JUNE 2006 DEWR NEW CONTRACT DEEWR JUNE 2009 MIW (MAKE IT WORK)2002 PSP 2000

2. The Ex-Offender Program • JUNE 2006 DEWR • NEW CONTRACT DEEWR JUNE 2009 • MIW (MAKE IT WORK)2002 • PSP 2000

3. The Ex-Offender Program • COMMON ISSUES • EX-OFFENDERS FACE POST RELEASE • Criminal Record • Limited Work Experience • Limited Education • Prejudice • Limited Support Services and or coordinated servicing

4. The Ex-Offender Program • COMMON ISSUES • EX-OFFENDERS FACE POST RELEASE • Unstable accommodation • Emergency Housing • Transitional Housing • Reoccurring Homelessness • Couch surfing

5. The Ex-Offender Program • COMMON ISSUES • EX-OFFENDERS FACE POST RELEASE • Drug Addiction • Alcohol Addiction • At high risk of relapse • Paranoia • Breaking Parole

6. The Ex-Offender Program • COMMON ISSUES • EX-OFFENDERS FACE POST RELEASE • Family Breakdown • Limited family support • Lack of friends • Loneliness • Boredom

7. The Ex-Offender Program • COMMON ISSUES • EX-OFFENDERS FACE POST RELEASE • Mental Illness • Anger Management Issues • Lack of insight • Lack of communication skills

8. 2 What does the Ex-Offender Program offer? How did we make it different to other Job Services?

9. The Ex-Offender Program • WHAT DOES THE EX-OFFENDER PROGRAM OFFER? • EARLY ENGAGEMENT • TAP (TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM) • DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH CENTRELINK • DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS • TRUST

10. The Ex-Offender Program • WHAT DOES THE EX-OFFENDER PROGRAM OFFER? • Building a network of loyal employers who are willing to give Ex-offenders a chance. • TOLL – Second Step • Gardening supply company • Cabinet making

11. The Ex-Offender Program • WHAT DOES THE EX-OFFENDER PROGRAM OFFER? • Wage Subsidy – Up to $4000 to the employer for Full-Time work • Post Placement Support (PPS) – Support for 6 months • Ongoing advice and support • Direct communication with the employer via WISE Employment Liaison Officers

12. The Ex-Offender Program • WHAT DOES THE EX-OFFENDER PROGRAM OFFER? • Deliver a flexible Employment Pathway Plan • (Centrelink obligation) • Incorporate parole obligations • ICO (Intensive court order) • D&A counselling • Anger Management • CBO (Community Base Order) • Supervision Appointments • Always work with the clients needs

13. The Ex-Offender Program • WHAT DOES THE EX-OFFENDER PROGRAM OFFER? • Deliver a flexible Activity Agreement - continued • Drive Job Seeker • To job interviews • Work together with other stakeholders • Parole Officer • Psychologist • GP • Counsellor etc • Make every effort possible within DEEWR contract restraints not to PR (participation report) • this client group

14. The Ex-Offender Program • WHAT DOES THE EX-OFFENDER PROGRAM OFFER? • Regular visits to the prisons • Present at TAP (Transitional Assistance Program) and other programs • offered at various prisons • H M Prison Loddon • Port Phillip Prison • Margoneet Correctional Centre • MRC (Melbourne Remand Centre) • H M Prison Barwon • H M Prison Langi Kal Kal • Fulham Correctional Centre

15. 4 Referrals & Outcomes

16. The Ex-Offenders Program • Case Managers • Approximately – 50 -60 active participants each • Placements – Approximately 20% participants • 13/26 Weeks Outcomes – 10% Participants • Education Placements – 5% • Non measured outcomes are social outcomes – a decrease in recidivism • Case management involves dealing with issues that arise

17. The Ex-Offenders Program • Placements • The jobs are generally: • Factory Hand • Kitchen Hand • Storeman • Labourers • Warehousing/Forklift • Picker/Packing • Apprenticeships • MR/HR Drivers • Call centre

18. The Ex-Offenders Program • Type of Referrals to Training Organisation • Pre-Apprenticeship course • Hairdressing • Business • Retail • Hospitality • Warehousing • Transport & Logistics • Asset Management • Horticulture • Accredited literacy/numeracy courses • Fitness/Personal Training

19. 5 Examples of Ex-Offender Clients

20. The Ex-Offenders Program • Examples of Ex-Offender Clients • Client 1 CL • 5 year Prison sentence • Drug addiction (savoxane) • Parole Obligations • Anxiety • No recent work history • Limited job searching skills

21. Examples of Ex-Offender Clients • Client 2 JayC • 6 year Prison history • Past Drug addiction • Parole Obligations • Anxiety • No outside work history • Limited job searching skills • Limited social/family support • Presented only knowing a life of crime

22. The Ex-Offenders Program • Examples of Ex-Offender Clients • Client 3 MJ • Prison history/Recidivism • Parole Obligations/ICO • Long term drug abuse • Limited work history • Limited education

23. The Ex-Offenders Program • Examples of Ex-Offender Clients • Client 3 JC • 23 years in prison for serious crimes • Homelessness, lives in emergency housing • No work history outside of jail • Not enough ID, difficulty in gaining sufficient ID • Severe anxiety, lack of social skills • Mature Age

24. 6 Summary

25. The Ex-Offenders Program • Summary • WISE Employment’s Richmond Specialist Service • treats each Ex-Offender with respect and helps each • individual to overcome their existing barriers. • Enhancing the Ex-Offender’s abilities to prepare • for the workforce. • The Ex-Offenders program is designed to break the • cycle of recidivism.