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

cjames@assetskills.org

Sharon SimpsonOffice: 01604 233336Mobile: 07827 947530

Email: ssimpson@assetskills.org