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Linxs Consultancy provides high quality and practical advisory consultancy, training and research services. We specialise in the following fields at both strategic and operational levels:
- Alcohol services
- Community engagement
- Community safety
- Domestic abuse
- ARID
- Public health and health research
- Local environmental quality issues
We are well-established having been formed in 2007. We have delivered all these services since then.
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Development work for Birmingham's Clear Hold Build Area for the Build Phase
We have been commissioned by the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership to undertake community engagement devlopment work. This is part of the Home Office funded Clear Hold Build work that has been ongoing in the B8 postcode area of the city.
Initially we are undertaking a scoping phase to establish which local community organisations are present in the area. We will be undertaking initial conversations with them and local people to determine their opinions on local priorities and issues to address and to judge their possible involvement in further work. This is focussed on community safety and environmental issues.
The aim at this point is to develop a neighbourhood partnership to set local priorities and be direct agency activity.
System Readiness Assessment for Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programmes in the West Midlands
We have been commissioned by the West Midlands Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner to undertake work assessing the readiness of stakeholders across the region to implement any new perpetrator programmes. This work is particularly relevant given the need to utilise any resources for programmes most effectively.
The review will work with stakeholders across all of the region's local authorities and Police Force areas to examine the suitability of current infrastructure and processes. We will also examine practice and models from elsewhere and assess a sample of recent cases to highlight common patterns. Current referral processes and service pathways will also be analysed.
We will make judgements on the current readiness to implement future programmes and pathways. Recommendations will be made on any possible adaptions that are required and we will also be providing advisory consultancy support as these recommendations are developed locally.
We have also been commissioned to review cases part of the offender management partnerships led by West Midlands Police.
Development of Community Safety Community Resilience Framework for Birmingham
We have been commissioned by Birmingham City Council to develop further their community safety community resilience framework. This framework covers four themes (Place, Community, Individual and Family) and we will be building both an overall strategic partnership framework along with developing a locality or neighbourhood tool.
Developing this framework will involve working with local stakeholders including those within selected local communities along with examining current practice and resilience measures.
Domestic Abuse Needs Assessment in Stockport
We have been commissioned to undertake Stockport's domestic abuse needs assessment and develop their new domestic abuse strategy. This will build on their previous needs assessment and strategy and will cover both safe accommodation and wider domestic abuse services.
A variety of datasets will be examined such as homelessness, housing options, social care, children’s services, Police, MARAC and from service providers particularly the specialist domestic abuse providers. We will also be undertaking an extensive consultation programme. This consultation programme will have at its heart gathering the views and opinions of survivors with their journeys being depicted covering a wide range of experiences resulting in the compilation of a number of journey maps.
The end results will be the compilation of the needs assessment, strategy and related implementation plan.
A&E/Emergency Department Assault Data Sharing (ARID)
Our data sharing programme between A&Es, community safety partnerships, public health and the police continues to be successful. The key element of our system is the inclusion of geographically coded street and licensed premises locations.
We have recently been re-commissioned to continue this programme in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin. In Devon and Cornwall the ARID programme is in place across most of the peninsula and was funded now via local arrangements. In previous years this was funded by Devon and Cornwall's Police and Crime Commissioner.
Part of the work in Devon and Cornwall has involved developing the approach at selected Minor Injuries Units. This has proved to be successful in many cases especially in Cornwall, where there is only 1 Emergency Department, with the collection of much valuable data.
Our service brochure reflects the different methods that this data sharing can take; focussing on our role as a single point of contact. These methods have been designed to incorporate the relevant fields from the Emergency Department Core Data Set.
We would be delighted to talk to you about how we can assist your area with this data exchange in your area either in A&E or Minor Injuries Units. Our work will mean you can meet the government's commitment to sharing of assault data. Our ARID programme forms a key part of our work either via a standalone installation or converting existing data into precise geographical and temporal intelligence.
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