support for excellence programme june 2009 capacity to improve workshops
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Support for Excellence Programme
June 2009
Capacity to improve workshops
Dan HayesStrategic Director
Offender Learning & SkillsWest Kent College
Donna LeighKent Probation
Education, Training & Employment Manager
Kent & Medway• Estimated Population: 1,646,900• Kent Probation are one of the largest
probation services in England & Wales
• Supervises around 7,000+ offenders
• 9 Prisons in Kent & Medway
• Kent & Medway unemployment rate 5.4% & 5.5% respectively
• SE unemployment rate 4.6%
• Main sector of employment in Kent & Medway
- Public administration, education & health (28.1%)
- Distribution, Hotels & restaurants (27.1%)
New Skills, New Lives is the product of a progressive partnership between criminal justice agencies, FE colleges, training providers and employers
New Skills, New Lives has been specifically developed to improve the skills and employment prospects of offenders in Kent
New Skills, New Lives is a comprehensive package of education, vocational training, employment and support for offenders in Kent
Ofsted Inspection 2007
Negative
Insufficient Skills for Life assessment, provision and achievement
Insufficient analysis of data
Insufficient staff & accommodation resource for ETE
Positive
Good ETE information & IAG
Good Transit to Work Programme
Some good use of Unpaid work Placements
Very good attainment of set targets for employment
Performance Improvement
PRD GROUP
Kent and London Improvement Group (KALIG)
Theme: Motivation and engagement of offenders into learning
Future developments
Support for Excellence Programme
June 2009
Capacity to improve workshops
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