Gweithy Rhanddeiliaid Dysgu a

Chyflogadwyedd Troseddwyr

Offender Learning and Employability Stakeholder Workshop

26 Gorffennaf | July 2019

Croeso a diben y dydd

Welcome and purpose of the day

Gweinidog Addysg

Minister for Education

Kirsty Williams

AC | AM

Camau Nesaf yn dilyn Adolygiad Hanson

Next steps following the Hanson Review

Nadine Young

Llywodraeth Cymru | Welsh Government

Nadine Young

Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government

Addysg

troseddwyr a

chyflogadwyedd

Offender

Learning and

Employability

Welsh Government

• Employability and Skills

• Education

• Social Services

• Crime and Justice

• Health

• Substance Misuse

• Housing

• Youth Justice

• Homelessness

• Community Safety

• Mental Health and Vulnerable Groups

Employability Plan

• Employability as key cross-cutting Welsh

Government priority.

• Employability Plan - supporting people into work

today, whilst also preparing the workforce for

challenges of the future.

• 10-year targets to close the gap with the rest of the

UK to reduce unemployment, economic inactivity,

increase qualification levels and reduce disability employment.

A cross-cutting plan

Four key priorities:

• Individualised approach to employability support

• Responding to current and projected skills gaps

• Preparing for a radical shift in the world of work

• Employer responsibility for fair work, upskilling.

Individualised employment support

• Joined up employability support - a focus on the

individual.

• Community learning and employability programmes

support most vulnerable.

• Diverse network of providers deliver training and work

experience to overcome barriers to employment.

• Strong collaborative working arrangements in place

between Careers Wales, Job Centre Plus, local

authorities and Trade Unions.

Welsh Government employability support

• Community Employability programmes engage those

furthest from the labour market, delivered in partnership

with local authorities, third sector and DWP.

• ReAct, Jobs Growth Wales, Access, Traineeships and

the Employability Skills Programme to give individuals

the support and skills to enter the labour market.

• Healthy Working Wales supports individuals and

employers to enable people to stay in employment or

return to work following a period of ill-health.

• Diverse network of providers deliver training and work

experience to overcome barriers to employment.

Hanson review of Prisoner Education

Recommendations

• Welsh Government should take a more proactive role on

policy formation

• Resources to strengthen examination and quality

assurance of HMPPS performance

• Stakeholder Engagement Programme and conference on

employability

• Regular meetings with Governors

• Reform of probation service

• Agree an approach to employing ex-offenders

Hanson review of Prisoner Education

Recommendations

• Building links to allow prisoners to continue training once

sentence has been served

• Offender training report for employers

• Labour Market Information

• Regular meetings with Governors

• Reform of probation service

• Careers Wales

Hanson review of Prisoner Education

Recommendations

• Support prisoners to obtain CSCS cards

• Pathway to employment

• Can relationships between HE/FE and prisons be

improved?

• Female offenders – mapping, parity of support,

mentoring programmes, digital campus

• Use of digital technology to improve data and information

Diolch yn fawr / Thank you

Nadine Young

Nadine.young@gov.wales

Sgiliau a Cyflogadwyedd

Skills & Employability

Sian Hibbs

HM Prison and Probation ServiceLearning and Skills Strategy for Prisons in Wales

Key principles of our strategy

In delivering learning and skills across our prisons in Wales we will:

• give individuals the skills they need to unlock their potential

• gain employment

• become assets to their communities

• improve the well-being of prisoners during their sentences and once released.

• Support the transition into the community and make them more employable, supporting the individual to break the cycle of offending

• Aligned to both UK and Welsh Government policies

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Key linkages

Welsh Government:

• Programme for Government: Taking Wales Forward

• Prosperity For All – Employability Plan

• A Framework to support positive change for those at risk of reoffending in Wales

• Hanson Report recommendations

UK Government:

• Employment and Education Strategy

• Partnership to boost offender rehabilitation between MoJ and DWP

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Prisons in Wales

• HMP Berwyn – newly built Category C training prison in Wrexham

• HMP Cardiff – local Category B resettlement prison

• HMP / YOI Parc – Category C private prison in Bridgend

• HMP Prescoed – Category D open prison includes Cilwrgi Farm

• HMP Swansea - local Category B resettlement prison

• HMP Usk – Category C specialist prison for sex offenders

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Our priorities

All prisons in Wales are learning establishments with a clear and recognisable learning culture.

