team clean challenge – prison strand a success story 2008-2011
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Team Clean Challenge – Prison Strand A Success Story
2008-2011
• Prison population in the UK is estimated at 85,000• The Prison Reform Trust estimated the annual cost per
prisoner at £41,000 in 2010• National Audit Office estimated the cost of reoffending to
the UK economy at around £10 billion/year (2010)–
Some statistics
A competition for cleaners? In prisons??
“... it’ll never work!”
Partners and sponsors 2011
Partnership Working
• Ministry of Justice, Department for Work and Pensions and Jobcentre Plus
• Sharing Labour Market Intelligence with prisons• Potential to extend the competition to Europe• Potential for other competitions in prisons
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Team Clean Challenge:Ambitions for the prison strand
• Clean prisons• Skilled prisoners• Raised industry profile• Employer support and interest• Employment opportunities and interviews• Jobs in the cleaning and support services industries• Wages, stability, reduction in re-offending
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Roles
• 2008-2010: Manager, Supervisor and two Operatives• 2011: Supervisor and two Operatives
Skills• Technical cleaning skills: planning/preparation, process, quality• Supervisor: Leadership, training and feedback• Employability skills: teamwork, communication, customer care, time management,
literacy/numeracy
Team Clean Challenge – Prison Strand
2008: Health Care; First Aid Room; ICT; Routine Office Cleaning
2009: Washroom; Floor Maintenance; Office /ICT
2010: Stairway; Bedroom; Hard Floor
2011: Dilution of cleaning agents; Training room; Windows and Walls.
Challenge 2008 & 2009
Challenge 2010
Challenge 2011
HMP Strand
2010 Awards
Winners 2010
UK Skills Team Clean Challenge:Judges 2011
Cleaning Competition Ambitions Met
• £2m savings • Lives transformed• Ambitions for 2012?
Clean prisons Prisons are clean
Skilled prisoners Prisoners are skilled and qualified
Raised industry profile 17 journals, 250 column inches of press coverage
Employer support and interest Employers attend heats, meet the team, recognise
potential
Employment opportunities and interviews 50 ex-offenders at work in the cleaning and support
services industries
(at all levels and from all types of prison)Jobs in cleaning and support services industries
Wages, stability and a reduction in re‑offending
Chris JamesOffice: 01604 233336Mobile: 07768 956275
Sharon SimpsonOffice: 01604 233336Mobile: 07827 947530
Email: [email protected]