tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post1171744875778318696..comments2024-03-28T14:37:09.958+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: Napo at Work in the South West 23Jim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-91414470246297657292019-05-23T18:57:00.916+01:002019-05-23T18:57:00.916+01:00Good post 1830 as well as the school you mention y...Good post 1830 as well as the school you mention youll certainly end up working the same described state run probation and even worse private other . Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-4064531766044358302019-05-23T18:35:00.028+01:002019-05-23T18:35:00.028+01:00Ask 'I am the intervention'.Ask 'I am the intervention'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-32133765040701272962019-05-23T18:33:43.383+01:002019-05-23T18:33:43.383+01:00If anyone wants to follow the link you'll have...If anyone wants to follow the link you'll have to type 'probation' into the keyword box of the search filter, hit the 'search' button & then you can have your pick of the May 2019 notices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-47095466833341872672019-05-23T18:30:14.040+01:002019-05-23T18:30:14.040+01:00Try here:
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search...Try here:<br /><br />https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY295272<br /><br />Or for a wider choice, try here:<br /><br />https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_mainpage.aspx?results=true<br /><br />The notices contain such gems as:<br /><br />"The Contracting Authority’s exercise of its right to extend the contract beyond 4.12.2020 to expire on or before 30.6.2021 will help to ensure safe and stable transition and mobilisation of probation services."<br /><br />"The Ministry of Justice intends to use a dynamic framework primarily to purchase the following services:<br /><br />1) Rehabilitative interventions:<br /><br />Rehabilitative Interventions are delivered as part of a Rehabilitation Activity Requirement (RAR) of a Community Sentence and for Custodial Sentences from pre-release through post-release licence and Post Sentence Supervision (PSS). These are intended to support offenders and reduce re-offending by addressing a range of needs such as accommodation, education, relationships, etc.<br /><br />2) Resettlement interventions:<br /><br />Resettlement activity starts 12 weeks before release, continues after release and aims to help offenders to resettle in the community after custody. Resettlement interventions aim at addressing the specific resettlement needs such as accommodation, education, relationships, etc.<br /><br />3) Other desistance interventions:<br /><br />The dynamic framework will facilitate the purchase of enabling services and interventions for the Authority and other commissioning bodies. These services will be used to enhance the effectiveness of rehabilitative interventions delivered as part of the sentence and will provide additional support beyond those specified as part of an offender’s sentence. This will promote desistance and enable fair sentence delivery...<br />... Value excluding VAT: 2 600 000 000.00 GBP"<br /><br />And, of course:<br /><br />"Probation Services (Accredited Programmes and Unpaid Work)...<br />...Value excluding VAT: 1 000 000 000.00 GBP"<br /><br />I read that as £1bn which, although I went to a shit state-run comprehensive, I'm pretty sure is >£300m.<br /><br />No doubt this post will be dismissed as misleading, inaccurate & biased.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-3254635767430372302019-05-23T18:14:14.812+01:002019-05-23T18:14:14.812+01:0014:50 - just take a Look at the MoJ's own tend...14:50 - just take a Look at the MoJ's own tender notices. Large chunks of both were posted on here previously. The tender notices have to be published under EU procurement rules. If I can find a link to a site showing the notice I'll post that on here then, perhaps, you might accept the figures?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-55542007136263396942019-05-23T18:10:52.261+01:002019-05-23T18:10:52.261+01:00And who decides who's deserving and who's ...And who decides who's deserving and who's not? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-14061652829498109572019-05-23T14:50:59.976+01:002019-05-23T14:50:59.976+01:0008.37, your figure is more likely to apply to the ...08.37, your figure is more likely to apply to the entire prison and probation budget. £1bn for UPW and Programmes is an overestimate. The figure is under £300 million. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-79968376543190160552019-05-23T14:40:19.968+01:002019-05-23T14:40:19.968+01:006.34 and 8.50 back in the room.