• High quality learning and skills services – understanding learners needs and labour market information

• Strengthening links with employers – in prison and in the community

• Progression of both learning and employability post release from custody

• Engaging and motivational learning, removing barriers

• Appropriate linkages between England and Wales that support the learners to continue learning

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Delivery Principles

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ReceptionActivities

Assessment

Personal Development & Work Plan

Individual Learning Plan

[ILP]

Pathway activities offer

Through the Gate support

Learning Journey Enabling Responsibilities

All of the above is supported by:

• partners throughout the learners journey and post release

• IT platforms such as WEST and Virtual Campus and an extension of

Virtual Campus into Community

• A quality assurance framework

Diweddariad gan HMPPS

Update from HMPPS

Rhwydwaith Dyfodol Newydd

New Futures Network

Greg Fisher

Greg Fisher Regional Employment Broker

New Futures Network Wales

Education and Employment strategy

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My Region - Wales

• 6 Prisons varying from Cat B to Cat D and Sex Offenders with varying sentence lengths

• HMPPS Wales delivers in-house services for ETE, in the main commissioned by Welsh Government

• Education and Training, Economic Development, Housing, Social Welfare and Health are all devolved areas in Wales and require close liaison with Welsh Government Policy leads

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Cat

B Reception & Resettlement

Ca

t C Progression

& Training

Cat

D Open Estate

Work in Prison today

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• 2,200 prisoners a year doing paid work for employers on day release

• 8,500 prisoners in classrooms or vocational training.

• 11,000 prisoners working in prison industries (prison jobs provided by private sector employers or government departments).

• 13,000 engaged daily in work-like activities contributing to the running of the prison such as working in Kitchens or Cleaning.

We need to make sure this is a path to employment

The New Futures Network

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NFN

The NFN is a specialist part of the prison service with a remit to broker partnerships between prisons and employers.

We help businesses fill skills gaps and prisoners get a job whilst in prison and on release.

1.

Prison industries

2.

ROTL

3. Employment on release

Three types of partnership

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How we will work: five priority sectors

Job vacancies

Low barriers to entry

Prison infrastructure

NFN

Retail/

Hospitality

• Sector ambassador

Catering Hospitality

• Sector ambassador

Construction

• Sector ambassador

Manufacturing

• Sector ambassador

Agriculture/ Horticulture

• Sector ambassador

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Early wins…..

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Find talent

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“We see this as an excellent talent

pool with many Rising Stars

enjoying

a great career within Pret.”

Nicki Fisher, Head of the Pret

Foundation Trust, Pret A

Manger

“I find the staff we've recruited

from prisons are among the

best colleagues we've got.”

James Timpson, Chief

Executive, Timpson Group

Save money

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Filling the average non-managerial

vacancy costs around £2,000.

Chartered Institute of Personnel

and Development (CIPD)

“We have found that the level of

retention of our graduates from

the [prison] academy is higher

than the level of retention of our

normal employed sales floor

workers.”

Andy McBride, Head of

Resourcing and People Shared

Services, Halfords

Make a difference

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“The day I was

told that I had

been successful, I

just kept smiling. I

have been given

a second chance

to turn my life

around and this

opportunity will

really help me to

get my life back

on track so that I

can make my

mum proud of me

again.”

- Momoh

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We want to work with you!

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NFN is here to

collaborate, not

compete.

