The project will work with community justice policy staff, as well as research staff, and will focus on SPS’s current employability provision for people in custody, including mapping the breadth and impact of current provision as well as how this supports people prior to release. The suggested methodology for the study is as follows:   
 
A proforma will be sent out to all prisons for completion by Business Improvement Managers before the internship commences. This will be used to gather information relating to the current employability provision within each establishment.  
 
In Month 1, the intern will: Review key internal data (including existing data on prisoner employment, training participation and post-release outcomes), reports and policy documents; Analyse the proforma returns to map current provision across establishments and draw out commonalities, differences and trends across establishments/populations, and to identify establishments for fieldwork in Month 2 

n Month 2, the intern will visit circa five establishments to conduct interviews with those in our care and staff to further understand the employability service provision and support offered, and the experiences of people in prison. This might include developing case studies of identified good practice.   
 
In Month 3, the intern will complete the analysis and write their findings up.  
 
While the scoping survey will be conducted before the internship, in order to save time for the intern in the provision of initial information, the rest of the methodology can be revised and refined by the intern.   
 
The intern will deliver three outputs:  
1. The core output will be a report that summarises the employability provision across the SPS estate, highlighting examples of good practice and gaps in provision, and developing evidence-based recommendations for improvements to employability pathways within prisons.  
2. A 2-4 page policy brief-style note summarising the focus, findings and recommendations of the internship assignment.  
3. A presentation to key SPS staff to summarise findings and recommendations.