Totally agree with...6.34 and 8.50 back in the room.<br />Totally agree with you, there are many who do not need this service. The 40,000 are a pick and mix group where case loads have been swamped. So lets share the load, we are trained enough to assess who's needs are greatest and act accordingly. This is a difficult client group to supervise but bring them back into the NPS and collectively under MOJ guidance see how we can deal with this piece of legislation. If it fails again at least MOJ have only themselves to blame for implementing it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-26838728987821125352019-05-23T09:24:39.896+01:002019-05-23T09:24:39.896+01:00I take the view that not everyone on probation or ...I take the view that not everyone on probation or post sentence supervision needs to be there. Some don't need it, some are unsuitable, and for some it's always going to be just a rung on the merry-go-round and a quick route to custody.<br />But if its to remain the case that all offenders leaving custody is subject to probation then the obvious question to be asked is why. What point, what purpose, and how does that going to benefit the offender and society as a whole?<br />That TR has seen 40,000 more offenders been given support from the probation service is just a total lie. There's little or no support to be had. If anything, the inclusion of this group has swelled caseloads and made it more difficult to provide support across the board.<br />In today's probation World, where the relationship between offender and probation officer is really based on fear, where the offender is fearful of being dragged back to prison if they disclose problems, and the PO is fearful of being dragged over the coals or dismissal if something goes wrong, surely someone's got to ask 'why' any particular person is on supervision in the first place?<br /><br />'Getafix Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-25863304907128239562019-05-23T08:50:03.092+01:002019-05-23T08:50:03.092+01:00Continuing my frustrations on...the solution to th...Continuing my frustrations on...the solution to the 12 months and unders could be this. Bring them back into the NPS. Have a dedicated and specialist team in every area to carry these cases. Make sure the staff who hold these cases are creative and ready for the challenge. Have designated Court space every week for these cases to be heard if reoffended or in breach, with members from the team in there to work with the Courts, similar to DRR Court specialists. The Government cannot keep blaming the Private sector and take responsibilty implementing a way forward to support these cases. It was their doing in the first place and accountability is key to working with this difficult group of people. Own it MOJ it is not that hard. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-24580571828958357892019-05-23T08:44:20.369+01:002019-05-23T08:44:20.369+01:00Well, seems this govt can & does pay handsomel...Well, seems this govt can & does pay handsomely to carefully remove 4000 sets of human remains from a Victorian burial ground over a period of years to facilitate HS2, but it can't & won't pay staff, pay for training or pay for suitable accommodation for living people with learning disabilities. Or invest in addressing the resource issues faced by real, living people vis-vis mental health, social services, probation, substance use, housing.<br /><br />A traintrack to nowhere takes priority over those this govt regard as worthless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-88464600464833458322019-05-23T08:37:08.222+01:002019-05-23T08:37:08.222+01:0007:53, the figure of £3.6bn comes from the tender ...07:53, the figure of £3.6bn comes from the tender notices issued by MoJ 15/5/19, published on 20/5/19:<br /><br />"II.1.5) Estimated total value<br /><br />Value excluding VAT: 2 600 000 000.00 GBP"<br /><br />That was for rehabilitative services, and there was a second notice at £1bn for upw & accredited programmes.<br /><br />Total: £3.6bn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-38856663220914401192019-05-23T08:18:05.718+01:002019-05-23T08:18:05.718+01:00It does give hope when you see that branch fightin...It does give hope when you see that branch fighting for members actively engaged . They are a beacon and example of trade unionists working properly. Keep it going .