tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post2187699582472243656..comments2024-03-28T23:10:52.046+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: Latest From Napo HQ 5Jim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-22489366299719369832013-12-08T19:55:51.268+00:002013-12-08T19:55:51.268+00:00That's an excellent point mentioned. What if w...That's an excellent point mentioned. What if we all went out on sick on the last two weeks before the change over. Makes me wonder how the service would cope. I wonder whether this would draw in public attention?<br />Grayling - If you are reading this how do like this!!!! Take that to the Justice Select Committee. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-26083517982562967172013-12-08T08:07:33.023+00:002013-12-08T08:07:33.023+00:00Bobbyjoe,
I think the point is that when the CRC&...Bobbyjoe,<br /><br />I think the point is that when the CRC's are taken over by their new owners, all bets are off. As with the London Serco UPW contract, it will be entirely up to the new management what terms and conditions will prevail, how large the workforce needs to be, job roles, methods of working etc etc Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-9807526868134571142013-12-08T08:02:26.134+00:002013-12-08T08:02:26.134+00:00Thanks Andrew - I've taken the liberty of remo...Thanks Andrew - I've taken the liberty of removing the comments section though.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Jim Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-91214359626264499652013-12-08T07:09:14.488+00:002013-12-08T07:09:14.488+00:00Many managers are napo members.I'm all for scu...Many managers are napo members.I'm all for scuppering TR, but if you think the Daily Splash can actually sort out the risk issue, well.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-62201556806328940682013-12-08T04:30:30.020+00:002013-12-08T04:30:30.020+00:00Prisons invite 3,000 staff they paid off to rejoin...Prisons invite 3,000 staff they paid off to rejoin in new jobs<br /><br />==============================================<br /><br />Richard Ford Home Correspondent<br /><br />Published at 12:01AM, December 6 2013<br /><br />The Prison Service is recruiting 1,000 more officers to help to tackle a staffing crisis in jails even though more than 3,000 officers have left in the past two years, many with generous payoffs.<br /><br />Many of those who left are to be offered the new jobs.<br /><br />In another sign of serious staff shortages, the National Offender Management Service is to offer six-month contracts to some former prison officers to help overcome shortages on the wings of London prisons.<br /><br />Jails in England and Wales are so short of staff that the scheme under which officers are moved around the country to plug gaps at particular prisons has been expanded.<br /><br />Staff sent to other jails are to be allowed to claim subsistence allowances beyond the normal 30-day limit “due to the exceptional operational need”, The Times has been told.<br /><br />Prison officers expressed astonishment at the debacle which has left the service in the embarrassing position of having to recruit so many officers within months of revealing that thousands had departed, including many with compensation of up to 21 months’ pay.<br /><br />Steve Gillan, the general secretary of the Prison Officers’ Association, said: “They have let too many people go and staffing levels are now dangerously low. They have cut too much, too quickly. They have let all the experienced staff go and that is why they now are to approach those experienced staff to bring them back. It is an extraordinary position to be in.<br /><br />“I think they will struggle to recruit in London. They are so desperate they are offering contracts to ex-staff”.<br /><br />In the two years to September 3,210 prison officers left jails, including many under a voluntary early-departure scheme in which staff could receive up to a maximum of 21 months’ pay. The Prison Service said it did not have figures for the number of officers who took advantage of the scheme but separate figures show that 3,330 staff left under the scheme.<br /><br />Prison officers’ leaders said the vast majority of staff who left did so on the early-departure scheme and that some were based at jails which closed as the prison estate was restructured.<br /><br />A sign that the Prison Service has blundered is disclosed in evidence to the 2013 Prison Service Pay Review Body, which said that “it expected low volumes of recruitment to continue throughout the rest of the current spending review period”.<br /><br />Asked whether recruiting 1,000 was “low volume”, the Prison Service said national recruitment levels were low. Figures show that in the year to March 2012, just 235 officers were hired.