Offender Learning Strategy

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Offender Learning Strategy
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POLICY CONTEXT

• Green Paper on offender learning 15 December 2005
• Emphasis reducing re-offending through skills
  and employment
• Signed by DfES/DWP/Home Office

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FACTS FIGURES

• The prison population has risen by 60 in the
  last decade
• Former prisoners account for 18 of all crime
• Offenders cost as much as 37, 500 per year in
  prison
• Crime committed by ex-offenders is estimated at
  11 billion per year

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OFFENDER CHARACTERISTICS

• 30 of prisoners were regular truants
• 49 of male prisoners were excluded
• 52 of male and 71 of female prisoners have no
  qualifications
• 67 of prisoners were unemployed at the time of
  imprisonment
• 58 of former prisoners reconvicted within 2
  years

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THE SOLUTION

• Evidence suggests that a package of
  interventions and support both within prison and
  after release is likely to be most effective in
  reducing the likelihood of re-offending

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THE STRATEGY

• Ensuring that training providers and colleges are
  better able to provide the skills offenders need
  to get a job
• Greater coherence across the system with emphasis
  on skills and jobs
• Motivation and engagement of offenders including
  a new employability contract with a focus on
  rights and responsibilities

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THE STRATEGY

• Introduction of the National Offender Management
  Service (NOMS) Regional Offender Managers
  (ROMS)
• A new Offender Learning Skills Service (OLASS)
  planned and funded by the LSC
• A strong focus on employment utilising Train to
  Gain

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NEXT STEPS

• London OLASS Strategic Board
• Tendering of Delivery
• Learning providers Kensington Chelsea, City
  Islington, Lewisham
• IAG provider London Advisory Partnership (LAP)
• 3 Year contracts commence 31st July
• ESF and other funding

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VTES/Partnership Office Locations
VTES/Partnership Connexions Areas
Prospects Connexions Areas Lifetime Connexions
Areas CfBT Connexions Areas
ENFIELD
BARNET
HARROW
WALTHAM FOREST
HARINGEY
REDBRIDGE
HAVERING
01/02
HACKNEY
HILLINGDON
ISLINGTON
BRENT
CAMDEN
BARKING
TOWER HAMLETS
NEWHAM
08
EALING
WESTMINSTER
KINGSTON CHELSEA
03
HAMMERSMITH
GREENWICH
SOUTHWARK
LAMBETH
HOUNSLOW
BEXLEY
WANDSWORTH
LEWISHAM
RICHMOND
PRISONS (1-8) - 01 HOLLOWAY - 02
PENTONVILLE - 03 BELMARSH - 04 BRIXTON -
05 FELTHAM - 06 LATCHMERE HOUSE - 07
WANDSWORTH - 08 WORMWOOD SCRUBS
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07
05
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STAINES
MERTON
KINGSTON
BROMLEY
SUTTON
CROYDON
LONDON - OLASS
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LAP IAG Consortium
ENABLING
RESULTS
ENTRY INDUCTION INTEGRATED

CURRICULUM
MOVING ON SUPPORT IN THE
COMMUNITY

• Core assessments, including
• Basic Skills
• Specialist dyslexia, and ECOL
• ADHD,etc
• Vocational aptitude and maturity
• Use of Learn Direct online

• Introduction to accredited programme
• Skills for Life
• ESOL
• Basic Food Hygiene
• CIEH
• ASET

• Placing into ETE by allocated Education Link
  Worker (YOI)/ Nextstep Adviser
• Liaison with delivery partners
• Links to ROTL

• Embedded literacy and numeracy skills in a
  vocational curriculum
• Individual specialist literacy and numeracy,
  including ESOL

Ongoing IAG through local Nextsteps Services
Evening and weekend enrichment opportunities
Follow up and tracking in conjunction with
probation service
Collation and issue of Progress File, with
electronic ILP, to learner and partners

• ICT
• Graphics design
• Catering
• Customer services
• Business Enterprise education
• Practical trades

Vocational taster courses and visits
Employment

• Access to
• Allocated Education Link Worker (YOI)
• Allocated Personal Tutor
• Nextstep Advisers

Creation and monitoring of Individual Learner
Record
IAG (delivered by Nextsteps)

• Vocational training through
• partners
• Training providers
• FE colleges

Electronic ILP

• Wider academic, Arts and Enrichment
• Evening and weekend program
• Social life skills
• Crime avoidance
• E-learning
• Level 3/4 programs

• Liaison with resettlement team, probation and
  other agencies
• Data transfer to LSC and NOMIS

Progress File
Guided allocation to courses
INNOVATION AND LEARNING
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IMPLICATIONS FOR IAG TASK GROUP

• Offenders are a key priority group for the LSC
• There may be additional funding for working with
  offenders e.g. ESF, Olympic funding
• Most partners will come into contact with
  offenders in custody or the community