The Community Point scheme aims to help victims to cope and recover from crime by developing relationships between Nottinghamshire Victim Care and community organisations, making referral pathways easier, and ensuring victims can quickly access the right support from the right people.

We are commissioned to provide: Emotional Support

- Talking through the wider impacts of the office, delivering across a range of options

- Help to understand the impact of their feelings of safety

- Working together to agree a support plan and identifying strategies to increase feelings of safety, building confidence, resilience, and empowering them to take back control Practical Support

- Liaising/signposting to other support resources such as debt management, counselling, befriending and advocacy

- Restorative justice (if the offender has been convicted)

- Support with work applications, filling in forms, registering for healthcare needs

- Assistance with accessing correct health care

- Coping skills and finding hobbies/activities

- VCOP, liaising with the police, impact statements and support at court

- CIC claims and referrals for DA/SV support

Becoming a Community Point: If you are part of an organization interested in becoming a Community Point, you can consider two different types of Community Point:

➢ Primary Community Points: Designated individuals within these organizations receive training to identify and assess victim needs and guide them towards support pathways offered by DVS. We work closely with these organisations to enhance support and provide access to wider resources, and also co-work cases and hold drop-in sessions

➢ Secondary Community Points: These organizations receive awareness training about DVS services and referral pathways, maintaining a strong relationship without undertaking initial assessments