FLIP's presentation at the Jailbrake Show and Tell

1. Community-powered employment
tool for young offenders

2. The problem:

3. “Unemployment is the single main
factor in re-offending of young people.”

11. It is 8 times harder to get a job if
you have a criminal record.
Source: Chartered Institute of personnel & development.

12. The Solution:
Your mates help you get a job.

13. The Process:

14. Building blocks
Need Solution

15. Building blocks
Need Solution
Confidence

16. Building blocks
Need Solution
Knowledge
Confidence

17. Practical
Confidence Knowledge
application
Need
Building blocks
Solution

18. Building blocks
Need Solution
application
Getting out there - Post-interview
Practical
To sell re-engaging Learning
mentor chat
their skills opportunities
Handling failure /
rejection An online CV Interview practice
Knowledge
Interview skills
NLP methods Checklists
Body language
Reality check / Insight from
Taught confidence Social norms expectation-setting mentors
Confidence
Lack of belief / confidence Provide inspiration.
Fear.
- “I can’t get a job”
Practical examples Role models.
of skills.
Perception of others.
“They don’t have the skills we Recommendations from
need” friends.

19. Building blocks
Need Solution
application
Getting out there - Post-interview
Practical
To sell re-engaging Learning
mentor chat
their skills opportunities
Handling failure /
rejection An online CV Interview practice
Knowledge
Interview skills
NLP methods Checklists
Body language
Reality check / Insight from
Taught confidence Social norms expectation-setting mentors
Confidence
Lack of belief / confidence Provide inspiration.
Fear.
- “I can’t get a job”
Practical examples Role models.
of skills.
Perception of others.
“They don’t have the skills we Recommendations from
need” friends.

20. Insight into confidence...

21. Insight into confidence...
“I don’t know what I’m
good at. But I know what
my friend is good at!”
- Cheyanne Bell

22. Where’s easier to go?

23. Where’s easier to go?

24. FLIP starts life as a Facebook App...

25. ...which gives people confidence.

26. “Jobs I will actually be good at.”

27. From online profile...

28. ...to fully-fledged CV.

29. Demo, demo, demo!!!

30. The FLIP
Community

31. The FLIP support network

32. The FLIP support network
Accrediting
organisations

33. The FLIP support network
Accrediting
organisations
Industry
mentors

34. The FLIP support network
Accrediting
organisations
Industry
mentors
People’s mates

35. The FLIP support network
Accrediting
organisations
Industry
mentors
People’s mates

36. The FLIP support network
Accrediting
organisations
Industry
mentors
People’s mates

37. The FLIP support network
Accrediting
organisations
Industry
mentors
People’s mates

38. The FLIP support network
Accrediting
organisations
Industry
mentors
People’s mates
User
journey

40. “I want to find potential employees”

41. “I want to improve my employees’
leadership skills”

42. Mentors = Knowledge
“I had to clean the changing rooms
for a year before I got to coach.”

43. The future of FLIP

44. FLIP could be:

45. FLIP could be:
• A government scheme

46. FLIP could be:
• A government scheme
• A social enterprise saving
recruiters money

47. FLIP could be:
• A government scheme
• A social enterprise saving
recruiters money
• A community project for a local
council

48. Please can we have:

49. Please can we have:
• Accreditation for a trial

50. Please can we have:
• Accreditation for a trial
• Links to some employers (ideally
via youth employment agencies.)

51. Please can we have:
• Accreditation for a trial
• Links to some employers (ideally
via youth employment agencies.)
• Some cash to build the site

52. Please can we have:
• Accreditation for a trial
• Links to some employers (ideally
via youth employment agencies.)
• Some cash to build the site
• Someone who can write
questions that identify people’s
skills!

53. Know anyone from...

54. FLIP is a project by Common Ground social design agency
(Vincenzo Di Maria, Bruno Taylor) developed at Jailbrake, Social
Innovation Camp, 2010.
Project lead & creative direction: Itamar Ferrer
User journey: Rob Mosley
Facebook app: Dave Fletcher (management)
Rich Sage, Andy Kilner, Nathan Reed, Kevin Carmody, (developers)
Interface wireframes: Matteo Menapace
Website design: Zoltan Ray