Types of Screening. The Service Provider will, in accordance with section 2.1.2.1 below, offer and undertake the following Screening activities of prisoners either as part of the SPS prisoner induction process but no later than within one month of admission to each Establishment: · The Service Provider will manage and conduct initial Screening (literacy / numeracy) of prisoners to identify any specific individual learning needs. In particular, the Purchaser wishes to target Service interventions at individuals Screening at or below Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) Level 3. The Service Provider will be expected to work with each Establishment to maximise Screening and uptake of the learning elements of the Services for those Screening at or below Level 3; and · The Service Provider will engage with persons for whom English (ESOL)[footnoteRef:4] is a second language to determine any specific or additional learning support that may be required. Individuals for whom ESOL may be identified by the Service Provider as part of other Screening activities, referred by SPS staff or others, or self-refer to the Services. [4: The SPS intent is to engage with a specialist from Education Scotland to create a standardised Screening tool that is deployable in prisons for persons where English may be a second language (ESOL). The ESOL Screening tool will be determined by the SPS, and Screening tool / process then implemented / employed by the Service Provider within the Services. ] · The Service Provider will, where required as indicated in the ALP, manage and conduct employability / skills Screening with prisoners / Learners. The scheduling and timing of this activity will be agreed at Establishment level and monitoring of this process will be carried out through the ALP’s. The Screening results will form the starting point for individual planning purposes which are likely to vary subject to learning need and sentence length, and to also inform the Purchaser’s Case Management Processes.
Types of Screening. The Service Provider will, in accordance with section 2.1.2.1 below, offer and undertake the following Screening activities of prisoners either as part of the SPS prisoner induction process but no later than within one month of admission to each Establishment: The Service Provider will manage and conduct initial Screening (literacy / numeracy) of prisoners to identify any specific individual learning needs. In particular, the Purchaser wishes to target Service interventions at individuals Screening at or below Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) Level 3. The Service Provider will be expected to work with each Establishment to maximise Screening and uptake of the learning elements of the Services for those Screening at or below Level 3; and The Service Provider will engage with persons for whom English (ESOL)3 is a second language to determine any specific or additional learning support that may be required. Individuals for whom ESOL may be identified by the Service Provider as part of other Screening activities, referred by SPS staff or others, or self-refer to the Services. The Service Provider will, where required as indicated in the ALP, manage and conduct employability / skills Screening with prisoners / Learners. The scheduling and timing of this activity will be agreed at Establishment level and monitoring of this process will be carried out through the ALP’s. The Screening results will form the starting point for individual planning purposes which are likely to vary subject to learning need and sentence length, and to also inform the Purchaser’s Case Management Processes.