Contact us and work

with us:

Greg.fisher@Justice

.gov.uk

07773950987

Diweddariad gan HMPPS

Update from HMPPS

Arfer Gorau: Census Life

Best practice: Census Life

Richard Rowley

Diweddariad ar Cymru'n Gweithio

Update on Working Wales

Cymru’n GweithioWorking Wales

Y gwasanaeth cyflogadwyedd newydd i Gymru

The new employability service for Wales

Cymru’n Gweithio

Working Wales#newiddystori

#changeyourstory

Cymru’n GweithioWorking Wales

Working Wales•#changeyourstory

#Newiddystori# CHANGEYOURSTORY

Change your Story..

▪ Unrhyw un sydd wedi gadael addysg orfodol; beth bynnag eu lleoliad, hygyrchedd neu amgylchiadau personol.

▪ Pobl sydd eisoes ‘mewn gwaith’ ond sy’n teimlo eu bod wedi’u ‘tangyflogi’.

▪ Carcharorion

▪ Canolbwyntio’n benodol ar y di-waith ac economaidd anweithgar

▪ Cwsmeriaid sydd angen cymorth i oresgyn rhwystrau penodol

▪ Cwsmeriaid haen 2 (drwy drefniadau EPC a YEPF cyfredol)

▪ Cyrraedd pobl ifainc sy’n gadael yr ysgol neu’r coleg

Pwy fydd yn cael cymorth? Who will it support?

▪ All who have left compulsory education regardless of location, accessibility or personal circumstances.

▪ People who are already ‘in work’ but feel that they are ‘under employed’.

▪ Prisoners

▪ Particular focus on unemployed and economically inactive.

▪ Customers needing support with significant barriers

▪ Tier 2 clients (via EPCs and existing YEPF arrangements)

▪ Reaching out to school and college leavers

Cymru’n Gweithio •#newiddystori

Canolfannau Gyrfaoedd ‘Crwydrol’ yn cynnig Gwybodaeth a Chyngor Gyrfaoedd, Asesu Anghenion a Chyfeirio/Atgyfeirio allan o:• Canolfannau Gwaith• Drwy Linell Gymorth dros y Ffôn/Ar-lein• Canolfannau Gwaith• Safleoedd Contractwyr CGC• ‘Hybiau’ darparwyr Haen 2 ac ESF• Hybiau Cymunedol a Meddygfeydd• Carchardai• Llyfrgelloedd

How will it operate?

‘Roving / Virtual’ Careers Centre offering Careers Information Advice & Assessment, Signposting & Referral from:• Careers Centres • Via Telephone Helpline / Online• Job Centres• JSW Contractor Premises• Tier 2 and ESF provider ‘hubs’• Community Hubs & GP Surgeries• Prisons• Libraries

Cymru’n Gweithio •#newiddystori

Sut y bydd yn gweithio?

Variety of channels, responsive to needs, including:• Face-to-face • Group delivery• Digital platforms• Events

Drwy amryw o sianeli, yn ymatebol i anghenion cwsmeriaid, gan gynnwys:• Wyneb-yn-wyneb• Gwaith mewn grŵp• Llwyfannau digidol• Digwyddiadau

Working Wales •#changeyourstory

YSTOD O LEFELAU CYMORTH AR GAEL:CYNGOR A GWYBODAETH- Ymyriadau untro drwy gyswllt wyneb yn wyneb a thros y ffôn

LLWYTH ACHOSION CYNGHORYDD GYRFA- Cyfres o ymyriadau (Cyfweliadau

cyfarwyddyd/ ymyriadau dilynol/ cytuno ar drefniadau cyswllt)

- Creu Proffil Cleient- Cael darlun eglur o anghenion a rhwystrau- Cwblhau Asesiad o Anghenion Cymorth

pan fo hynny’n briodol- Atgyfeirio a Chyfeirio

CYMORTH YSGAFN- Cymorth ysgafn (cymorth Cyflogadwyedd

STEPS) ble na fydd gan gwsmeriaid unrhyw rwystrau ond bydd angen cyngor/cyfarwyddyd gyrfaoedd i gefnogi’r cam nesaf

Sut y bydd yn gweithio? How will it Operate?RANGE OF SUPPORT LEVELS AVAILABLE:

