tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post1301979669214461784..comments2024-03-28T23:10:52.046+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: While We WaitJim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-42100418374763352442014-12-15T23:16:36.204+00:002014-12-15T23:16:36.204+00:00I can't think of one single thing I like about...I can't think of one single thing I like about my job at the moment sadly. Thanks Chris G, you dangerous wanker!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-6319890259971044882014-12-15T23:13:55.942+00:002014-12-15T23:13:55.942+00:00Great day today, full of uselessness. Delius on an...Great day today, full of uselessness. Delius on and off all day. Putting entries on for them to disappear. Then lost 2 hours work on an SDR on Oasys, spent half hour on the phone to shared services call centre who logged the call to try and retrieve. Basically resigned myself to writing it again. Did you save it? she said. Erm, no but it was the finishing touches, putting it altogether. Oh I would recommend you save the work at least every half hour. Oh, OK, no shit Sherlock, bitlate now no? Can I continue or will I lose the work again? Erm,I work in a call centre and not qualified to be able to tell you if it's Ok to continue on OASys. You should be OK though. What makes you think that then. Erm, dunno really!! I am on nearly 200 per cent. Like I have time for this shit!! NPS. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-28450340473085430502014-12-15T22:13:11.818+00:002014-12-15T22:13:11.818+00:00I have had seven I'd cards since I entered the...I have had seven I'd cards since I entered the world of Probation 25 years ago. 3 were due to a change of area, 4 due to a merger or restructuring. Probation has ALWAYS been 'in transition' but it has never involved this level of destruction before. This transition is out of control.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-72665961816393868622014-12-15T20:58:35.095+00:002014-12-15T20:58:35.095+00:00They also need to conduct a review of risk of seri...They also need to conduct a review of risk of serious harm assessments across the board. There are way too many cases assessed as presenting a risk of serious harm not uncommonly due to back covering and being risk averse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-71743911780790511022014-12-15T20:32:24.789+00:002014-12-15T20:32:24.789+00:00I hope it's dead or terribly broken. I hate it...I hope it's dead or terribly broken. I hate it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-78527368513889841972014-12-15T20:02:13.045+00:002014-12-15T20:02:13.045+00:00so let me get this straight, in my area there'...so let me get this straight, in my area there's no vacancies for NPS PSO and so does this mean prison PSOs are going to have to go to a CRC (no space in ours either due to a recent big recruitment drive) or basically be made redundant? That's shocking - I don't think they should've recruited in the CRCs until the NPS staffing picture was clear because now even the CRCs aren't available :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-61170160422164899852014-12-15T19:50:53.943+00:002014-12-15T19:50:53.943+00:00"This report paints a picture of a service in..."This report paints a picture of a service in transition", Justice Minister Andrew Selous said.<br /><br />Catches on quick, doesn't he?Ex-Napo membernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-224053753554486022014-12-15T19:50:45.722+00:002014-12-15T19:50:45.722+00:00Changes to probation services in England and Wales...Changes to probation services in England and Wales are being pushed through too quickly, the service's chief inspector has warned.<br /><br />A report by Paul McDowell found staff had been told of some changes by email to be implemented the next day with "little or no time for training".<br /><br />Justice Secretary Chris Grayling is overhauling the service in an attempt to reduce re-offending.<br /><br />The government says reforms are being phased to ensure public safety.<br /><br />Changes have seen the probation service split in two, with £450m in contracts offered to private and voluntary sector organisations to supervise low and medium-risk offenders.<br /><br />High-risk ones are managed by a new public sector organisation - the National Probation Service (NPS).<br /><br />Mr McDowell claims the speed of changes to the service "caused operational problems that could have been avoided or mitigated".<br /><br />He said they exposed existing flaws in the system, including shortfalls in "processes, practice quality, consistency, leadership and management".Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-49594740826284168402014-12-15T19:49:01.809+00:002014-12-15T19:49:01.809+00:00And yet in some areas NPS have been advertising fo...And yet in some areas NPS have been advertising for PSOs! Plus, all prison staff were told they had to go to NPS, now they are being told they are not needed because of getting rid of OMIC. Whilst I'm unhappy with the lot given to me in all this, the unfairness for those PSOs is particularly outstanding. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-82806852914813618292014-12-15T19:48:59.687+00:002014-12-15T19:48:59.687+00:00it was ok up until lunch time then went on the go ...it was ok up until lunch time then went on the go slow then kept timing me out. I hope it's totally screwed - it's almost like a gift from above!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-54962358622349113852014-12-15T19:33:10.325+00:002014-12-15T19:33:10.325+00:00http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30476433http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30476433Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-20937485972125039152014-12-15T18:54:19.096+00:002014-12-15T18:54:19.096+00:00If the contracts are signed without any major chan...If the contracts are signed without any major changes, when (not if) something goes wrong those in charge of the CPC's will not be able to use ignorance of any facts as defence when they are sued by anyone injured as a result of negligence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-81663449222705188472014-12-15T18:48:37.343+00:002014-12-15T18:48:37.343+00:00yep, ndelius was off and on today, not good, could...yep, ndelius was off and on today, not good, could access records. