OLASS 3 Tender Roadshow Presentation East of England

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OLASS 3 Tender Roadshow East of England Regional
Presentation Val Chiesa Skills Development
Manager (OLASS) Peterborough, 28th October
2008
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East of England

• large and not so perfectly formed poor
  transport links
• rural areas Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire
• No large cities Peterborough (asylum seekers)
  
• Commuter belt in Essex and Herts (London links)
  , Thames Gateway, Bedford/Milton Keynes, Silicone
  Fen, Felixstowe.
• Unemployed hotspots deprived wards

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OLASS in the East of England

• 14 prisons 13 within OLASS and 2 more to be
  built (Coltishall and YOI at Littlehey).
• 6 Probation Areas Bedfordshire,
  Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and
  Suffolk co-terminus with LSC areas.
• 10 YOTs Luton, Peterborough, Southend,
  Thurrock.
• Jobcentre Plus Bedfordshire and Herts/
  Cambs and Suffolk , Norfolk, Suffolk.
• increasing offenders skills and qualifications
• improving their employability and
• helping them to move into sustainable work.

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Test Bed Region

• Employability Compacts/Train to Gain pilots
• Virtual Campus HMP Blundeston, Highpoint,
  Wayland, Bedford
• IAG/Induction/ Labour Allocation/Offender
  Management cross prison Matrix (Bedford)
• Employer Leadership Group / no wrong door
  development to support employment of offenders
• Level 2
• Above Level 2

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Developments in the Region

• Integrated Employment and Skills Trials for
  Jobseeker Allowance Customers in Cambs/Suffolk
  from 1st December, Norfolk from 16th February
• Enhanced skills screening tools for JCP
  advisers
• Enhanced referral processes between different
  service advisers
• Skills Health Check Skills Action Plans
• Careers and advancement advice and guidance
• Support to access relevant job opportunities
• Relevant and responsive provision

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Units of Procurement

• Unit 1 - HMP Bedford - local Cat B prison
• HMP Littlehey - Cat C training
  prison
• HMP Whitemoor High Security
  Dispersal
• HMP The Mount Cat C training
  prison
• HMP Bullwood Hall Cat C
  training prison for Foreign Nationals
• HMP YOI Chelmsford local Cat
  B
• Peterborough prison is also a local prison run by
  Kalyx. It houses male and female offenders and is
  the only female establishment in the region.

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Units of Procurement

• Unit 2 - HMP YOI Norwich local Cat B
  (with other units e.g. Britannia House)
• HMP Wayland Cat C training
  prison
• HMP Blundeston Cat C training
  prison
• HMP Highpoint Cat C training
  prison
• HMP Edmunds Hill Cat C
  training prison
• HMP YOI Hollesley Bay Cat
  D open
• Unit 3 - HMP YOI Warren Hill

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Population Details

• The East of England holds prisoners from other
  regions, mainly London, SE and East Mids
• East of England offenders serve sentences in
  other regions
• Transfer and release patterns are important
  re employment
• Through the gate support must extend outside
  the region.
• Foreign National prisoners
• Part of the increased capacity/ new build
  programme Coltishall IPPs, Littlehey 18-21
  YAOs, Warren Hill movement of Carlford?

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Developments underOLASS

• Embedded/peripatetic Skills for Life in OLASS
  and Prison Service workshops. Use of RARPA.
• Use of LSAs staffing structures.
• Increased opportunities for vocational
  training making workshops more employment
  focused and, where possible, more real work
  opportunities.
• Pathway based curriculum opportunities.
• ICT and e-learning flexible delivery.
• building links with learndirect provision, FTC
  etc.

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Prison Detail

• Information sheets to supplement information
  on the web site.
• Additional information to be added with
  regard to ICT Refresh and Capital Spend
• Visits to prisons in the region