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-72123109104391151702019-05-23T07:53:23.271+01:002019-05-23T07:53:23.271+01:00The reference to £3.6bn for rehabilitative service...The reference to £3.6bn for rehabilitative services is misleading, when the figure is £280m (Russell Webster's figure). <br /><br />What's wrong with contracting some services? Probation was doing this pre-TR. Buying in drug services has been the norm, so why not accredited programmes that did not exist until the '90s. We don't provide psychiatric services in-house, so maybe having other provides on the scene will enrich a probation culture which is over-inclined to bureaucracy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-71894778742263287072019-05-23T07:24:28.303+01:002019-05-23T07:24:28.303+01:00Other branches are left to flounder. My own experi...Other branches are left to flounder. My own experience is that you can't get hold of anyone at NAPO HQ and some are well known for not replying to emails even when they are very urgentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-23029408110422069632019-05-23T07:05:40.557+01:002019-05-23T07:05:40.557+01:00I always enjoy news from SSW branch. It gives me h...I always enjoy news from SSW branch. It gives me hopeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-81639699455048213962019-05-23T06:34:02.911+01:002019-05-23T06:34:02.911+01:00Whilst the stats scream failure Jim and is somethi...Whilst the stats scream failure Jim and is something we all knew would fail, the cost of these repeat offenders still doesn't go away. Austerity measures cut so many services neither NPS nor CRC stood a chance from the beginning. Labour spent, spent and continued to spend until the pot was empty. The Conservatives locked the purse strings and cut services that heavily its a wonder we have any meaningful rehabilitation left. If we scrap the 12 months and under's what does society do with them? <br />When that question is answered we can start to move forward with this debate. We can blame so many services for failing through lack of money and staff but these repeat offenders are not going away any time soon. The public sector is not the only source of help out there and more needs to be done in developing an extended library of charities who OM,s can refer into.London NPS, classic example of collapse of service offered from all respects. You can flood London with 4x the OM,s but if there is no support to go alongside our work it will fail again. <br />UPW, there are some brilliant Supervisors up and down the country out with our clients for 7 hours a day. Bring back the UPW work shops, employ skilled staff to teach trades to our young people, we had it before. Meaningful rehabilitation has always been the driver, sitting in an Office for 20 minutes is not meaningful and serves very little purpose to man or beast without the appropriate resources. Quality assurance control on reports by power hungry PDM's creates more time on the computer than meaningful work to the already worn out, depressed and unhappy work force. The whole Criminal Justice needs an overhaul not just Probation, prisons have very little experienced staff and is flooded with corruption. The police are no where to be seen these days so it might be a small victory for Offender Management in going back but things need to change fast. Saying that the 2 main political parties are as much use as my pot plant in the bathroom at the minute! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-39744884045014870592019-05-23T05:29:25.275+01:002019-05-23T05:29:25.275+01:00Thousands of crimes were committed by previous off...Thousands of crimes were committed by previous offenders in Westminster last year, figures show. The news comes as the probation watchdog says criminals sentenced to short prison terms are locked in a “merry-go-round” that leaves the public at risk and costs billions of pounds a year.<br /><br />Ministry of Justice data shows that, of the 2,022 offenders in Westminster who were released from prison, received a non-custodial conviction at court, or were cautioned by police between July 2016 and June 2017, 644 went on to reoffend within a year – 32%.<br />Between them, they committed 2,502 new offences. They had each committed an average of 19.2 crimes previously.<br /><br />The rate of reoffending was even higher among juvenile offenders – 51 of the 118 under-18s (43%) went on to commit another crime within a year of being released from custody, given a non-custodial sentence or cautioned.<br /><br />A report from HM Inspectorate of Probation highlighted shortcomings in the system for managing offenders in England and Wales. It includes figures showing 64% of adults released from custodial terms of less than 12 months re-offended within a year, committing crime estimated to cost the economy £7 billion to £10 billion per year.<br /><br />Earlier this year, Justice Secretary David Gauke said there was a “very strong case” for abolishing sentences of six months or less, with some exceptions, such as for violent or sexual crimes.<br /><br />Chief Inspector of Probation Dame Glenys Stacey said that such a move was “unlikely to be effective without other changes”. She added: “In my view, a system-wide approach as well as much more purposeful probation supervision is needed. Without it, individuals are locked in an expensive merry-go-round of criminal justice processes and the public are left at undue risk.”