As part of my region’s strategy to deliver 155% of Unpaid Work 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 enabling 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 to February 2023. Initially People on Probation will have access to four courses, all designed to improve their skills for completing UPW hours or to improve employability, with a comprehensive suite available in early 2023 which will continue to be added to.

The UPW assessment tool will identify those eligible at which point I can discuss with my Person on Probation, their access to and experience with technology and which course/s would be most suitable.  If they require support or do not have access to a device, I will contact the Community Payback team to ask for them to attend a supported access session, (excluding London) run by our Supervisors from a site with WiFi using new UPW ETE laptops. UPW Case Administrators will set up a user account and email the login details to my Person on Probation, however If they experience issues with log in or the system itself, I should refer them to the online portal host, Meganexus (whose details I can obtain from the Case Administrator and ETE champions).

Guided learning hours are allocated for each course and the portal also records the ‘actual’ time my Person on Probation has taken at any point throughout the course. Where courses are completed within or under the guided learning time, the ‘actual’ time taken will be allocated. To support our neurodiverse People on Probation, or those that require extra time to complete a course, 20% allowance will be given by agreement. Community Campus will also translate/have subtitles in English, Welsh and Polish (with further languages available in the future).

The UPW Administrators will update my Person on Probation’s nDelius record with completed hours, completed courses and certificate for evidence uploaded. I will also be contacted by the CP team if there are any concerns, or any decisions required.

There will be a period of transition from the current use of external online providers to Community Campus, with Community Campus being the primary online UPW ETE provider unless my Person on Probation’s needs are unique and not met by the course content provided.

Having our own, inhouse learning management system means we can better track and record learning time allowing me to engage with my Person on probation’s progress and build a learning library suitable for the people in our care, meaning better employability outcomes for People on Probation.