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Empowering Change: Fit for Work Program in Prison Education

The "Fit for Work" program provides prisoners with essential skills for the workplace, facilitating their resettlement into the community. Through five modules—Improving Performance, Self-Management, Motivation, Healthy Lives, and Practical Leadership—participants engage in both classroom and practical activities. With a focus on personal development and vocational training, this initiative aims to create healthier workplaces, increase employability, and offer accredited qualifications. By addressing the needs of vulnerable populations, the program strives to transform lives and foster successful reintegration into society.

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Empowering Change: Fit for Work Program in Prison Education

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  1. Fit for Work Paul Walters Deb Lewis Phil McVay

  2. Why Physical Education? Sports Based learning offers a meaningful and rewarding pathway to both employment and formal education from engagement in basic skills right up to degree level studies. Professor Rosie Meek Teeside University A.Champion & S. Klier Prison Education trust Fit for release 2012

  3. Our Aims • Provide skills for the workplace • Provide a pathway for resettlement into the community • Provide a Healthier workplace • Provide evidence of progression, achievement & learning for those who otherwise would not have the opportunity

  4. Overview of fit for Work 5 Separate modules • Improving Performance & productivity • Self Management • Motivation and Goal settings • Healthy Lives • Practical Leadership

  5. Overview of fit for Work • Each module run in mornings • First half classroom based • Second half practical • Prisoners can attend 1-5 modules per week – earn while they learn • Each module takes approximately 10 PE sessions and a further three educational sessions

  6. Overview of fit for Work • They are expected to complete a witten booklet and carryout practical work to achieve a local qualification. • Complete an educational unit based on their PE work for an accredited qualification e.g Level 1 Employability Skills Creative thinking project work Working with colleagues

  7. Module 1

  8. Module 2

  9. Module 3

  10. Issues towards education department

  11. Overcoming Problems/ Engaging Vulnerable Prisoners • Changed Core Day Programme • Persuading Management & other depts • Needs analysis • Self promotion  • Pilot groups    • Content      •  Inbuilt flexibility  • Fluidity • initial resistance • responding to feedback • months of word of mouth •  hand picked for success • differentiation •  time on our side

  12. Key Benefits/ Outcomesmeasures of success • Before we can measure success, we have to know where we are starting from • Are we meeting our aims • Evidence of progression • Acknowledging the intangibles - hidden success

  13. PE Pathway Vulnerable/Disengaged Poor Attitudes/History Lacking skills/ Evidence of skills Referrals by: Self OMU Staff Fit for Work Modules 1 to 5 Local Accredited Qualifications Offending Behaviour Programmes Education Workshops Improved Resettlement Dynamic Security Re-categorisation Trust Family Relationships Ties Improved Respect Confidence Validation Respect Behaviour

  14. Thank you for your time

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