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 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 to February 2023.

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 to improve employability, with a full 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, 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 UPW manager how and where we deliver these sessions which can be delivered as need determines. Supervisors will have user access allowing them to view account progress and print off course completion certificates during the supported access sessions. For issues arising with the log in or system itself, supervisors can refer the Person on Probation to the online portal provider, Meganexus (whose details I can obtain from the Case Administrator and ETE champions

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, Welsh and Polish (with further languages to eb available in the future).

I will have user access to management information on completed hours and course completions and to support implementation and disseminate training videos, I will have two ETE champions already trained in using the system