This presentation will look at four examples of the highly successful Construction Pathways Program, a training and work experience program where prisoners work on real construction projects within secure facilities, being mentored and trained by private industry contractors, whilst also undertaking industry certified vocational training.
Sarah Paddick of Grieve Gillett Architects (and formerly the director of Totalspace Design) was one of the group who initiated and developed the concept of a Construction Pathways Program. This ideally places her to deliver insights into the implementation of the various programs, and the challenges and outcomes that were encountered.
Her presentation will describe the programs at the Adelaide Women’s Prison, the Cadell Training Centre, the Port Augusta Prison, and the Kurlana Tapa Youth Training Centre. Sarah will provide insight into the outcomes and challenges of each program, each in a very different setting with a range of cohorts, and provide delegates with examples of the implementation and organizational strategies that were critical to their success.
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Sarah Paddick FRAIA
Senior Associate Architect, Grieve Gillett Architects, Australia
Trained in Architecture at the University of Adelaide, Sarah was a director in her own Architecture and Interior Design practice from 1994 to 2023 when she accepted a Senior Associate role with Grieve Gillett Architects (GGA) as part of a merger. Her main area of expertise is in Secure Facility Architecture, undertaking over 100 projects in secure facilities in South Australia, and she now leads the Justice portfolio in her new position at GGA. In 2010 she undertook a worldwide tour of Women’s Secure Facilities in her role as the Catherine Helen Spence Memorial Scholar, focusing on residential parenting programs. She has worked as a consultant to the South Australian Department for Correctional Services as a design advisor on their major redevelopment programs at the Yatala Labour Prison and Adelaide Women’s Prison and was a member of the Stronger Foundations and Clear Pathways Women’s Ministerial Work Group.
Sarah is one of the founding directors of the UTurn Foundation, a not-for-profit social initiative focusing on improving outcomes for incarcerated women on their release from prison, by creating employment pathways into the construction industry. She was part of the team that developed the very successful UTurn Construction Pathways Program at the Adelaide Women’s Prison, a unique program that gave incarcerated women work experience and training on a live construction site within the prison.
Sarah is passionate about improving conditions for incarcerated women, and focusing on their specific needs to gain better outcomes.
