Prison ‘Campus’ Aims to Reduce Re-offending in the Community.
May 18th, 2007 | By Amanda Johnson | Isle of Wight News From The Island PulseA personalised skills assessment is to be made available in prisons and in the community to identify offenders who will benefit from a programme of employment-focused learning and skills training to reduce re-offending.
Under a new system the ‘campus’ model, currently trialled in two test bed regions, selected offenders receive tailored information, advice and guidance and be offered a range of skills training after completion of their assessment.Â
Training includes literacy, numeracy, language and key skills, employer-led vocational skills, enterprise and self-employment training, work trials, work experience and voluntary work with skills training.
Skills Minister Phil Hope said:
“There is a “sea change” underway in the learning and skills on offer to offenders.
Helping offenders develop skills and secure better jobs is central to the Government’s aim of reducing re-offending.”
An innovation fund will be set up jointly between the Department for Education and Skills and the Ministry of Justice to ensure that ideas put forward by regions not allocated test bed status are also trialled.
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