The Road to Work: Walking with Offenders in Their Job Journey
Learn how to guide and empower offenders as they seek and sustain meaningful employment, while building practical volunteer strategies to support work readiness and resilience.
Upcoming Run: 1st Apr 2026
Upcoming Run: 1st Apr 2026
The Road to Work: Walking with Offenders in Their Job Journey
SPS-019-RTW
$0.00
Duration: 4.00 hours
Upcoming Run: 1st Apr 2026
Sign Up nowCourse Fees & ScheduleWhat is it about?
Do you feel unsure about how to support offenders in finding or keeping a job?
Have you hesitated, unsure of what approach works best in work-related mentoring?
Helping offenders reintegrate into the workforce can feel challenging but with the right guidance, you can become a steady, encouraging presence, helping them navigate real-world employment challenges with confidence.
What Is This Module About?
The Road to Work: Walking with Offenders in Their Job Journey is a 2-hour asynchronous micro-learning module. Through videos featuring lived experiences, reflections, and practical tips, volunteers will gain insights into the employment challenges faced by offenders, how to support them effectively, and how mindset, motivation, and identity shape reintegration through work.
By the end of the course, you’ll walk away with:
Understanding the key employment challenges offenders face in Real-world insights from employers and desistors
Practical strategies for encouraging work readiness and job retention
Techniques to foster motivation, confidence, and self-identity in reintegration
How This Course Makes a Difference
Offenders face complex workplace challenges that volunteers can help navigate. This module equips you with insights, practical strategies, and reflective tools to support offenders’ employment journey without judgment or overreach.
Understand Employment Barriers
Explore the common challenges offenders face when seeking or retaining a job, including stigma, low confidence, and workplace expectations.
Hear Lived Experiences
Learn directly from employers, desistors, and peers about real-world workplace dynamics and challenges.
Empower Through Support
Discover practical ways to encourage, coach, and guide offenders without rescuing or taking over tasks.
Build Confidence & Motivation
Learn strategies to help beneficiaries develop self-worth, persistence, and a resilient mindset in the workplace.
Navigate Setbacks Effectively
Support offenders in coping with early failures, boredom, or discouragement, and help them stay committed to long-term goals.
Promote Work-Readiness Skills
Gain tools for helping offenders develop workplace relationships, self-advocacy, and practical job skills for sustainable employment.
Who is it for?
Ready to Walk With Offenders on Their Road to Work?
Whether you’re encouraging someone to take their first step into employment or supporting them through setbacks, this module helps you understand the challenges offenders face in finding and keeping work and how your guidance, encouragement, and presence can make a meaningful difference in their journey toward reintegration.
Volunteers in Helping Roles
Individuals who guide and coach offenders to build confidence, resilience, and workplace readiness.
Community or Social Service Volunteers
Those working in rehabilitation or reintegration programs who want to understand employment barriers and how to support offenders’ journeys.
Peer Support Volunteers
Volunteers with lived experience who provide encouragement, coping strategies, and realistic insights about work and reintegration.
Employment or Job Coaching Volunteers
Individuals helping offenders with career readiness who want to understand the emotional, social, and practical challenges of sustaining employment.
Nonprofit and Community Organization Staff
Staff engaging with ex-offenders through programs or training who want to better support their work-related reintegration.
Anyone Interested in Offender Reintegration Through Work
Community members or volunteers eager to learn how employment can help offenders rebuild identity, confidence, and independence.
Why Learn with Us
🔧 Hands-On & Practical
We believe the best learning happens by doing. Our courses are highly experiential — packed with real-life case studies, role-plays, and interactive group work. You won’t just sit through slides; you’ll practise the skills that matter.
🎓 Learn from the Best
Our trainers are experienced practitioners, not just facilitators. They’ve walked the talk and brought wisdom from the field, not just the textbook. Learn from people who’ve been there — and are here to help you grow.
🎉 Fun, Safe & Engaging
Learning should feel energising. We foster a warm, inclusive environment where you're encouraged to ask, reflect, laugh, and learn — all while building supportive relationships with fellow participants.
📚 Backed by Research
Every course is grounded in evidence-based practices from psychology, social work, education, and communication science. You get practical tools that work — not just trendy jargon.
🌍 Designed for Real Life
Our content is real-world-ready. Whether you're navigating tough conversations at home, supporting others in your role, or developing your own mindset, what you learn is instantly applicable.
🌱 Lifelong Learning Community
When you join us, you join a movement. All alumni get access to follow-up events, peer circles, and exclusive learning spaces. You stay connected, supported, and part of something bigger — long after the course ends.
Meet your trainers
Blended Concept
Human-Centred Learning Specialist
Blended Concept is a social learning studio dedicated to designing transformative education that bridges personal growth, social change, and professional development. We specialize in creating practical, human-centered learning experiences that empower individuals, uplift communities, and shift systems. At Blended Concept, we believe learning should not only inform, but transform.
- •School of Life - Where Theory Meets Real Change
How will the course run?
📌 Course Access Information
This is a self-directed e-learning course, and it will be accessible for 30 days from the date of your course launch.
🕒 Please ensure that you complete the course within this 30-day window.
📺 Go through all the self-directed e-learning videos at your own pace during this period.
If you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out to the course support team.
| Date | Start Time | End Time | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | 13:00 | 17:00 | Self-Directed E-Learning |
Course Fees
| Course Structure | Fee (Net Fee after training grant subsidy) |
|---|---|
| Free (Sponsored by Singapore Prison Service)This course is complimentary for volunteers and staff from partner organizations of the Singapore Prison Service. | Free |