What is Integrated Offender Management (IOM)

Integrated Offender Management (IOM) is the strategic umbrella that brings together agencies across Thames Valley to prioritise intervention with offenders causing the crime in their locality.

In Thames Valley, the key IOM partners are Thames Valley Probation, Thames Valley Police and a number of different drug agencies, depending on their locality. 

IOM builds on and expands current offender-focused initiatives, such as Prolific and Priority Offenders (PPO), Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) and the Drug Intervention Programme (DIP). 

IOM manages a selected and locally defined cohort of offenders who are in the community, regardless of whether they are under statutory supervision or not. This cohort is selected by a multi-agency group, using information from a wide range of sources including:

• Police records on those arrested most often
• Probation assessments on those who pose the highest likelihood of re-offending
• DIP data on those who are taking Class A drugs in our communities.

In targeting those of most concern, IOM aims to manage them consistently, using pooled local resources to turn them away from crime, punishing and reforming them as appropriate.

The key principles used to achieve this are:

• All partners tackling offenders together
• Delivering a local response to local problems
• Offenders facing their responsibility or facing the consequences
• Making better use of existing resources
• Working with those who pose the highest likelihood of reoffending in our communities.

There are three groups of people that this scheme will work with to achieve the aim of reducing re-offending in Thames Valley:

• Those already on statutory orders in the community who pose the highest likelihood of re-offending. This will include those released from prison on licence
• Those who have been sentenced to a custodial sentence of less than 12 months, who currently are released without any form of statutory supervision
• Anyone else in the community known by agencies to commit crime.

The local partnership of statutory and voluntary agencies will work together with anyone who has problems with a wide range of problems, including:

• Finances, benefits and debts
• Housing
• Alcohol and drug use
• Thinking, attitudes and behaviour
• Education, Training and Employment
• Families, Children and Relationships
• Health
• Experiences of being a victim

Those who comply with the scheme can expect:

• A say in their Action Plan and reviews of their progress
• Entry to suitable change and support programmes
• The chance to gain useful qualifications
• Support in managing money, housing, education, training or employment
• References or proof of identity for services needed
• A record of their success.

Those who fail to engage with the scheme can expect:

• Robust policing in regards to their offending – to prevent re-offending through police monitoring and speedy apprehension
• Details will be sent to the police if further offending is suspected
• The help and support offered will be limited or stopped
• Information about non-engagement will be shared with other agencies which may have an affect on access to those services in future.