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Support for Excellence Programme
Developing employability in offender learning
December 4th 2009
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Housekeeping
• Fire alarm test - 1pm today
• Fire exits
• Facilities
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Agenda
Time Content Presenter
10:30 – 10:40 Welcome and introduction Kerry Boffey (OL Consultant)
10:40 – 11:00 Key note: National employability initiatives within offender learning
Roger Stevens (NOMS Probation) and Angela Christopher (NOMS Prison)
11:00 – 12:00 AM workshops – designing, developing and delivering employability programmes for offenders
Custody - HMP EverthorpeCommunity – Dorset Probation
12:00 -13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 13:30 Key note: Developing links with employers Lance Harris (Employer Engagement Manager, NOMS)
13:30 – 15:15 PM workshop – considering your next steps in effective employer engagement
Kerry Boffey (OL Consultant), HMP Liverpool and West Yorkshire Probation
15:30 Close
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Welcome and introduction
Objectives of the day:
• The workshop will help you design, develop and deliver employability programmes for offenders and work with employers
• Specific areas to be covered include:– the latest national initiatives in offender learning– effective provision in custody and the community– developing and maintaining links with employers.
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What is employability?
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What is employability?
Is it…….• a course that offenders attend?• a qualification that is achieved?• turning up for work on time?• a good attitude?• an individual using their initiative?
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What is employability?
• Does this mean that if an employability course is completed then the offender is employable?
• It is without doubt something we are all in search of....– offenders– teachers– managers– education providers– employers
• But are we talking about the same thing?
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Key note: National employability initiatives within offender learning
Roger Stevens (Community Skills and Employment Unit, NOMS) and Angela
Christopher (Prisons Skills & Employment Manager, NOMS)
The long and winding road to
Supporting Employability through Offender Learning
Roger Stevens
NOMS
OESS/ Community Skills and Employment Unit
Machinery of Government changes
Establishment of NOMS as an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
Aims:– Protect the public– Reduce re-offending
Directors of Offender Management (DoMS)
Establishment of Probation Trusts
Other Changes
The Learning and Skills Council becomes the Skills Funding Agency from April 2010
Takes responsibility for funding post-19 learning in England
Route £4 billion of funding swiftly & securely to FE colleges, other providers and the third sector
OLASS arrangements will continue in the community but regional and local structures will change
Supporting Offenders into Employment
Reducing Re-Offending National Action PlanPathway 2 (Education, Training & Employment)
Dedicated Education, Training & Employment (ETE) teams in NPS areas provide Information, Advice and Guidance as well as motivation and support
Close local links with DWP colleagues help identify local labour market needs
Joint MoJ/DWP Strategic Review
Review commissioned by Permanent Secretaries
Improve Offender Employment support
Aims:Facilitate improvements to partnership working Increase effectiveness of employment related
servicesJoin up employer engagementPossible future shared target
NOMS Co-Financing
NOMS granted Co-Financing Organisation Status £50 Million of ESF funding obtained Focus is to deliver Employability Activity Supports PSA 16 to increase ex-offender participation in
employment Procurement now completed Based on an Integrated Case Management model Complementary to other provision
Roger Stevens
Community Skills & Employment Unit
NOMS
Office: 0207 217 5091
Mobile:07545 732840
Supporting Employability through Offender Learning
Standardisation of Vocational Qualifications
Angela Christopher MBEOESS/ Prisons Skills and Employment Unit
Prison Skills & Employment Unit
• Policy and strategy lead for prisons skills and employment
• NOMS devise the national approach through specifications and support the regions to deliver and performance manage activities
• Support for Regional and establishment Heads of Learning, Skills and Employment
• National partnerships with BIS, LSC/SFA, DWP, third and private sector
Prison Skills & Employment Heads of learning, Skills & Employment
Co commissioning LSC/OLASS
AssessmentCIASIdentifySkill and Employment Needs &Opportunity
Learning & SkillsOLASS 3/Non OLASSEducationLearningSkillsEmployability qualWorkshopsCore curriculumEmbedded learning
Employment In Prisons & Sector relevant training qualifications
Prison Production Workshops
Catering
PE
Laundry
Industrial Cleaning
Commercial Sector e.g. Timpsons
Community mainstream Employment Training /Further education in the community
Employers
Colleges
JC+ / DWP
Probation Service
LSC
Train to Gain
Case managed into by CFO
Track Offenders – Sustainable employment/ learning. JC+ and NOMS
Linking opportunities……..