INFORMATION AND ADVICE- One-off interventions via face-to-face and telephone contact

CAREERS ADVISER CASELOAD- Series of interventions (Guidance interviews

/follow up interventions/ agreeing contact arrangements)

- Building Client Profile - Identifying clear picture of needs and

barriers- At appropriate point, completion of

Assessment of Support Needs- Referral and Signposting

LIGHT-TOUCH SUPPORT- Light-touch (STEPS Employability support)

where customers have no barriers but need careers advice/guidance to support next step

Cymru’n Gweithio •#newiddystori Working Wales •#changeyourstory

▪ Wedi ymrwymo i weithio gyda throseddwyr yng Nghymru ers 2015, gan ddarparu cymorth CCGG i'r cwsmeriaid hyn sydd ymhell i ffwrdd o'r farchnad swyddi oherwydd troseddu ac amgylchiadau eu bywydau.

▪ Drwy brosesau atgyfeirio sydd eisoes wedi'u sefydlu yn y carchardai, mae troseddwyr yn cael eu gwneud yn ymwybodol o wasanaethau Gyrfa Cymru ac yn cael mynediad i gyfarwyddyd 1-1 diduedd i'w helpu i adnabod a datblygu eu sgiliau rheoli gyrfa.

▪ Lleihau cymhlethdod cymorth, nodi rhwystrau i waith a symleiddio mynediad at gymorth cyflogadwyedd

Cymru’n Gweithio: Gweithiogyda throseddwyr

Working Wales: Working with offenders

Cymru’n Gweithio #newiddystori Working Wales#changeyourstory

▪ Committed to work with offenders in Wales since 2015, delivering CIAG support to these customers furthest away from the job market due to their offending and life circumstances.

▪ Through well-established referral processes within the prisons, offenders are made aware of Careers Wales services and have access to impartial 1-1 guidance to support them with the identification and development of their career management skills.

▪ Reducing the complexity of support, identification of barriers to work and streamlining access to employability support.

▪ Mae niferoedd yr atgyfeiriadau'nparhau yn uchel gyda galw cyson am gyfweliadau gyrfaoedd.

▪ Mae cynghorwyr gyrfaoedd yngweithio'n agos gyda'r hollasiantaethau o fewn y carchar i ddatblygu dealltwriaeth ardderchogo'r cymorth sydd ar gael i garcharorion

▪ Gyrfa Cymru yn mynychu pob ffaircyflogaeth, gwaith grŵp ymsefydlu, cyfarfodydd bwrdd rhyddhau ac yncyfarfod â charcharorion drwy gydoleu dedfryd i gynllunio eu camaunesaf yn y ddalfa a chael mynediad i hyfforddiant perthnasol.

Cymru’n Gweithio: Gweithiomewn Carchardai

Working Wales: Working in Prisons

• Referral numbers continue to be consistently high with a strong demand for careers interviews.

▪ Careers Advisers work closely with all agencies within the prison to develop an excellent working knowledge of the support available to prisoners.

• Careers Wales attends all employment fairs, induction group-works, discharge board meetings and meet with prisoners throughout their sentence to plan their next steps in custody and access relevant training.

Cymru’n Gweithio •#newiddystori

▪ Cefnogwyd 1546 o droseddwyr ganGyrfa Cymru yn ystod 2018/2019 (839 o gyfarfodydd cychwynnol a 707 o gyfweliadau dilynol)

▪ 551 Cynllun Gweithredu Cam Nesafa 51 o CVs wedi eu cwblhau gydathroseddwyr o fewn 3 mis i'wrhyddhau

▪ Cafodd 95 o droseddwyr gymorthgan Gyrfa Cymru ar ôl eu rhyddhau.

▪ Ym mis Ionawr Cynigiodd GyrfaCymru gyfleoedd profiad gwaith i 3 carcharor, fel rhan o’u Rhaglen ailsefydlu yng Ngharchar Prescoed. Mae 2 ohonynt bellach yn aelodauparhaol o staff.

