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Discover how sports-based learning can provide a meaningful pathway to employment and education, offering skills for workplace, resettlement, healthier living, and evidence of progression. Join modules focusing on performance, self-management, motivation, healthy living, and practical leadership. Earn local qualifications, improve skills, and engage in innovative programs for offenders. See the transformation from vulnerable attitudes to empowered individuals with improved behaviors and relationships.
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Fit for Work Paul Walters Deb Lewis Phil McVay
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
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
Overview of fit for Work 5 Separate modules • Improving Performance & productivity • Self Management • Motivation and Goal settings • Healthy Lives • Practical Leadership
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
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
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
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
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