Dan Hales

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Group Manager, Youth Offending Service at London Borough of Barking and Dagenham @ London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
london, greater london, united kingdom
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London, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
About Dan Hales

ProfileSpecialist in Community Safety, Youth Offending, Drugs & Crime Reduction Management Consultancy, leadership, organisational and business process backgroundTarget and success criteria focused AchievementsWinner of London Problem Solving Awards 2008 - Implemented scheme on one of England's most deprived council estates and reduced burglary by 58% in three months.Partnership lead on strategic assessment for community safety, highlighted by Home Office as a model of good practiseIncreased Youth Offending Service National Standards by over 70%Developed model of good practise for Drug Intervention Project (DIP) "Intensive", "Non Intensive" and "Priority and Prolific Offender" schemes across LondonTurned Barking & Dagenham Drug and Alcohol Action Team from lowest 10% in England with no Drug Intervention Project to top quartile and best performing Drug Intervention Project (non intensive) in London (with top 5 Young Peoples Plan) in 18 monthsCreated Enfield PPO scheme, which the MPS reported as an "excellent scheme and without doubt leading the Met. This is one scheme to which others should aspire".Moved Thurrock DIP from 10th to 3rd in 6 months for both performance and value for moneyProject Manager of "The Centre", opened by Sir Ian Blair in March 2005Specialties: activity based costing, approach, balance, budgeting, business case, business process, change management, council, cpa, criminal justice, delivery, directing, documentation, english, fast, focus, home office, languages, leadership, meeting facilitation, needs analysis, negotiation, performance management, police, presentation skills, primary care trust, project management, quality, research, safety, scheme, spanish, speechwriting, strategic, treasury, writing,

Dan Hales's Current Company Details
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

