you don’t know me, or my issues, in gettin a life!! the aim partnership ‘working futures’

You don’t know me, or my issues, in gettin a life!!

The AIM Partnership ‘Working Futures’


Active Inclusion into the Mainstream supporting:• Serving & newly released prisoners

• Offenders on license/order• Offenders who have completed license/orders• Families of offenders• Those at risk of offending



The AIM Partnership‘Working Futures’

The 3 Pilots

1. Rural Client Delivery

Warwickshire Probation Trust & YSS

2. Urban Client Delivery

Accord Housing and Partners

3. Social & Business Enterprise Development

Business Enterprise Support (BES)


Pilot 1 (Rural)

3 Elements for the AIM project in West Mercia

1. Integrated holistic intensive support services across the 7 reducing reoffending pathways

2. Family support services

3. Social Enterprise to employ the customer (offenders, family members & those with a previous criminal conviction)

YSS West Mercia AIM Project


YSS West Mercia AIM Project

Key features

• Targeting those furthest away from employment including PPO’s, Young Adults, Women and Ex military personnel

• Personalised 121 outreach support, home visits, 24 hour helpline, mentoring and access to specialist support services in-house within YSS across the 7 reducing reoffending pathways

• Direct support and interventions offered to key family members of each ex-offender

• Co-working arrangements with a Families Intervention Project (FIP) through matched funding arrangements with the Local Authority

• Employment opportunities being developed through a YSS trading arm in catering, construction, horticulture and through a specialist YSS employment agency service


Warwickshire Probation Trust

• Pilot 2

• Improving employability through peer mentoring – women

• Engaging the Veteran community

• Developing social enterprise


HIT Holistic Intervention & Training

Pilot 2 (Urban)

• Multi-Faceted project that includes; Peer Mentoring, Employment Mentoring, Social Enterprise development and sheltered employment. • Raising individual aspirations and equipping participants with the skills they need to compete for jobs and training opportunities.

• At grassroots across the NOMS Pathways - Measuring the tangible impact of 3rd

party interventions on re-offending.

• Providing a “personalised conduit” into support services for the participant.

• Introducing the Employer Mentor role - a dedicated contact and clear line of information & support for employers.


ParticipantAssessment

& Personal

Action Plan

ParticipantAssessment

& Personal

Action Plan

Removing Barriers

to Employment

Removing Barriers

to Employment

ProjectMapping

&Preparation

ProjectMapping

&Preparation

PerformanceReview

&Evidence

PerformanceReview

&Evidence

• Infrastructure, Lead bodies & Influencers.

• Consolidate referral routes.

• Employment Mentor training & CPD.

• Identify current and prospective Job opportunities.

• Project Action Plan to address targets.

Project Cycle

•SMARTER Mentoring Action Plan

•Identifying Barriers.

• IAG Assessment

•Training & Personal Development Needs.

• Journey Travelled

indicators (soft).

• Employability outcomes.

• Employment/Training outcomes.

• Peripheral Indicators (Accessibility, Risk indicators)

• Aggregated Reports.

•Capturing Best practice.

•Service User feedback

•Social return & Capital (SRI)

•Mainstreaming & Dissemination.

Social & Business Enterprise Development – (BES)

Pilot 3• Research the Criminal Justice System Social & Business Enterprise

Market in the West Midlands• Develop Infrastructure Support• Deliver Awareness Raising to all Parties• Develop Gap analysis and Organisations to Support• Peer Enterprise Coaching Development• Challenge the Opportunity to Further Develop the Partnership

and Sector Through Social Enterprise


Progress Against Research

• Reduce re-offending through the Social & Business Enterprise Journey

• Offenders to work for, volunteer with, incubate future career within or evenstart Social Enterprises through awareness and support

• Increasing knowledge and access to social enterprise support in the network

• Increasing knowledge of key stakeholders of enterprise start-up and social enterprise

• Increasing knowledge base of existing social enterprises to offender support requirements

• Developing new or existing social enterprises to fill identified gaps in offendersupport

• Further develop the CATs system to support the journey and incorporateconcepts and/or opportunities of the Virtual Campus


AIM Partnership Success & Innovation..

• Partnership Working & Management Model• Integrated Pathway Support (FIP’s, Holistic Families, Other

Additional Services)• Urban and Rural Peer Mentoring/Coaching Best Practice• Employer & Housing Association Led Mentoring• Cross Pilot Development & Support• Identifying Additional Vehicles/Partners to Fill Gaps• Social Enterprise Development & Support For Customer Outcomes• Exit Partnership Strategy for Sustainability

Social Outcomes Through Enterprising Delivery


Questions?


you don’t know me, or my issues, in gettin a life!! the aim partnership ‘working futures’

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