As part of my region’s strategy to delivery 155% of Unpaid Work (UPW) Education, Training and Employment (ETE) hours, from 5^th December People on Probation with an Unpaid Work (UPW) requirement, will have access to Community Campus, a national online learning portal to enable those eligible to complete 30% of their hours by ETE. At present, enforcing completion of ETE hours on Community Campus is not mandated, however this will be reviewed along with the Community Payback ETE Guidance document due in January/February 2023.

I will oversee a period of transition from use of current external online education, to Community Campus which will, over time become the primary source for delivery of UPW ETE. However, for those People on Probation with unique needs or who wish to engage with learning not provided on the portal, external learning can be used.

The UPW assessment tool will identify those eligible, allowing the Practitioner to discuss suitability and accessibility and agree on the most appropriate course/s. Initially People on Probation will have access to four courses, all designed to improve their skills for completing UPW hours or improve employability, with a comprehensive suite available in early 2023 which will continue to be added to. People on Probation will access the portal via a QR code or link in an email containing their log in details, on smartphone, laptop or tablet. Those that require support or do not have access to a device, will be invited to attend a supported access session, (excluding London) run by my Supervisors from a site with WiFi. My region will be provided with 30 new UPW ETE laptops, and I will need to agree with my region how we deliver these sessions which can be delivered as need determines.

Guided learning hours are allocated for each course and the portal records the actual time taken. Courses completed within or under guided learning time will be allocated the actual time taken. To support our neurodiverse People on probation, or those that require extra time to complete a course, 20% allowance will be given by agreement with their practitioner. Community Campus will also translate/have subtitles in English (for those with hearing difficulties), Welsh and Polish (with more languages to be available in the future).

People on Probation will receive a course completion certificate which will be uploaded to nDelius as evidence, and the time taken to complete the course will be recorded in the usual way. To support implementation, I will have two ETE champions who will already be trained in using the system. They will disseminate the training videos to my team and support implementation across my region.