London Borough Of Barking And Dagenham

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Group Manager, Youth Offending Service at London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
london, greater london, united kingdom
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lbbd.gov.uk
Employees:
1491
Dan Hales Work Experience Details
  • London Borough Of Barking And Dagenham
    Group Manager, Youth Offending Service
    London Borough Of Barking And Dagenham Jul 2010 - Present
  • Essex Drug Action Team
    Systems Change Pilot Manager
    Essex Drug Action Team Mar 2009 - Jul 2010
    Lead on pilot project to test new direction of national drugs policyImplementing new model of analysis and intelligence for drugs fieldPresenting to UK Drugs Strategy Unit and political portfolio holdersTesting policy of current strategy against Public Value concepts and changing internal structures to balance all strands of approachLeading on new uses of strategic assessment and links with border control units to work with international disruption targetsContinuing evaluation of project carried out and evidenced in restricted documentationResponsible for action and programme planning
  • Metropolitan Police
    Civilian Superintendent, Partnerships
    Metropolitan Police Jul 2008 - Apr 2009
  • Metropolitan Police Service
    Head Of Compliance & Delivery
    Metropolitan Police Service Jul 2008 - Mar 2009
    Vice Chair of Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnership, MPS partnership lead and member of both adult and young people's DAAT Joint Commissioning Boards, Offender Management Board, as well as various other partnership boards.Led on implementation of strategic change for crime partnership and especially within Metropolitan Police. Redesigned partnership structures to align with and achieve LAA and APACS targetsSet up Offender Management system for partnership including MAPPA, PPO and DIPLed on Strategic Assessment, Partnership plan and LAA performance managementProvided support and guidance on redesign of Tactical Tasking and Coordination, Safer Neighbourhood Team tasking and partnership involvementSet up Crime Control Strategy Meetings within the Command Unit to hold Chief Inspectors, Inspectors and Sergeants to account over their roles and responsibilities within new system service delivery. I also worked on the Policing Pledge, which is a new MPS directive to direct the Police to be far more "customer facing" and deliver against promises to the general public regarding levels of service. Time to attend 'I' calls, quality call back, victim focus and community payback.I worked directly for the MPS Commander and was a member of the Command and Control Unit.With regard to risk, I was required to attend Gold Groups when appropriate, which deal with critical incidents on a fast time basis.
  • Youth Offending Service
    Strategic Group Manager
    Youth Offending Service Sep 2007 - Jul 2008
    Provided strategic leadership for large Youth Offending Service in East LondonLed internal review of the Youth Offending Service, including business process analysis and changes, staff culture and morale, target achievement, safeguarding and resource allocationManaged multi-disciplinary staff team of 45 permanent plus 20 sessional and 30 volunteersLed on gangs, with both knife and gun crime, and carried out innovative projects which linked with all services and focussed on diversity to reduce gang membershipImplemented new family focussed work, combining case management for young offenders, parenting for parents / carers and prevention for younger siblings, with psychological overview and governance, to deliver long term gains in reduction of re-offending and first time entrantsSuccessfully increased National Standards Compliance across the board, in some areas by as much as 70%Increased staff morale and ensured closer partnership working with joint strategic approachesDelivered model of good practise "PPO Deter" project, linked to borough requirementsAchieved ETE figures of 8th highest in the countryRedesigned budget systems and commissioning processesReviewed and redirected volunteer scheme to give career path, training and job satisfaction to volunteersImplemented performance driven culture and reduced staff conflict and disciplinary issues
  • Lbbd
    Consultant
    Lbbd Feb 2007 - Sep 2007
    Created and delivered the "Gascoigne Project" as part of the Home Office' Priority 44 plan, and reduced burglary by 58% within three months on one of England's most deprived council estatesLed on creation of first partnership strategic assessment, including all intelligence led data in the borough to construct an overview of CDRP, national and local prioritiesLead partnership member in several Met Police Gold GroupsLead partnership member in several serious case reviewsCommunity Safety nominated lead on DAAT area of CPA review, PPO, IYSS, Parks Police review, alcohol strategy and Neighbourhood Management in boroughSeconded to youth commissioning to set up IYSS commissioning team and board structure
  • Lbbd
    Strategic Group Manager
    Lbbd Jun 2005 - Feb 2007
    Drug & Alcohol Action TeamMoved retention from 35% to 70%, waiting times kept on target, created best performing non-intensive DIP in London (also implementing Conditional Discharge Scheme), achieved numbers in treatment target, delivered YP plan at top 5 in London and created model of good practise adult needs assessmentOverall responsibility for annual budget exceeding £2.5 millionLed the DAAT through intense change management via retendering process of all treatment services, including criminal justice, tiers 2 and 3 and alignment into new, "joined up" treatment system approachAchieved majority of DAAT targets within first year, achieving "green" status against large proportion of NTA & GOL targetsExcellent partnership work with strategic partners including PCT, Probation, Police and Local AuthorityUnder Secretary of State for Policing attended National Tackling Drugs Day event in the borough which included keynote speech from him to congratulate the DAAT on its work over the previous two years
  • Lbbd Drug Action Team
    Interventions Project Manager
    Lbbd Drug Action Team Feb 2006 - Mar 2007
    Drug & Alcohol Action TeamSuccessfully realigned and redesigned DIP team, including court and arrest referral, and led them to achieving their best performance since initial creation. Within 6 months, the project moved from 10th out of 10 in the region to 3rd, both in terms of performance and value for money.
  • Swanswell Charitable Trust
    Projects Lead
    Swanswell Charitable Trust Jun 2005 - Dec 2005
    Project lead on procurement of performance management database system across Swanswell Trust, leading on tendering, negotiation and implementationLead on writing bids for tier 2 and 3 service within Birmingham within short timescale.
  • Enfield
    Intervention Project Manager And Information Management Co-Ordinator
    Enfield Jun 2003 - Jun 2005
    As Drug Intervention Project ManagerCreated Criminal Justice Intervention Team and led to model of good practiseEnfield's scheme was rated most advanced in London as at 1st April 2005 by HMICThe project has appeared in the Guardian newspaper as a model of innovative workThe Centre was opened by Sir Ian Blair, Commissioner of Metropolitan PoliceCreated an Information Sharing Protocol for Enfield CJIT / PPO, use as a model of good practise by the NTA and GOLSuccessfully bid for extra funding from a variety of local and national sourcesLeveraged local authority pressure from LPSA target links to successfully locate and refurbish appropriate premises, within budget.As Information Management Co-ordinatorCreate an information and performance management project in line with Models of Care to improve drug information and performance management systemsAt the end of the project, 90% of targets were being achieved, including waiting times, numbers in and completing treatment, Local Delivery Plans and Local Public Service AgreementsCarried out extensive Drugs Audit, in line with national guidance. Highly involved in the creation of Enfield's three-year Drugs StrategyFounder and Chair of National Forum of DAT Information Managers.
  • Swindon & Wiltshire
    Project Manager
    Swindon & Wiltshire Oct 2004 - Apr 2005
    Designed Throughcare and Aftercare systems over one large rural area and one neighboroughing urban area.
  • Slough
    Business Analyst
    Slough Jul 2004 - Sep 2004
    Responsible for setting up information and tracking systems to fulfil CJIP requirements for Slough CJIP.
  • Drugscope London
    Programme Development Officer
    Drugscope London Dec 2000 - Oct 2002
  • Altodigital.Com
    Internet Business Consultant
    Altodigital.Com Jan 2000 - Dec 2000
  • Combined Solutions Group
    Legal Services Manager
    Combined Solutions Group Oct 1998 - Jan 2000
  • Davies Arnold Cooper London
    Litigation Support It Manager
    Davies Arnold Cooper London Sep 1995 - Oct 1998
  • Microlore Technologies Ltd
    Technical Support Consultant
    Microlore Technologies Ltd Sep 1991 - Sep 1995

Dan Hales Education Details

  • University Of London
    Globalisation & Latin American Development
  • Chase Cross Secondary School, Essex
    Chase Cross Secondary School, Essex
    Business Studies; Maths, English, French, Chemistry, Technology & English Literature
  • Havering College, Essex
    Havering College, Essex
    Political Science And History

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Dan Hales works for London Borough Of Barking And Dagenham

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Dan Hales's current role is Group Manager, Youth Offending Service at London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

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Dan Hales attended University Of London, Chase Cross Secondary School, Essex, Havering College, Essex.

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