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Management and Care of Offenders with Learning Disabilities
Butlers Trust Award/ Keith Bromley Award
Presented to Janet Lockhart
Butlers Trust/Keith Bromley Award for Education & Skills
Training
Enhanced the educational provision for prisoners with
dyslexia, ADHD and related issues, becoming an expert in
assessing and addressing complex learning needs.
Developing links with external Agencies to help ensure that
prisoners’ needs continue to be met on release and enhance
their chances of finding employment.
Including ALL Learners
The beginning of my journey
• 1999 – lots of good work going on in prisons
but everyone working in isolation.
• KPT’s – Key Performance Targets.
• Lack of training or awareness of how to
support disabilities and learning difficulties.
The beginning of a QUALITY
provision
• CfBT Dyslexia Training.
• SFL Conferences – HMP Kennet
• Dyslexia Action Training – Hidden Difficulties Training
• Networking meeting running alongside Functional
Skills meeting.
Inclusion Champions
• The introduction of Inclusion Champions
throughout the whole of The
Manchester College Justice Services
• Positive and Negatives that have been
highlighted
730 Days – Our Achievements
• A National Director of Learning & Support.
• Learning Support Manager in each of our 4
regions.
• Planned Learning Support Specific CPD.
• Trained over 100 Inclusion Champions.
Our Expectations
• Large numbers of staff across the country
studying a L5 Staff training in individual
establishments.
• A Practitioner’s Forum planned to share
existing expertise and encourage succession.
• A planned national roll out and expansion of
assistive technology and training.
‘When people are known for their gifts,
their difficulties remain unknown’.
‘When people are known for their
difficulties, then their gifts remain
unknown’.
Thank you for giving us
the chance to deal with
our problems. NOW we
have a chance of
breaking the cycle.