Forensic Support: Helping Individuals Thrive
Dimensions provides specialist forensic support for individuals with learning disabilities and/ or autistic people who have, or are at risk of, contact with the Criminal Justice System. Our goal is to help them build safer, independent lives in their communities.
Our unique forensic approach has been developed from a combination of positive behaviour support, attachment/interactive theories, cognitive approaches, teaching and learning theory and humanistic psychology.
Our Impact
- No individual we’ve supported has been recalled to prison or hospital for the same offense.
- Aligned with NHS Transforming Care, we support transitions from institutions to living in their own home.
- Read some of our real-life stories from Henry, Reece, Farid, Keith and Marvin
How We Help
- Personalised Support: Tailored to individuals’ needs, fostering confidence, empathy, and rehabilitation.
- Focus on Independence: Support decreases over time, empowering individuals to manage their own lives.
- Relational Risk Assessment: Encourages self-responsibility and the development of self-control.
- Everyone referred to Dimensions with an offending history or risk undergoes a specialist forensic assessment process. Getting things right at this stage underpins the effectiveness of everything else, so assessments are comprehensive and thorough.
The assessment also involves meeting current and former support providers, family members/circles of support (if appropriate and agreed by the individual), care managers and professional partners and sometimes people from the criminal justice agencies. This helps us get a much better understanding of the person we are going to support
Our Approach
Three Teams:
- Forensic specialists for assessments and training.
- Operational teams supporting community integration.
- Families, NHS, MAPPA, and other partners ensuring a holistic approach.
Offending Behaviour Review Panel:
- External oversight to ensure best practices.
Support Highlights
- Designed for individuals who meet the NHS Transforming Care agenda.
- Distinct focus on learning disabilities or forensic history.
- Transition plans reduce costs as independence increases, with support tapering off within seven years.
Key Beliefs
- Safety is paramount.
- Everyone deserves a fresh start and rights-based support.
- Multi-agency collaboration is essential for success.
Assessment and Planning
- Comprehensive forensic assessments inform personalised support plans.
- Risk Trigger Response (RTR) plans, manage risks proactively, actively, and reactively.
Our Expertise
- Collaboration with NHS, local authorities, probation services, and housing partners.
- Grounded in positive behaviour support, humanistic psychology, and teaching theories.
Commitment to Excellence
Dimensions is a non-profit regulated by the Care Quality Commission that maintains high standards while ensuring that individuals achieve lasting change.
Get in touch
To discuss your referral contact us here.