Podcast | People Director, Amey - how we're giving prison leavers a new career

Through Amey’s Journey to Work programme, the engineering firm has found the blueprint for helping prison leavers, the long-term unemployed, and those from disadvantaged backgrounds transition into new careers.

Thanks to the scheme, 10% of Amey’s new recruits in 2025 will come from disadvantaged backgrounds, including prison leavers and those at risk of offending.

Stephanie Johnson, People Director at Amey, is passionate about inclusive recruitment and supporting disadvantaged groups into employment, and has been at the heart of the social recruiting strategy.

She joins the HR Grapevine podcast to discuss how Amey has created structured employment opportunities for prison leavers and other underrepresented groups, including a Rehabilitation Alliance Board, and why the programme is a win-win for all.