Transforming Youth Rehabilitation: The Work-Wise Methodology for Employment Integration

1. THE INTO-EMPLOYMENT METHODOLOGY WORK-WISE about individual route planning, multidisciplinary approaches and networking between chain partners

2. Introduction • IRMA VAN DER VEEN • MANAGER

3. Preview • The mission of the National Agency of Correctional Institutions • The Work-Wise methodology • The ESF/EQUAL project IMPACT

4. The DJI mission • The National Agency of Correctional Institutions contributes to: • The safety in society by executing custodial sentences and measures and • By offering those entrusted to our care the perspective of a socialised living

5. The Work-Wise methodology • Started in 1998 • Funded by the European Social Fund

6. The Work-Wise methodology • Aim: • to develop a systematic into-employment methodology as an integrated part of the treatment • Output: • Work-Wise Manual, 2001

7. WORK-WISE NEDERLAND • Partnership between 12 penal institutions for juveniles and young offenders founded in 2000 • Objective: • Providing youngsters with a seamless into-employment programme • Creating a nationwide network for preparing release and performing aftercare • Jointly developing the Work-Wise methodology

8. Locations Work-Wise Nederland De Doggershoek JOC PI Overijssel ‘t Nw. Lloyd De Heuvelrug De Hunnerberg ‘t Keerpunt

9. Target group • Criteria for placement in the Work-Wise programme: • A learning path geared to the labour market has to be indicated • Minimum age of 15 years • Minimum stay in the penal institution for 4 months

10. Starting points • Integral and multidisciplinary approach • Empowerment of the participants • Sentence planning • Tailor made character of the route • Individual Employment Counsellor

11. Contents Work-Wise Programme • Integral into-employment programme compromises three routings: • Work and Schooling • Living independently and Coping with leisure time • Creating a social network

12. Output • In total 1091 participants in 2000, 2001 and 2002 from which: • 32% are still participant in the programme in 2003 • 48% is placed in a job and/or vocational education • 9% is placed in another custodial institution • 11% has not completed the programme

13. Follow-up research • First interview six months after release and second interview six months after finishing the period of aftercare • The central questions are: • Do you still have • a job and/or are you going to school • an acceptable place to live • an acceptable social network • and • Have you been involved in criminal activities

14. Project IMPACT 2001-2004 • Aims: • Improving the stage of intake and diagnoses • Creating modules for specific target groups • Re-enforcement of the organizing base • Improvement and measurement of quality and effectivity of the programme

15. Development Partnership • Work-Wise Nederland • The National Agency of Correctional Institutions (DJI) • Dutch Probation Service • Salvation Army Probation Service • MOgroup,Youth Probation Service • Manpower Reintegration Services • MKB Nederland, Dutch Forum of Private Business • Albeda College: school for lower and secondary vocational education • Nova College: school for lower vocational education

16. Objectives and activities • Target group programmes: • Short stay youths (less than six months stay) • Girls; combining work and care • Ethnic minority boys at risk

17. Objectives and activities • Cognitive behavioural training for the development of employees skills • A risk and needs assessment and an instrument aimed at how to estimate and how to cope with the recidivism risks of violent juveniles • A model for case management of into-employment programmes • A blue-print for a cooperation contract between chain partners and other relevant partners

18. Objectives and activities • An interactive website for an efficient transfer of information and expertise • A methodology for the measurement of the quality of an integral into-employment programme • An instrument to measure the effectivity of the into-employment programme Work-Wise

19. Empowerment • Empowerment of the DP • Empowerment of the target group • Empowerment of the individual participants

20. Transnational cooperation • Name of the project: MERIT • Making Employment Realistic = Innovative Training • Development Partnership: • IMPACT UK, England • IMPACT NL, the Netherlands • Personal Progression System, Northern Ireland • Open Integrated Society Hellas, Greece • Youth Rise, Finland • Prise, England

21. Dissemination and mainstreaming • Activities and products: • Website, www.work-wise.nl • Extranet, my.work-wise • News letters • Brochures • Studyvisits transnational partners • Expert-meetings and conferences • Manuals

22. Dissemination and Mainstreaming • Justice to young people: • Action programme for the approach to juvenile crime (2003-2006) • Risk and needs assessment • Implementation of compulsory aftercare • Effectivity tests

23. Dissemination and Mainstreaming • Other EQUAL projects: • 2001/EQE/0030: ‘Schooling without thresholds’ • 2001/EQE/0038: Case-management for youngsters with behaviour problems’ • 2001/EQG/0006: ‘Future in Balance’, reintegration for female prisoners

24. ESF/EQUAL second tranche • Target group programmes • Juveniles with learning disabilities (IQ 60-85) • Violence juveniles with psychiatric characteristics • Young offenders placed in a penal institution for adults • Sex offenders

25. The ESF/EQUAL project IMPACT Irma van der Veen Manager