Work, Employability and Employment. Each prison will: provide a range of work and training opportunities for all Prisoners; that provides structure and purpose to a prisoners day; ensure that the range of work and training opportunities assists Prisoners in gaining knowledge and skills which shall improve their employability prospects or potential for purposeful occupation upon release; assess and record the details of a prisoners work history and ensure that a focus is placed on providing employment and employability skills training to those who have the greatest potential to gain employment upon release; ensure those Prisoners who are less able or have a recognised disability can access appropriate employment and employment training opportunities; ensure the employment and employability skills training provided is, where available and appropriate, accredited to national standards and, where practicable, reflects the current employment markets; evidence that attempts have been made to integrate the employment and employability skills training with the learning centre‟s programme to enhance the Prisoner‟s essential skills development and link with other employability services; ensure Prisoners have access to employment support services as part of their pre-release programme; ensure that all prisoners who are assigned work should be attending and those that don‟t should have a reason for absence entered on PR2; and prepare a local establishment delivery plan which coordinates education & employment services and delivers the SPS Employment Policy, increasing prisoners‟ levels of participation, productivity and citizenship, both in prison and the community.
