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