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Successful Employment and Resettlement of Ex-Offenders
03 Dec 2009
Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London
This conference provided an opportunity for delegates to learn about government strategies for the next few years, discuss learning and skills and share good practice on resettlement and employment of ex-offenders.
Programme
10:00
Clive Martin, Director, Clinks
Welcome and introduction by Conference Chair
10:10
Representative, Learning and Skills Council
Integrated skills and employment: opportunities for offenders in the community
10:20
Janet Ryland, Director, Qualifications and Framework Development, Learning and Skills Council
OLASS and the Qualification Credit Framework
10:50
Phil Wheatley, Director General, NOMS Agency
Keynote address: NOMS Core Commissioning
11:10
Questions and discussion: Session 1
11:30
Refreshments, networking and exhibition
12:00
Panel debate: Meeting the challenge of providing housing, employment and successful resettlement for ex-offenders
Mick May, Chief Executive, Blue Sky Development and Regeneration
Paul A Jones, Senior Lecturer, Research Unit for Financial Inclusion, Liverpool John Moores University
Zita Hepperson, Development Manager, Saint Edmunds Society
Beverly Williams, Area Business Manager, Stonham
13:00
Buffet lunch, networking and exhibition
14:00
David Burrowes MP, Shadow Minister for Justice
Afternoon keynote address
14:15
Hassan Modjiri, Policy and Development, The Prince's Trust
The GateMate Campaign: mentoring young adults from prison to community
14:35
Speaker to be confirmed
Integrating ex-offenders with other disadvantaged groups to secure employment
14:50
Debbie Ryan, Director, Business Development, Working Links
Independent careers advice: linking education and employment
15:05
Questions and discussion: Session 3
15:20
Refreshments, networking and exhibition
15:45
Good practice resettlement discussion Seminar B Maximising partnership working to reduce re-offending
Chief Superintendent Kay Wozniak, PPO Lead, Avon and Somerset Police