..means co-operation between Learning and Skills and:
Employer Engagement in a consistent & co-ordinated way – locally, regionally and nationally
Prison labour or employment allocation boards OLASS 3 and non OLASS provision
Offender Management and “through the gate” activities Mainstream opportunities linked with through the gate and
community provision
Employability Opportunities in Offender Learning
NOMS has brought prisons and probation together under the employment and skills pathway (joining up our work) so that opportunities offered in custody can be continued in the community:Prison industries employ 10,000 prisoners in some of the following activities: - Catering
- Commercial sector employment- Retail, PE, Laundries, PICTA
- Prison radio - Woodwork, furniture making - Horticulture- Industrial Cleaning.
Relevant training and accredited qualifications are acquired through OLASS and non-OLASS partnerships
Standardisation of Qualifications Process
Consultation between SSCs; NOMS; LSC and a number of awarding organisations to standardise qualifications across the estate – cost of registration and certification is being reduced
Quality of training opportunities is being standardised through awarding body links and Prison Service Instructions with guidance and use of PDR principles
Regional labour market need and shortages are considered to inform training and qualifications offered regionally and nationally
Work is being established with JC+; DWP and the Alliance of SSCs to ensure links with actual employers
Staff training is offered to support the standard and quality of training delivery across the prison service through Newbold Revell PS College
Standardisation will enable partnership working and effective delivery to learners whether OLASS or Non-OLASS provision
Manual Contents…..
Contact details of HQ lead Sector Skills champion and web links Regional and national labour market need /shortages Preferred awarding body and cost of qualifications Identified qualifications for prisoners and staff Employment links Data collection – measure performance and impact
Manuals will be available between December/January on PSEU web and intranet
Sector Qualification Manuals
Manuals in draft format
Laundry
Engineering
Catering
Physical Education
Glass and glazing
Industrial cleaning
Woodwork
Warehousing and distribution/retail
Land-based
Contract services
Manuals pending
Waste management
Clothing and textiles
Plastics
Printing
PICTA
Charity workshops
Angela Christopher
Prisons Skills & Employment Manager
Learning & Skills specialist
NOMS HQ
0207 217 5400
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Workshops: Designing, developing and delivering employability programmes for
offenders
a) Custody – HMP Everthorpe
b) Community – Dorset Probation
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Lunch
12:00 – 13:00
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Key note: Developing links with employers
Lance Harris (Prison Industries Employer Engagement Manager, NOMS)
Keith Naughton (Employer Support Manager, HMP Liverpool)
Prison Industries Employer Engagement
To enhance the employment prospects of prisoners upon release as a result of their time spent in prison industry workshops.
To engage the commercial, third and charity sectors by supplying “job-ready”
prisoners.
Industry Partnerships are the commitment of resources and
opportunities by external partners.
Industries - The Bigger Picture
10 000 Work places 305 Workshops £5.2m Commercial Revenue Circa £30m Internal Sales Value 420 Commercial Contracts Accreditation Programmes
The Evolution of Prison Industries
Commercial Companies Employment Survey
Employment Analysis
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Would you employ anex-offender once
he/she is released,having worked on
your product rangewhilst in custody?
Qualities that we could support your potentialemployee in attaining
What qualificationswould you like him/her
to have?
Have you had anycontact with your
industry Sector SkillsCouncil?
What ongoingsupport would yourequire from the
P rison/P robationService in maintaining
the quality and
If you identify support,what period of time
would you wish this tobe sustained?
Why would you not consideremploying an ex-offender in
your organisation?
Would you beinterested inattending anEmployer
Forum in yourorganisation?
