Improving the Employment Prospects of Offenders

1. Improving the Employment Prospects of Offenders Merseyside Probation Trust Achieve Northwest

2. Offender Employment Offenders into jobs Reduced reoffending Less crime Fewer victims Safer communities Merseyside Probation Trust Achieve Northwest

3. Employment - Offender TransitionMerseyside model Offending behaviour No further offences Merseyside Probation Trust Achieve Northwest

4. Campus model • Case Managers as single point of referral in each Local Delivery Unit and HM Prisons • Range of subcontractors all signed up to project aims and information sharing agreements • Designed to fill the gaps in mainstream and OLASS provision • Targets the hardest to reach Merseyside Probation Trust Achieve Northwest

5. Achieve Case Manager role • Engage and work with eligible offenders, providing a case management approach to the delivery of ETE interventions • Generate appropriate targeted referrals • Maintain contact with the offender throughout their journey to sustained employment through motivation and by providing support and guidance • Undertake regular reviews and record key information in the required format including the use of CATS IT system • Deliver employability related training to individuals and groups • Liaise with and refer to appropriate agencies and learning programmes • Collect evidence of attendance, achievement and progression as required by ESF • To contribute to ESF targets by the successful achievement of individual targets • Additional support from specialist women only through Adelaide House and BME Case Managers Merseyside Probation Trust Achieve Northwest

6. Referral routes • Unpaid to Paid Work • Maximising the use of 20% entitlement, all unemployed offenders are referred into ETE Induction 4 weeks into their order • Jobclubplus • Offender manager referral, individual interview assessing need and linking to appropriate next steps • HM Prisons • Self referral to groupwork and individual guidance with through the gate support Merseyside Probation Trust Achieve Northwest

7. Jobclub • Offender manager referral • Individual Information, Advice and Guidance from Connexions • Literacy / numeracy initial assessments • Up to date, relevant local vacancies • ICT access and stationery provision • CV preparation • Disclosure advice • Interview skills and techniques • Help with application forms • Introduction to wider campus agencies • Access to whole range of campus provision Merseyside Probation Trust Achieve Northwest

8. Motivation • GOALS • Mobex Active • Mentoring • Self – esteem / confidence building • Counselling • Volunteering Merseyside Probation Trust Achieve Northwest

9. Supported Employment and sustainable development • CREATE ILM • Recycling Lives • Market Garden • Elixir Merseyside Probation Trust Achieve Northwest

10. Job Brokerage • Match job ready offenders to appropriate vacancies • Secure employment for offenders by targeting employers • Connexions / CXL • Atom Regeneration Merseyside Probation Trust Achieve Northwest

11. Achieve Northwest Targets Total number of participants 5,273 Number of participants into jobs 580 Number of participants into further learning 1,054 Number of supportive outcomes delivered 37,818 Merseyside, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Cumbria Merseyside Probation Trust Achieve Northwest