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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
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
misuse through education
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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
LEVEL 3-PSYCHOLOGY
LEVEL 3-SOCIOLOGY
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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.
ASSESSMENT/IDENTIFICATION/MOTIVATION
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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
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkR93kxBmj4
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