Probation and the Police run The Prolific and Other Priority Offenders Scheme (PPO) throughout the county. The Matthew Project PPO link worker is based in Great Yarmouth and works with those on the resettlement and rehabilitation stage of the scheme.

A large amount of crime such as; Burglary, Robbery, Theft from Vehicles etc. is committed by a small key group of offenders.
The aim of the scheme is to target those responsible in the following ways;

• Prevent or deter crime from occurring
  
  
• Catch and convict those responsible for committing the crimes
  
  
• Resettle and rehabilitate offenders on release from jail

Many will have drug or alcohol problems, requiring a selection of agencies working in partnership. The Matthew Project Housing Support Team, Arrest Referral Workers, DRR compliance workers all feed into this strategy.

There are seven key areas of help that are offered to people on the scheme covering;

• Accommodation
  
  
• Finance / Debt management
  
  
• Help with Drug & Alcohol misuse
  
  
• Physical and mental wellbeing
  
  
• Support work for children and families of offenders
  
  
• Attitudes and behaviour
  
  
• Education training and employment

Individual cases are managed by a key worker with regular reviews.