Cymru’n Gweithio: Gweithiomewn Carchardai

Working Wales: Working in Prisons

▪ 1546 offenders were supported by Careers Wales during 2018/2019 (839 initial interactions and 707 follow up interviews)

• 551 moving forward action plans and 51 CVs were completed with offenders within 3 months of their release

• 95 offenders accessed Careers Wales support following their release.

• In January Careers Wales offered work experience opportunities to 3 prisoners, as part of their resettlement programme at Prescoed prison, 2 of whom are now permanent members of staff.

Cymru’n Gweithio •

#newiddystori

▪ Mwy o adnoddau staffio o fewn y carchardai

▪ Cefnogi troseddwyrbenywaidd Cymreig

▪ Cynyddu'r cymorth i droseddwyr ar ôl eu rhyddhau

▪ Gwell mynediad at DG

Cymr’n Gweithio: Edrych

Ymlaen

Working Wales: Looking Forward

▪ Increased staffing resources within the prisons

▪ Supporting Welsh female offenders

▪ Increase support to offenders on release

▪ Improved access to IT

Cymru’n Gweithio •

#newiddystori Working Wales#changeyourstoryCymru’n Gweithio~newiddystori

Cymru’n Gweithio

Working Wales# newideichstori #changeyourstory

Search Working Wales0800 028 4844 • #changeyourstory

Egwyl a rhwydweithio

Break and Networking

Trafodaeth: ai dyma'r camau cywir a

beth ddylai ein blaenoriaethau ar y

cyd fod?

Discussion: are these the right steps

and what should our collective

priorities be?

Cinio a rhwydweithio

Lunch and Networking

Dysgu o arfer gorau

Learning from best practice

Rhaglen CHASE

CHASE Programme

Neville Brooks

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“We feel that the Course has been invaluable and has increased our confidence for interviews and applications. It has improved our communication skills and these are transferable to whatever area of work we will go into.”

“It has also allowed us to develop other personal skills such as self-confidence, self-belief, improve our outlook on life and it has given us the confidence to believe that we can be valuable members of society and our families; it has been empowering.”

to collectively heighten awareness of substance

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LEVEL 2-BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE

LEVEL 2-UNDERSTANDING SUBSTANCE MISUSE

LEVEL 3- WORKING IN THE SUBSTANCE MISUSE FIELD

LEVEL 3-PREPARATION TO TEACH

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Group Statistics:

• 76 have completed the program,• 52 have been released • 24 are still in custody• 12 Have just commenced

• 14 now working within the substance misuse field in the community• 30 are in alternative paid employment

2 are unknown, believed relocated to Ireland no data available1 is currently unemployed

2 Failed to achieve3 recalled back to custody.

94.7 percent success rate over the past three and a half years.

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TO INTRODUCE A LEARNING PATHWAY FROM LOCAL B/C CATEGORY PRISONS TO D CAT.

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Dysgu o arfer gorau

Learning from best practice

Ymddiriedolaeth Addysg Carcharorion

Prisoners’ Education Trust

Clare Lloyd

Ha ha!!@PrisonersEd

www.prisonerseducation.org.uk

PET’s Welsh Prisons Project

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Transforming lives

through education

@PrisonersEd

• “For me education means knowledge, credibility, opportunity and most of all hope. When you’re in an old Victorian prison locked away for 24 hours a day with a thousand other prisoners, what you need is hope. Education provides that hope.”