<br /><br />From 2015, every criminal given a jail term became subject to statutory supervision and rehabilitation upon release into the community. Prior to the change, which was designed to reduce re-offending, convicts who had served less than one year did not have to be supervised by probation services. But the inspection report found there had been “no tangible reduction” in re-offending. <br /><br />Re-offending rates varied significantly between types of crime for the July 2016 to June 2017 cohort. While figures are not available at a local authority level, across London:<br /><br />Theft offences: 45% of 11,013 offenders committed a crime within a year of being released from custody, given a non-custodial sentence or cautioned (compared to 52% across England and Wales) Drug offences: 31% of 11,851 offenders (England and Wales: 25%)Violence against the person: 21% of 4,380 offenders (England and Wales: 25%)Possession of weapons: 30% of 2,443 offenders (England and Wales: 31%)Sexual offences: 17% of 819 offenders (England and Wales: 14%)Re-offending rates have remained largely steady over recent years in Westminster, varying from a low of 26% between July 2006 and June 2007 to 36% from July 2008 to June 2009.<br /><br />Responding to the HM Inspectorate of Probation report, Frances Crook, chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said: “Chris Grayling’s decision to extend post-release supervision and place it in the hands of private companies has ended in failure, as the Howard League and others warned it would. It has not made the public any safer, but it has trapped tens of thousands of people in the criminal justice system for even longer than necessary. This has blighted lives and put an intolerable strain on prisons, and it should be abandoned immediately.”Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-70862064753986893972019-05-22T22:38:22.436+01:002019-05-22T22:38:22.436+01:00Health care the old infirm and cancer research. Th...Health care the old infirm and cancer research. The children's hospital the homeless dependency units welfare for the poorest a new building for the blind deaf or children. Drugs for specialist care surgeries for the waiting list more pay for the doctors anything else sensible than giving it to those robbing thieves and scum privateers called whatever's they can get lost thieves. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-10796006114501820642019-05-22T22:36:28.044+01:002019-05-22T22:36:28.044+01:00https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/thousands-of-cr...https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/thousands-of-crimes-committed-by-reoffenders-in-westminster-last-year/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-19046738050743650202019-05-22T22:27:09.755+01:002019-05-22T22:27:09.755+01:00Probably about £1 if the state of the inspection i...Probably about £1 if the state of the inspection is anything to go by !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-25599947211028851352019-05-22T21:58:43.019+01:002019-05-22T21:58:43.019+01:00Its shit. Its disgraceful. Its manipulative social...Its shit. Its disgraceful. Its manipulative social engineering by ideological lunatics.<br /><br />Some simplistic, idealistic sums to try to get a perspective on the cost of this utter shitcake:<br /><br />TR = (at least) £2.2bn given away to private companies between 2015 & 2020<br />That's £700m a week.<br />That's £140m a day (5-day week)<br /><br />If we work on a figure of 250,000 subject to probation at any time...<br /><br />That's £560/day for each and every case<br />That's £2,800/week for each and every case<br /><br />Just think, you have a caseload of 50 - oh, what you could do for your caseload with £139,400 a week (having taken off your PO salary!).<br /><br />*****And that's just using the CRC budget*****<br /><br />What's the NPS budget?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-36683745058006384642019-05-22T21:49:21.446+01:002019-05-22T21:49:21.446+01:00Never see anything from other branches what are th...Never see anything from other branches what are they doing with their members . Napo Sw is always on here ? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-32784008782428817422019-05-22T21:19:29.038+01:002019-05-22T21:19:29.038+01:00Think what could have been done if the tax payers ...Think what could have been done if the tax payers money that has been wasted on tr had been put into resources for our clients. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-83993368737241034142019-05-22T21:10:33.779+01:002019-05-22T21:10:33.779+01:00Of course London NPS failed its HMIP inspection. A...Of course London NPS failed its HMIP inspection. All it’s staff are too busy reading that 58 page London NPS newsletter ! https://probationmatters.blogspot.com/2019/03/london-nps-respect.html?m=1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com