage with anyone referred. Referrals will be accepted via any source. Police Scotland complete a Third Sector Organisation (TSO) form emailed to Safer Communities Team SCT@pkc.gov.uk; GEOAmey complete a agreed referral form (uploaded to Perth and Kinross Council Sharepoint site). Referrals can also be made by telephone directly to the Complex Needs Co-ordinator.