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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
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You don’t know me, or my issues, in gettin a life!! The AIM Partnership ‘Working Futures’
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 AIM Partnership ‘Working Futures’ The AIM Partnership ‘Working Futures’
The 3 Pilots • Rural Client Delivery Warwickshire Probation Trust & YSS 2. Urban Client Delivery Accord Housing and Partners 3. Social & Business Enterprise Development Business Enterprise Support (BES) The AIM Partnership ‘Working Futures’
YSS West Mercia AIM Project • Pilot 1 (Rural) • 3 Elements for the AIM project in West Mercia • 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) The AIM Partnership ‘Working Futures’
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 YSS West Mercia AIM Project The AIM Partnership ‘Working Futures’
Warwickshire Probation Trust • Pilot 2 • Improving employability through peer mentoring – women • Engaging the Veteran community • Developing social enterprise The AIM Partnership ‘Working Futures’
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. The AIM Partnership ‘Working Futures’
Project Cycle • Infrastructure, Lead bodies & Influencers. • Consolidate referral routes. • Employment Mentor training & CPD. • Identify current and prospective Job opportunities. • Project Action Plan to address targets. • Aggregated Reports. • Capturing Best practice. • Service User feedback • Social return & Capital (SRI) • Mainstreaming & Dissemination. • Journey Travelled • indicators (soft). • Employability outcomes. • Employment/Training outcomes. • Peripheral Indicators (Accessibility, Risk indicators) • SMARTER Mentoring Action Plan • Identifying Barriers. • IAG Assessment • Training & Personal Development Needs.
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 The AIM Partnership ‘Working Futures’
Progress Against Research • Reduce re-offending through the Social & Business Enterprise Journey • Offenders to work for, volunteer with, incubate future career within or even start 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 offender support • Further develop the CATs system to support the journey and incorporate concepts and/or opportunities of the Virtual Campus The AIM Partnership ‘Working Futures’
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 The AIM Partnership ‘Working Futures’
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