Chris Syrus BEM and PET Alumnus

@PrisonersEd

“I’m really happy for the opportunity to expand my knowledge in the subject I truly love - thank you”

A Welsh student studying a certificate in gym instructing

@PrisonersEd

@PrisonersEd

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Ha ha!!@PrisonersEd

www.prisonerseducation.org.uk

Thanks for listening

Transforming lives

through education

Dysgu o arfer gorau

Learning from best practice

Coleg Gŵyr Abertawe

Gower College Swansea

Cath Jenkins

Offender Employability at Gower College SwanseaCath Jenkins

Director of Employability, Gower College Swansea

Background

• Preliminary discussions with HMPPS 2017, delivery commenced early 2018

• Initial focus on HMP Swansea, recently extended to Prescoed, Parc, Cardiff & Eastwood Park for offenders resettling to Swansea area

• Delivery model tailored to each prison but same overall approach and emphasis

Our approach

• Support pre and post-release

• Flexible and individualised - emphasis on one-to-one coaching, mentoring and job-matching

• Focus on through-the-gate entry into employment

• Continuum of into/in work support

• Employer engagement and recruitment support –partnership with NFN

What does delivery look like?

• Dedicated Career Coach

• Immediate job-matching and advice on longer-term progression pathways

• Support with job applications, CVs, interview skills

• Employer brokerage and advice on handling disclosure

• Barrier fund e.g. equipment, clothing, transport

• Job-specific training & certification

• Co-ordinating wraparound support

Case studies

Donna

• Aged 39, engaged five weeks prior to release from HMP Eastwood Park

• Remote support with CV & securing employer references

• Two potential job matches identified pre-release

• Attended GCS day after release, started work the following week

• Ongoing support to progress into better employment & also to assist family to find work

Steven

• Aged 33, engaged two months prior to release from HMP Swansea

• Pre & post-release support to build confidence, self-esteem, CV & interview skills, gain CSCS card

• Advice on handling disclosure & employer brokerage, job-matching

• Gained full-time employment, stable housing & own transport within one month of release

What next?

• Adding value to HMPPS education provision through flexible skills support and through-the-gate learning pathways

• Enterprise support, facilitating routes to self-employment

• Simplifying access to Apprenticeship pathways

• Aligning with ‘Working Wales’

Thank you

Dysgu o arfer gorau

Learning from best practice

Prosiect BOSS

BOSS Project

Ellie Pearson

Y Wallich | The Wallich

Offender Learning and Employability Stakeholder

Workshop

Friday 26th July 2019

Ellie Pearson & Dave Bennett

The Aim✓ More offenders/ex-offenders achieving sustainable employment upon release from

prison

✓ Improve the ability and willingness of corporate partners to employ ex-offenders and

vulnerable people

✓ Increase the number of offenders/ex-offenders achieving industry standard

qualifications

✓ Reduce reoffending through improving the employability of offenders/ex-offenders

Not just a learning programme…

✓ Pre & post release mentoring with transitional support

✓ A continuous learning journey from prison into employment & beyond

✓ Solution focused approach to the barriers having a criminal record presents

✓ Strong partnerships with employers, third sector & government organisations DWP, HMPPS

✓ A platform to challenge the long-held negative perceptions and exclusion that still exist in society today

Organisational Objectives

✓ Increase employment & training opportunities for people we support

✓ Build on our work with corporates and seek new opportunities within the public and

charitable sectors

✓ To work with others to enhance services, fill gaps and create innovative solutions to

prevent homelessness

• Employability training in prison

• Pre-release support

• Post release mentoring• Industry qualifications• Further training• Transitional support with

resettlement and rehabilitation

• Peer support

• Positive disclosure of criminal record

• Introductions to employers• Enterprise • In-work support• Promoting independence

IMPACT

1292 people Supported over three years

420 peopleHave a work based qualification

538 peopleReceived pre-employment training

699 peopleImproved their confidence

492 peopleMore informed about criminal record

433 peopleIncreased stability and control over their lives

352 peoplegained employment

CJS Partnerships

✓ Establishment of ‘Work Ready’ course at HMP Cardiff

✓ Employability courses at HMP Parc & HMP Swansea

✓ Strong partnerships with NPS & CRC teams, including specialist teams such as

WISDOM

✓ Partnership with Women’s Pathfinder team

BOSS & New Futures Network ✓ Enhance the Network and collaborate at strategic and operational levels to strengthen

support offered

✓ Share opportunities and contacts

✓ Joint events within prisons

✓ BOSS assists with support to men on release from custody with maintaining employment

