Common use of Specific Needs Clause in Contracts

Specific Needs. To meet the needs of a number of different population groups with a wide variety of abilities – focus on higher level learning and lifelong learning for long term population (OU support is coordinated by the LS Manager) and on short term learning opportunities including employability and positive destinations for the STPs. Small group literacy support is offered throughout the week during last sessions of the day. Low ▇▇▇▇ is a community facing prison and interacts with the local and wider community in a variety of different ways. To this end, the Learning Centre has led on many community based initiatives drawing the local community and the prison together in meaningful and powerful ways i.e. Holocaust Memorial Day with Bishopbriggs Academy, 16 Days of Action with East Dunbartonshire Council. HMP Perth has a design capacity of 633 individuals, of which approximately 480 are eligible to access learning. HMP Perth holds a wide range of prisoners from Angus, City of Dundee, Perth and Kinross and the northern part of Fife as well as others from out with these areas. The prison holds, short term, long term and remand prisoners with some sex offenders /vulnerable. Learners: Learners s are adult males, including individuals who are serving sentences of short term up to life imprisonment, short and long term sex offenders/vulnerable prisoners as well as prisoners on Remand. Mon-Fri 08.45 – 12.15 and 13.30 -16.45 2013/14 – 27,158 2014/15 – 27,096 2015/16 – 21,586 2013/14 – 393 SQA 2014/15 – 358 SQA + 68 other accredited courses 2015/16 – 307 SQA + 715 other accredited courses Literacies Levels (of those undertaking Screening in the last 3 years) Total Number of Learners Completing Literacy Screenings Number of Literacy Learners at Level 4 and Below Percentage of Literacy Learners at Level 4 and Below Number of Literacy Learners at Levels 2 and 3 Percentage of Literacy Learners at Levels 2 and 3 2013-14 458 264 58% 146 32% 2014-15 519 269 52% 153 29% 2015-16 384 198 52% 106 27% Total Number of Learners Completing Numeracy Screenings Number of Numeracy Learners at Level 4 and Below Percentage of Numeracy Learners at Level 4 and Below Number of Numeracy Learners at Levels 2 and 3 Percentage of Numeracy Learners at Levels 2 and 3 2013-14 421 365 87% 167 40% 2014-15 458 409 89% 184 40% 2015-16 354 285 81% 131 37%

Specific Needs. To meet As Barlinnie serves mainly a transient population, there is a need to tailor learning opportunities to men who are in prison for very short periods of time. There is also a requirement for provision of Learning for men in the needs Day Care Unit, which requires an understanding of mental health issues. In addition Distance and Higher Learning support are required for the long term population. HMP Castle Huntly, an open prison, focuses on providing core skill and life skill training and transitional/through-care for men working towards a structured reintegration into society. It holds low supervision adult males serving 18 months and over, including life sentence prisoners, who have been assessed as suitable to serve part of their sentence in open conditions. It also holds a small number of different men convicted of sexual offences. The current population groups with a wide variety of abilities – focus on higher level learning and lifelong learning for long term population (OU support Castle Huntly is coordinated by the LS Manager) and on short term learning opportunities including employability and positive destinations for the STPs. Small group literacy support is offered throughout the week during last sessions of the day. Low ▇▇▇▇ is a community facing prison and interacts with the local and wider community in a variety of different ways. To this end284, the Learning Centre has led on many community based initiatives drawing the local community and the prison together in meaningful and powerful ways i.e. Holocaust Memorial Day with Bishopbriggs Academy, 16 Days of Action with East Dunbartonshire Council. HMP Perth has a design capacity of 633 individuals, of which approximately 480 all men are eligible to access learning. HMP Perth holds a wide range of prisoners from Angus, City of Dundee, Perth and Kinross and the northern part of Fife as well as others from out with these areas. The prison holds, short term, long term and remand prisoners with some sex offenders /vulnerableLearning. Learners: Learners s are adult males, including individuals Adult males who are serving sentences approaching release who have been assessed as being suitable for open conditions and, as such, have reached the highest level of short term up to progression in the Scottish Prison Service as they prepare for life imprisonmentin the community. Activity focuses on enhanced personal responsibility, short job readiness and long term sex offenders/vulnerable prisoners as well as prisoners on Remandpositive citizenship. Mon-Mon – Fri 08.45 08.30 – 12.15 12.00; 13.00 – 16.00 & 19.00 – 20.30 Tuesday and 13.30 -16.45 Thursday. · 2013/14 – 27,158 20,106 · 2014/15 – 27,096 25,890 · 2015/16 – 21,586 22,950 · 2013/14 – 393 SQA 2014/15 – 358 183 SQA + 68 44 other accredited courses 2015/16 · 2014/15 – 307 264 SQA + 715 130 other accredited courses Literacies Levels (of those undertaking Screening in the last 3 years) · 2015/16 – 261 SQA + 548 other accredited courses Total Number of Learners Completing Literacy Screenings Number of Literacy Learners at Level 4 ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ and Below Percentage of Literacy Learners at Level 4 ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ and Below Number of Literacy Learners at Levels 2 and 3 Percentage of Literacy Learners at Levels 2 and 3 2013-14 458 264 58273 136 50% 146 3257 21% 2014-15 519 269 52304 141 46% 153 2957 19% 2015-16 384 198 52249 142 57% 106 2754 22% Total Number of Learners Completing Numeracy Screenings Number of Numeracy Learners at Level 4 ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ and Below Percentage of Numeracy Learners s at Level 4 and Below Number of Numeracy Learners at Levels 2 and 3 Percentage of Numeracy Learners at Levels 2 and 3 2013-14 421 365 87272 165 61% 167 4038 14% 2014-15 458 409 89304 202 66% 184 4057 19% 2015-16 354 285 81246 135 55% 131 37%34 14% The Learning Centre is located within the Links Centre, which also contains the social work, and addiction services. The Learning Centre has two dedicated but flexible IT spaces which comprise of: · 1 art/general room which holds up to 10 men · 1 training kitchen which holds up to 6 men · 1 IT suite with 12 PCs and 1 printer; · A further classroom with 8 PCs (located in the open plan skills base and a Promethean Board. There is a dedicated and additional rooms can be made available by the Purchaser as and when required. The staff base/office is a facility shared with other members of the learning and skills team – Jobcentre+.