Adult victim-survivor's journey through a sexual violence support service in Essex
A Better Outcomes through Linked Data (BOLD) report which explores an adult victim-survivor's journey through a sexual violence support service in Essex.
Applies to England and Wales
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BOLD (Better Outcomes through Linked Data) is a 4-year cross-government programme led by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ). It was created to show how people with complex needs can be better supported by linking and improving the government data held on them in a safe and secure way. The Victims Pathway Pilot of BOLD aims to achieve this for victims of crime.
The BOLD Victims Pathway Pilot formed a partnership with SWERCC, which includes two out of the three Rape Crisis Centres in the Synergy Essex partnership (SERICC and SOSRC) who shared their data for the purposes of this research.
As a proof-of-concept feasibility project, the primary aims of this research were:
- to discover what data a specific third sector service holds and to examine the completeness of the data
- to understand if it is possible to use this data to assess the services that victim-survivors need and identify typical support packages offered
- to examine a victim-survivor’s journey through a support service
- to understand if it is possible to use this data to understand victim-survivor disengagement from the support service
Secondary aims were to understand how this data fits into the wider victim data landscape and understand the benefits of linking this data to other organisations. This research is the first step to realising the potential benefits, insights, and context that data collected in a third sector support service environment can provide to the wider data landscape.