1. Support for Excellence Programme June 2009 Capacity to improve workshops

2. Dan Hayes Strategic Director Offender Learning & Skills West Kent College Donna Leigh Kent Probation Education, Training & Employment Manager

3. 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%)

4. 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

5. 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

6. Performance Improvement PRD GROUP Kent and London Improvement Group (KALIG) Theme: Motivation and engagement of offenders into learning Future developments

7. Support for Excellence Programme June 2009 Capacity to improve workshops