The Components of Partnership
Plant & Equipment Supervision Training Delivery Work on release Funding
Developing Partnerships
Establish the objective Identify what’s possible What's your offer - Benefits & Features Build in Time Frame & Measurement
(what does success look like and when?) Relationship management
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HMP Liverpool
Keith Naughton – Employer Support Manager
Employment partners Employment partners with HMP Liverpool with HMP Liverpool and and
outcomesoutcomes Timpson Timpson 1212 Create Create 8080 FRC FRC 3535 Revive Revive 55 Bulky Bob’s Bulky Bob’s 4040 Recycling lives Recycling lives 2020 Jole Riders Jole Riders 11 NHS NHS 44
TOTALTOTAL 197197
Developing good Developing good working relationships working relationships
Awareness of boundariesAwareness of boundaries Open and consistent communicationOpen and consistent communication Regular feedback meetingsRegular feedback meetings Equal partnershipsEqual partnerships Sharing best practiseSharing best practise Promoting SuccessesPromoting Successes Obligations and ResponsibilitiesObligations and Responsibilities
Planning and Planning and timescalestimescales
Defining Roles and deadlinesDefining Roles and deadlines
Time frames 3months/6monthsTime frames 3months/6months
OutcomesOutcomes
Benefits of soft outcomesBenefits of soft outcomes
Through the Gate Support Through the Gate Support
Impact analysisImpact analysis
Over 190 outcomes into EmploymentOver 190 outcomes into Employment The social effect on all concernedThe social effect on all concerned Cost to the Tax PayerCost to the Tax Payer Some Recidivism Some Recidivism Needs the through the gate support Needs the through the gate support Social BarriersSocial Barriers Cultural ChangeCultural Change
What now ?What now ?
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Yorkshire & Humberside Probation
Debbie Clark - Regional Employer Engagement Manager
• Research has consistently demonstrated that sustainable stable employment is single most important factor in reducing reoffending and can do so by up to 50%
• NOMS agenda of reducing reoffending and pathways designed to contribute to such reduction states we must raise levels of employment in ex-offenders
• Probation and Prison Services, in partnership with other organisations, have demonstrated effectiveness in preparing offenders for employment using holistic approach
However, there is a vital missing link...
• Not enough to give offenders training, education and skills
• We have to:
engage employer in the process
respond to employer needs
be more demand-led in the way this work is delivered
• Allocation of funding resulting in some excellent short term projects e.g. Impact, Hope, Equal Engage
• Positive outcomes including raising awareness of contribution of employers in reducing reoffending agenda
Lessons learned
• Lack of sustainability
• Lack of coordination
• Employer disengagement
• Training
• Organisational commitment
LSC funded Regional Employer Engagement Project commenced September 2008 with the following main objectives:-
• Sustainable employer engagement strategy for prisons and probation in Yorkshire and Humberside
• Regional web database of employers
• Resource manual
• Employer engagement activity
Strategy and Sustainability Plan
• Joined up approach pulling together relevant partners
• Introducing other key players and organisations who share vision and targets for increasing employment, reducing poverty and reducing reoffending
Partnership Model of Employer Engagement
• Business process to include and embed private and local authority sectors in employer engagement activity
• Partnership working with Job Centre Plus (Local Employment Partnerships) to meet shared targets of reducing unemployment for priority groups
• Public Sector Agreements provide opportunity for partnership approach
• Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships
Benefits of Partnership Approach
• Local authorities - key stakeholder
- major employers
• Offender employment agenda and impact on local communities
• Huge significance for strategic development of offender employability plans
Benefits of Partnership Approach (Continued)
• Shared vision / targets
• Employer engagement process delivered more effectively, enhancing good practice and ensuring connectivity between services
• Sustainability....commitment from key stakeholders to form model of sustainability plan for REEP
Strategy – with focus on partnership / collaborative philosophy
- Strategic Aim
- Strategic Objectives
- Action Plan
For further information, please contact:-
Debbie ClarkRegional Employer Engagement ManagerWest Yorkshire Probation AreaCliff Hill HouseSandy WalkWakefieldWF1 2DJ
Email: [email protected]
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Workshop
Kerry Boffey (OL Consultant)
Debbie Clark (Yorkshire and Humberside)
Over to you……….
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Reflection on current practice
Activity:
• On your tables discuss your organisation’s current approach to employer engagement
• Identify three things that are working well (good practice)• Identify three things that haven’t worked so well (lessons
learnt)• Feedback and whole group discussion
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Where are you now?
Reflecting upon what you have heard today consider your own organisations position in relation to employer engagement
• Position 1 – planning and implementation
• Position 2 – evaluation and improvement
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What is employabilty?
“Employability is a person's capability of gaining initial employment, maintaining employment, and obtaining new employment if required . In simple terms, employability is about being capable of getting and keeping fulfilling work...”
Hillage and Pollard, 1998
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Final thoughts
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Thank you for attending