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-66953737568551331402014-12-15T18:48:27.910+00:002014-12-15T18:48:27.910+00:00'a number of PSOs have been assigned to the NP...'a number of PSOs have been assigned to the NPS. Apart from court ones we could not understand the reason for this and SPOs were not clear what tasks could be assigned to them. <br /><br />the above statement sticks in my throat a bit - I have PSO friends who stayed with NPS as they thought it was 'safe' and they assumed when high risk downgraded to medium then they could take over the management of the case. This has not turned out to be the case and they have little to do. There were 3 PSO vacancies in the CRC and they didn't even get the chance to apply for them. They're feeling very vulnerable career wise now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-1215085832242692082014-12-15T18:41:31.381+00:002014-12-15T18:41:31.381+00:00GS blog on NAPO website a good one IMO and the let...GS blog on NAPO website a good one IMO and the letter to CRC's must raise alarm for the bidders. Some way to go yet until contracts are signed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-64842358629982449322014-12-15T18:35:57.344+00:002014-12-15T18:35:57.344+00:00Report received that nDelius has stalled: -
http:...Report received that nDelius has stalled: -<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/pxa5vcj<br /><br />Andrew_S_Hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115192522317353139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-8717803192828267462014-12-15T18:31:57.351+00:002014-12-15T18:31:57.351+00:00on our LDU it's NPS who are overstaffed - they...on our LDU it's NPS who are overstaffed - they all talk of low caseloads & many in custody) - CRC are about right that's until Through the Gate start descending upon us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-80060194473387651212014-12-15T17:44:51.600+00:002014-12-15T17:44:51.600+00:00Which part did Alan Mc Donald write? It's got ...Which part did Alan Mc Donald write? It's got to be at least 30% to be impartial!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-66545047493634115122014-12-15T17:44:48.571+00:002014-12-15T17:44:48.571+00:00Napo write to the CRC bidders
http://tinyurl.com/...Napo write to the CRC bidders<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/m3c2k74Andrew_S_Hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115192522317353139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-49557606520827928492014-12-15T13:24:08.902+00:002014-12-15T13:24:08.902+00:00http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2014/12/15/probati...http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2014/12/15/probation-privatisation-looks-to-be-as-big-a-disaster-as-weAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-32999681969904145282014-12-15T13:08:06.633+00:002014-12-15T13:08:06.633+00:00p54:
"The use of MOJ Shared Services for HR i...p54:<br />"The use of MOJ Shared Services for HR issues had transferred<br />many new responsibilities to line managers, which left them spending significantly more time dealing with HR issues than they had done previously. <br /><br />This is a clear impact of Transforming Rehabilitation,<br />and while we would anticipate that the impact will reduce to some extent as new processes become familiar, these additional tasks will still continue to take NPS managers’ time away from operational<br />issues."<br /><br /> "In only 1 out of 12 cases (high or very high risk of serious harm or where there were concerns about protecting children) was there evidence of effective management oversight, which was worrying given the nature of most of the cases supervised by the NPS.<br />(Recommendation 61)"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-9768816992991121562014-12-15T13:03:24.074+00:002014-12-15T13:03:24.074+00:00p54 "An impact of Transforming Rehabilitation...p54 "An impact of Transforming Rehabilitation<br />is that operational staff and middle managers are now<br />more thinly spread in the NPS. We heard examples of this leading to middle managers in the NPS covering several geographical locations, often many miles apart. Many also had multiple lead<br />responsibilities; one, for example, was responsible for an approved premises, court work and the victim service. We worried that these factors reduced their availability to their teams and made it<br />much more difficult for them to exercise reasonable management oversight of cases. "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-60673791554550598582014-12-15T12:57:40.121+00:002014-12-15T12:57:40.121+00:00p59 "We noted that a high number of cases due...p59 "We noted that a high number of cases due to go to CRCs had been classified as posing a medium risk of<br />serious harm. The harm primarily related to domestic violence and associated child safeguarding concerns.<br />A concern was expressed that, due to the staffing issues outlined above, CRCs in the short and medium<br />term may not have sufficient staff to respond to these issues appropriately."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-39432506020115143332014-12-15T12:55:50.502+00:002014-12-15T12:55:50.502+00:00p59 "In terms of finally transferring the cas...p59 "In terms of finally transferring the cases to the CRC or NPS case manager who would be working with the offender under the new arrangements, two-thirds of cases were still pending transfer being completed."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-15923101876713355742014-12-15T12:37:24.971+00:002014-12-15T12:37:24.971+00:00http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-12-15/govt-gui...http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-12-15/govt-guidance-on-legal-aid-for-immigration-cases-ruled-unlawful/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com