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Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Correctional CentresQCS provides training and employment in a variety of industries to enhancepost-release employment opportunities for offenders. All vocational educationand training (VET) delivered by QCS are accredited.The number of Indigenous offenders participating in VET has increasedsignificantly (see Table 6.9). Nearly 1,500 male Indigenous offendersparticipated in VET in 2006-07, compared to 1,933 in 2007-08 and 2,225 in2008-09. Male Indigenous offenders also account for a greater proportion oftotal male VET enrolments over time – increasing from 16 per cent in 2006-07to 21 per cent in 2008-09. Conversely, the number of male Indigenousoffenders participating in the Integrated VET has diminished over time.The number of female Indigenous offenders participating in VET is consistentthroughout 2006-07 and 2007-08 financial years (121 and 129 respectively),but nearly doubles for the 2008-09 financial year (251). The representation offemale Indigenous offenders in VET as a proportion of total femaleparticipation has also grown, increasing from eight per cent in 2006-07 to 17per cent in 2008-09. No female Indigenous offenders participated inIntegrated VET in the 2006-07 to 2008-09 period.Again, the representation of Indigenous offenders (both male and female) inVET is lower than their representation in the total prisoner population.Table 6.9: Indigenous Enrolments in Literacy, Numeracy and VET Units2006-07 2007-08 2008-09Female Male Female Male Female Male% TotalFemale% TotalMale% TotalFemale% TotalMale% TotalFemale% TotalMale(n)(n)(n)(n)(n)(n)Literacy &Numeracy 106 17% 1,001 10% 110 22% 1,076 11% 262 23% 554 13%VET 121 8% 1,446 16% 129 13% 1,933 17% 251 17% 2,255 21%IntegratedVET 0 0% 169 17% 0 0% 104 16% 0 0% 127 12%Source: QCSN.B. The figures represent the number of and proportions of enrolments and not offenders during each financial year.Offenders can enrol in more than one unit or module.Offender EmploymentAdvance2work is an employment assistance service that supports sentencedoffenders to become work ready and to gain employment after their release.Advance2work provides assistance in three stages. Stage one involvesoffenders undertaking a course to prepare them for post-release employment.Offenders from this group progress to stage two, where they are assisted togain employment and access other services to support their reintegration inthe community. In stage three, offenders with employment are furthersupported for a minimum of 13 weeks.52
Table 6.10 shows that the number of male Indigenous offenders participatingin stage one of Advance2Work decreased slightly in the period 2006-2008(920) to 2008-09 (841). The proportion of stage one Advance2Workparticipants that are male Indigenous also decreased slightly, but importantlymale Indigenous offenders are not underrepresented in this stage of theintervention.The number of female Indigenous offenders participating in stage one ofAdvance2Work steadily increased from 91 in 2006-07 to 126 in 2008-09.Female Indigenous offenders are also not under-represented in thisintervention with approximately 30 per cent of total female participantsidentifying as Indigenous across the three years.Not all offenders involved in stage one of Advance2Work progress to stagestwo and three. Significantly, Indigenous offenders are less likely to progress tothese stages than non-Indigenous offenders. For example, further analysisshows that over the three year period, of all offenders in stage one, 15 percent (429) of Indigenous offenders and 27 per cent (1,776) of non-Indigenousoffenders advance to employment in stage two.Table 6.10: Advance2Work ParticipationIndigenous Offender Participation in Advance2work by Gender2006-07 2007-08 2008-09Advance2Work Female Male Female Male Female Malen % n % n % n % n % n %Stage 1 91 29 920 34 107 29 831 29 126 30 841 30Stage 2 3 10 147 23 9 12 131 16 13 20 126 22Stage 3 3 12 116 23 5 10 95 16 10 28 75 18Source: QCS, IOMSN.B. The figures represent the proportion of offenders during each financial year.ReintegrationThe Transitions program provides offender reintegration support to offendersto assist with their transition from custody into the community. The followingtwo tables provide information on participation in the core modules of theTransitions program (excluding elective modules). 14Table 6.11 shows that the number of male Indigenous offenders whoparticipated in the core modules of the Transitions program fluctuated in theperiod 2006-07 to 2008-09. Participation increased from 60 in 2006-2008 to76 in 2007-08 and then decreased to 53 in 2008-09. While participationnumbers varied, the proportion of Indigenous participants completing the coremodules steadily increases from 55 per cent in 2006-07 to 68 per cent in2008-09.14 A substantial number of offenders have enrolled in the electives component of theTransition Program. This information is not provided as it has not been recorded reliably inIOMS.53
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