✓ Test new initiatives

Corporate Partnerships✓ Work experience placement with NHS Informatics leading to full time

apprenticeship

✓ CITB funded two week boot camp securing employment for three individuals

✓ Weekly ‘Jobs Fair’ with Acorn Recuritment

✓ Holding interviews within custody with employers such as ISG, Willmot Dixon,

SA Brain

✓ Traffic Management course with Amberon TM

✓ CSCS training delivered on-site with Bouygues

My thanks goes to all those involved

within the BOSS charity that opened

up this opportunity for me. I hope to

work towards finding my path to a

successful career in I.T. with an

added aim to prove there is potential

in creating apprenticeships for ages

other than 18-24 year olds.

Client talking about a work

placement:

‘I loved it I am enjoying it that much I

don’t want to commit another

offence ever again!!! Which is a good

thing I guess’

When I joined BOSS over a year ago I had no

expectations, not knowing what I wanted to do.

I was referred to Wise project and attended this

every week for six months, I've never completed

anything.

During this time I applied for four jobs and was

successful am starting work with The Wallich

BEST PRACTICE

✓ Reacting to Labour Market information and skill shortages

✓ Making the business case - highlighting the benefits of employing ex-offenders

✓ Transparency and openness

✓ Support with recuritment process

✓ Soft skills are important as qualifications

✓ Winning the hearts and minds

✓ Seeing the person, not the conviction

✓ Specialist training

Employer Engagement

✓ Direct relationship with Women’s pathfinder project offering holistic support

✓ 50 referrals made to the project

✓ Creation of service user led Women’s support group

✓ Increase in well-being, confidence and positive societal relationships

✓ Employment outcomes in support work, construction, hospitality and self-employment

✓ Increased engagement with HMP Eastwood Park

Supporting Women

✓ Bespoke training delivered in-house and accreditations sourced externally

✓ 1x ROTL placement via Dyfodol CHASE programme from HMP Prescoed trialled successfully

✓ Increase in confidence, self-esteem, valuable practical experience gained as well as strong friendships

✓ Sustainable route to gaining a career in the third sector

✓ Paid Peer Mentors in second phase of project

Peer Mentors

Case Study

Case Study

STANDARD ENHANCED- John, 21 years old

- John served a four year youth custody sentence for armed robbery

- Release in April 2018 subject to MAPPAconditions

Case Study

STANDARD ENHANCED- Attended BOSS employability course at

HMP Parc prior to release

- TTG mentoring support provided to John by Learning & Employment Mentor

- Accessed resilience coaching and therapeutic support through BOSS

Case Study

STANDARD ENHANCED- Funding provided to obtain CSCS card

- Interview arranged with BOSS corporate partner within the construction industry

- Attended workshop on positive disclosure and interview skills

Case Study

STANDARD ENHANCED- Completed a two week work placement

with employer

- Offered full time employment in Dec 2019

- Maintained employment for over six months

Case Study

STANDARD ENHANCED- Increased confidence and self-esteem

- Significantly reduced chance of re-offending

Value for Money

Of public purse money saved long term

That’s a return on investment of £186.87for every £ BOSS invested in Charlie

£66,805.68

What next?

• Holistic and individual approach needed

• Continuity of support

• Importance of relationships

• Less haste, more speed

Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned• Criminal Record is not the only barrier

• Impact of ACEs and adult trauma

• Importance of in-work support

• We can't do this alone

• Awaiting further findings from external evaluation

Focus for phase 2• Recruitment of Peer Learning & Employment Mentors with lived experience

• Increased access to Therapeutic support for all BOSS service users

• Focus on transitional support and providing a ‘reach in’ service for prison

leavers

• Expand and create pathways to employment and access to qualifications

• Continue partnership work with other 3rd sector organisations and HMPPS

Thank you for your support and partnership

Sefydlu Grŵp Llywio Troseddwyr a

Chyflogadwyedd

Establishing the Offender Learning

and Employability Steering Group