Working FOR Success

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Working FOR Success

• Gary Waddell
• Head of Offender and Community Outcomes

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1. Ex offenders are 13 times more likely to be
unemployed than anyone else getting a job can
cut the re-offending rate between a third and a
half Social Exclusion Unit, Reducing Re-Offending
by Ex Prisoners July 2002
2. Realising Scotlands full economic potential
with more and better employment opportunities for
our people Scottish Governments Strategic
Objective
1 2 Working for Success SPS Employment
Services for Prisoners Policy
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Policy Pillars

• Partnership Working/Shared Goals
• Effective Assessment Identification of
  Employment/Employability Needs
• Developing effective Interventions linked to
  identified need and length of sentence
• Maximisation of Access into Employment
  Opportunities

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Making Good Use of Time

• Paula Arnold
• Project Manager
• SPS

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2008 SPS Activities Review

• First national review of prisoner activities
  since 1994
• Four Phases
• Current Levels of Activity
• What activities are taking place throughout the
  estate and find out good practice
• Gaps in provision
• Options for improvement

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Activities ReviewPhase One

• Establishments have good data collection methods
• Development of PR2 - timetables
• Will provide assurance to SPS that activities are
  being fully utilised

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Barriers to work
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Skills and Competencies
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Employers Feedback
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Value of Qualifications
Self esteem
Status
C o n f i d e n c e
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Help for Employers
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Development Areas
Qualifications which have currency in the
labour market
Provide feedback as a motivator