John Nambago

Prison Employment Lead @Serco

London, GB

The role of the PEL is to improve employment outcomes for prison leavers. In order to achieve this, they will:Engage with stakeholders within the prison to establish a system that identifies work ready prisoners and highlights actions needed to support prisoners to achieve work readiness.Work with prison staff and stakeholders to match work ready candidates to job opportunities brokered on behalf of the prison by the New Futures Network and other employment agencies.Support contracted IAG and Education providers to ensure the prison induction process properly:o promotes employment, education, and skills training opportunities to prisoners upon arrival at the prisono effectively captures information relating to prisoner education, work experience and skillso encourages prisoners to develop personal and social skills that improve employabilityManage an Employment Hub which centralises employment support services within the prison and promotes live vacancies to prison leavers within the resettlement period.Champion innovations in employment and industry focused recruitment practices, such as hospitality/construction drives etc.Work in partnership with the Prison’s Strategic Employment Advisory Boards to improve systems that support prisoners to develop employability, ensuring they meet commercial needs/standards of employers.Organise regular opportunities for NFN and other stakeholders to bring employers into the prison and facilitate prisoner forums.Work in partnership with Community Offender Management (COM) to ensure prison leaver information is supplied to relevant agencies post release in order to reduce duplication.Liaise with COM to ensure prison leavers who require further support on release are signposted to Education, Training and Employment CRS who can continue to support them on their journey towards meaningful, sustained employment.