1. Ross Little, De Montfort University PLA conference, 14 september 2017
Collaborare:
“work together”
Collaboration
Ross Little, De Montfort University
PLA conference, 14 september 2017
(Noun)
The action of working with someone to produce something
Traitorous co-operation with an enemy

2. overview WHY COLLABORATE? BENEFITS/CHALLENGES
LEARNING FROM PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES
LEARNING TOGETHER
IMPROVING LANGUAGE, IMPROVING LIVES
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR YOUTH JUSTICE (NAYJ)

3. Collaboration (coates review)
This culture of education should start from the very first day of a prisoner’s time inside. Every prisoner will be subject to rigorous assessment on reception. This will inform a Personal Learning Plan. Prison Governors will then be held to account for the progress of each prisoner in their jail against that Personal Learning Plan, over the whole duration of their sentence. This will mean that...prisons, education providers, health providers and probation services must all work together, sharing targets for employment and reoffending outcomes on release.
Reducing re-offending
‘Productive discomfort’
Trust
Prison vs Education
Psychology

4. collaboration benefits Challenges EXTRA CAPACITY
LEARNING FROM OTHERS (INTERDISCIPLINARY)
LIBERATING; TO NOT PRETEND WE HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS
REDUCES ISOLATION
RESOURCES: FINANCE, IDEAS, PRACTICES
STAFF CHANGES
MAINTAINING FOCUS & MOTIVATION
CAPACITY - COMMITTING TO SOMETHING YOU CAN’T DELIVER
‘GOING NATIVE’
UNEQUAL EFFORTS
BEING/FEELING VALUED

5. Collaborative attitude
WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?
INDIVIDUALISED SOCIETY
MASCULINITY
WHO PAYS MY WAGES?
WHO GETS THE CREDIT?
BENEFITS NOT ALWAYS IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS
GOODWILL
IDENTIFYING GAPS
TAKING RISKS
PROBLEM SOLVING
‘DOING’ IN THE 21ST CENTURY

6. Collaboration in action
LEARNING TOGETHER
HMP LEICS/HMP GARTREE + DMU
PRISON + UNI P/SHIP
IMPROVING LANGUAGE, IMPROVING LIVES
L&WI + BELL FOUNDATION + DE MONTFORT UNI (DMU)

7. PRACTICAL REQUIREMENTS
HONESTY
KNOWING YOUR STRENGTHS (AND ‘AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT’)
RECOGNISING STRENGTHS OF OTHERS
BEING REALISTIC
LISTENING
LEARN FROM OTHERS
RECOGNISING AND CELEBRATING THE GOOD WORK OF OTHERS

8. THE BEST COLLABORATORS
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY DO WELL (U.S.P?)
FIND SOMEONE – OR AN ORGANISATION FOR WHOM THIS IS A NEED, A PRIORITY
UNDERSTAND THIS IS ABOUT ‘CAPACITY’ AS WELL AS SKILLS
TRUST OTHERS
ARE…STRAIGHTFORWARD TO DEAL WITH
RELIABLE, INDEPENDENT, SHARE RELEVANT INFO
UNDERSTAND INTERSECTION BETWEEN ORGANISATIONS
“NOT ME, BUT WE...”
Prison safety and reform
If we want to provide opportunities to reform and rehabilitate people then collaboration isn’t a nice to have, it’s a fundamental part of what prisons need to do.

9. ‘CHILD FRIENDLY YOUTH JUSTICE?’
COLLABORATIVE EVENT!
‘CHILD FRIENDLY YOUTH JUSTICE?’
CAMBRIDGE: 25 SEPTEMBER
NAYJ + SCYJ + UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (CCGS)