National Offender Management Service Co-Financing Organisation. Sandra Sutton

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1 National Offender Management Service Co-Financing Organisation Sandra Sutton Employment CFO Policy Lead Manager Community 23 rd June 2011

2 Co-Financing Organisations 3 National Co-Financing Organisations DWP/ Job Centre Plus Skills Funding Agency National Offender Management Service

3 Offender Target Group Skilled, qualified but unemployed Unqualified, unskilled and unemployed DWP SFA Unskilled, unqualified, de-motivated, drugs / alcohol issues, behavioural issues, debt problems, accommodation problems. NOMS CFO Hard to help group who are currently not able to access mainstream provision, and are therefore unable to return to the labour market

4 Offenders are assessed as having significant barriers to employment (accommodation, drugs, health issues etc) The NOMS CFO Process The NOMS CFO Case Worker creates an action plan with the participant which aims to address their multiple barriers. The Case Worker continually reassesses the action plan to make sure that it is appropriate and achieving its aim. The Case Worker begins work on the action plan, making referrals where appropriate and completing actions themselves As the barriers to employment begin to be addressed, the case worker will begin to focus on moving the participant into employment or education. At the end of the project participants either enter employment, education or are more able to engage with mainstream employment initiatives

5 Virtual team CFO Structure Central management team Central admin and support services (help desk/stats) Finance and Match ICT/CATS Performance Management Procurement and Contract Management Policy (OESS) Regional Engagement Managers/Reps TA specific posts

6 Nationally administered Jan 2010 Dec 2011 Case management model Delivered through CATS Round 1 Link to Offender Management arrangements 70/30 community/custody split Challenging targets for women and disabled

7 The bottom line Round 1 Contracted provision = approx 46,173,788 Ring-fenced element (Cornwall, South Yorkshire, Merseyside) Remainder split proportionately across the rest of England Approx 28,000 participants Providers paid combination of flat-line monthly profile and on achievement of both hard and soft outcomes

8 ESF grant = 6.8 million Technical Assistance Programme (current) Strand 1 Contract and Procurement Preparation Strand 2 Case Assessment Tracking System Strand 3 Social Enterprise Development Strand 4 Belief in Change Strand 5 Regional Engagement Strategy Strand 6 Publicity and marketing material Strand 7 Sustainable Development Champion

9 NOMS Co-Financing Round 2 Provision

10 Round 2 Hybrid model (national contract with regional annexes) Jan 2011 Dec 2014 (overlap year 2011) Case management model Delivered through CATS Link to Offender Management arrangements 70:30 community/custody split Alcohol misuse provision, mentoring, social enterprise and help for veterans Hard-to-help groups

11 The bottom line Round 2 Contracted provision = 80,307,293 Ring-fenced element (Cornwall, South Yorkshire, Merseyside) Remainder split across the rest of England Enhanced Delivery Model(West Midlands)Centre of excellence Alongside Yorkshire and Humber enhanced delivery model Approx 74,000 participants Providers paid combination of flat-line monthly profile and on achievement of both hard and soft outcomes

12 Throughput - Round 2 West Midlands-Contract Awarded to Pertemps People Development Group 5490 Starts on Programme 824 into Employments 769 in work after 6 months 1,186 into further learning 37,271 Soft outcomes

13 Hard-to-Help Groups North East Lifers North West - Women with low-level mental health needs/belief in Change Merseyside -as North West Yorkshire & Humber - Islamist extremists/sex offenders South Yorkshire - Sex offenders East Midlands - Dual Diagnosis Offenders/female sex workers West Midlands - Travellers/show people East of England -Female sex workers South East - Offenders with dependent families (particularly 18-24s) London Veterans/young people involved in gang activity/prisoners released following sentences served abroad South West -Young offenders transitioning into the adult justice system/ Belief in Change/Eden House Cornwall link to SW sub-group participants

14 R Transition year? Future NOMS CFO Round 3 Working party to be set up late 2012 (capture policy direction, lessons learnt) Procurement round approx Feb 2013 Contract mobilisation Jan 2014 Long contracts (primes similar geographic coverage) Hard to help groups (expand/change) year olds (YJB/NOMS) Lessons from enhanced delivery areas, action fund and social enterprise investment areas

15 Project Progress 33,462 participants have been started on the project so far. 2,521 participants have started a full time, part time, voluntary or self employed job. 4,736 participants have started an education/training course. 421 NEETs have started a job or an education/training course.

16 Contacts Sandra Sutton Employment CFO Policy Lead Manager - Community Sandra.sutton@noms.gsi.gov.uk Philippa Lyon Prison Skills & Employment Manager Philippa.lyon@noms.gsi.gov.uk Sadie Tutton Ops & Performance Manager Sadie.tutton@justice.gov.uk Geraldine Curran Contracts Manager geraldine.curran@noms.gsi.gov.uk