tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post1185197479937757698..comments2024-03-29T06:40:58.606+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: Latest From Napo 124Jim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-39002850465424683652016-11-19T22:48:25.713+00:002016-11-19T22:48:25.713+00:00He is flanked by doe eyed women who think they are...He is flanked by doe eyed women who think they are there to serve him. So they do. The AGM gave me the biggest insight over the way they all buckled up to try and deliver his desires and one was to get out of national bargaining. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-28326067117155290802016-11-19T10:49:13.371+00:002016-11-19T10:49:13.371+00:00The track record is not good, but there must be so...The track record is not good, but there must be some committed, clued-up, inspirational people out there in the probation world willing to give it a go? Surely?Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-16832786115780960022016-11-19T08:17:27.649+00:002016-11-19T08:17:27.649+00:00So where is the bar currently set? Lacklustre, uni...So where is the bar currently set? Lacklustre, uninformed narcissist? Naiive, over-ambitious wannabe? What's been achieved by the last two GS's? Pay freeze for years; loss of annual leave; loss of essential car user allowance; loss of definition between PO & PSO roles; loss of a national service; loss of £130k as a leaving present to disgraced GS; agreement to sifting; no resistance to Sodexo; no public image or media presence, except for cringeworthy bits & bats; loss of hundreds of members; self-aggrandising blogs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-12087093413893477152016-11-19T06:37:46.404+00:002016-11-19T06:37:46.404+00:00Mickey Mouse? Hillary Rodham Clinton? Mickey Mouse? Hillary Rodham Clinton? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-72478548486367371432016-11-19T06:22:36.335+00:002016-11-19T06:22:36.335+00:00Those members of Napo who feel the case for findin...Those members of Napo who feel the case for finding another General Secretary is getting stronger by the day, citing the recent woeful appearance on Russia Today, will have to make sure there is at least one other alternative candidate next year when he finds himself up for re-election. Be warned, there will be forces within the union, especially at the top, who will try and ensure that there is no viable alternative candidate and hence no election..... Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-20653756510527286012016-11-19T01:41:56.829+00:002016-11-19T01:41:56.829+00:00Aaaaaarrgggghhhh!!!! For a supposedly key figure i...Aaaaaarrgggghhhh!!!! For a supposedly key figure in our criminal justice system Napo's GS displays a dire lack of understanding and poor judgement when he writes: "Their [Prison Officers] willingness to ‘walk off the job’ when it becomes absolutely intolerable (despite the ban on industrial action) is both brave and commendable, although the injunction awarding judges obviously don’t agree."<br /><br />The 'injunction awarding judges' have no role in agreeing or disagreeing with the actions of prison staff; the judges' must simply consider & implement existing law. That is a keystone of our criminal justice system.<br /><br />He compounds his crass comment when he haughtily observes: "Naturally the action has sparked the usual wave of hysterical analysis by the likes of the Daily Mail and Express whose front pages are full of rump stake [sic] and video games exposes..." Or criticising the judges who ruled on the law regarding a parliamentary vote to activate leaving Europe? Oops!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-58278214808834939392016-11-18T23:53:19.911+00:002016-11-18T23:53:19.911+00:00It is great to see Probation people caring about t...It is great to see Probation people caring about the wider Criminal Justice System and beyond that. Would expect no less. Wider society, Politicians of various hue, have underestimated the central function, relevance and sheer volume of work that Probation represents. It reminds me of the player in a team that has no glamour in its role but somehow connects and evenly supports all aspects. Probation will be missed, in my opinion, but I sometimes think that because it is not obvious, that its passing will not be recognised. You need to keep pressing the case for Probation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-4493652157764914062016-11-18T19:14:30.340+00:002016-11-18T19:14:30.340+00:00They may all be run by private companies but it is...They may all be run by private companies but it is public money! Where is it going given that they're culling the workforce, a major part of their expenditure? It's not going to the employees or previous employees, that's for sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-42824492862328716332016-11-18T18:57:04.351+00:002016-11-18T18:57:04.351+00:00Its actually hard to identify which CRCs are, in r...Its actually hard to identify which CRCs are, in reality, managed by who if you start browsing Companies House register of directors. There are so many linked companies, shared interests in related companies, shadow companies, holding companies, directors who have interests in competing companies, etc. This is why privatisation is so dangerous, it ends up being an accountants wet dream of "hide the profits". Widow Twanky would be proud of the standard of the laundry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-89697805776434204262016-11-18T18:49:25.724+00:002016-11-18T18:49:25.724+00:00In Nov 2013 probation staff across all 35 probatio...In Nov 2013 probation staff across all 35 probation trusts were "sifted" into either NPS or CRC roles. In June 2014 probation services were divided into a National Probation Service (NPS) across seven regions and 21 new community rehabilitation companies (CRCs). The MoJ held the shares in the CRCs, with the Justice Sec holding a "golden share" in each CRC, giving the Justice Sec an executive overview, i.e. nothing can happen unless Justice Sec agrees to it (presumably this was true of the Aurelius debacle?). The MoJ then chose the private companies they wanted to hand the CRCs over to, and as stated above the change of ownership was at midnight 31 Jan/1 Feb 2015. Staff in CRCs, who had no choice in the matter, endured significant changes to their contract of employment in June 2014 & again in Feb 2015. Some may have had further changes since then, e.g. Working Links/ Aurelius.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-43575028677788347522016-11-18T18:35:17.200+00:002016-11-18T18:35:17.200+00:00Thank you both for your responsesThank you both for your responsesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-50075800052709271952016-11-18T18:25:42.552+00:002016-11-18T18:25:42.552+00:00I cannot find the official Ministry of justice con...I cannot find the official Ministry of justice confirmation but it is referenced by the Probation Inspectorate - which also mentions some of the history and writes<br /><br />"CRCs were transferred from public to private ownership on 1 February 2015."<br /><br />https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprobation/media/press-releases/2016/01/tr4/Andrew_S_Hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115192522317353139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-76266492772524854882016-11-18T18:19:00.396+00:002016-11-18T18:19:00.396+00:00To anon 18.03
From 1 February 2015, Sodexo took o...To anon 18.03 <br />From 1 February 2015, Sodexo took on responsibility for the following community rehabilitation companies and all their employees:<br /><br />Northumbria Community Rehabilitation Company<br />Cumbria & Lancashire Community Rehabilitation Company<br />South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company<br />Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire & Hertfordshire Community Rehabilitation Company<br />Norfolk & Suffolk Community Rehabilitation Company<br />Essex Community Rehabilitation Company<br />Not sure about other organisations. They all found out who had won bids in Dec 2014 I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-76733475125615844142016-11-18T18:03:08.011+00:002016-11-18T18:03:08.011+00:00Nothing to do with the above post but can anyone t...Nothing to do with the above post but can anyone tell me the exact date that the CRC's ceased to be public sector and became private sector. For example Interserve's Purple Futures incorporated in October 2014 but that obviously wasn't the date they took private ownership of the CRC's. Thanks for your helpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com