<br /><br />A spokeswoman for the Prison Service said: “The Prison Service is aiming to recruit around 1,000 prison officers over the next 12 months as it returns to normal recruitment levels. It will be drawing the attention of ex-staff to the recruitment campaign.<br /><br />“The service will have a temporary shortfall of staff in London and will offer six-month, fixed-term contracts to about 70 selected former prison officers, subject to strict Civil Service rules around employing those who have left through retirement, resignation or the early-departures scheme.”<br /><br />Former prison officers will be re-hired on a lower salary and pay higher pension contributions. They would have to pay back any compensation received on a pro-rata basis although it will be reduced if they are employed on a lower salary than before. For example. a former officer who left with ten months’ pay and rejoined within three months of leaving would have to re-pay seven months’ money.<br /><br /><br />http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article3941074.eceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-34711054106746902072013-12-08T03:25:56.591+00:002013-12-08T03:25:56.591+00:00By the very nature of this whole TR shambles it co...By the very nature of this whole TR shambles it could be argued that management have refused to acknowledge the risks to the public, therefore a precedent has been set in going straight to the Press with any issues. I pretty much guarantee that any reporter would love to get hold of a story which involves G4S/Serco etc AND a risk to the public! If Grayling want's to fight dirty he has to realise that the other side can cause as much damage fir both him and his MP chums' favourite stocks and shares! It only takes 3-4 leaked stories for the pressure on both Grayling and the PM to become untenable; one will have to fall on their sword! I consider it our moral duty to ensure that the Press and public are aware if any problems!!!<br /><br />Also, please don't forget to take your 10+ sick days that you are allowed each year. Take them before April as after this we are in new contract territory and previous sickness cannot be applied to any new contract. I can assure you all, 100%, that I will be taking 2 weeks, fully paid (!!!!), sickness leave before April of next year.<br /><br />My manager can sort out my appts etc from Delius. Really past caring now :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-3148470603172707022013-12-07T23:35:46.389+00:002013-12-07T23:35:46.389+00:00Chris Grayling should know better that if this goe...Chris Grayling should know better that if this goes ahead, there will be whistle-blowers in every department leaking out information to the media regarding issues. Staff unlikley to take these to managers as they will often cover up. Whistle-blowers are protected under the law when management refuse to acknowledge danger and risk to public.<br />ANARCHIST PO Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-14275887352552194032013-12-07T23:14:04.141+00:002013-12-07T23:14:04.141+00:00MP Chris Grayling
1. What power have you got?
2. W...MP Chris Grayling<br />1. What power have you got?<br />2. Where did you get it from?<br />3. In whose interest do you exercise it?<br />4. To whom are you accountable?<br />5. How can we get rid of you?<br /><br />Only democracy gives us that right, and that is why I am not gagged. That is why no-one in power likes democracy - and that is why every generation must struggle to win it and keep it. Including you and me - here and now.David Hursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00803126450017420488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-21335441939619068832013-12-07T23:02:52.270+00:002013-12-07T23:02:52.270+00:00Looking for a silver lining, I have a colleague on...Looking for a silver lining, I have a colleague on a temporary contract that expires end of March 14. Will he be guaranteed a job in the new structure - would be CRC but from a temp contract with 3 months to run, to guaranteed employment til June 15, at least one person might be happy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-63974617475505094382013-12-07T20:55:58.441+00:002013-12-07T20:55:58.441+00:00Yes, I suppose it hard to turn a pigs ear into a s...Yes, I suppose it hard to turn a pigs ear into a silk purse, but I have a soft spot for the vulnerable. Poor CG what are we to to do with you?David Hursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00803126450017420488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-85024774969424030012013-12-07T20:41:12.816+00:002013-12-07T20:41:12.816+00:00Shame on Cameron eulogising about Mandela when, as...Shame on Cameron eulogising about Mandela when, as one of Thatchers lackeys he was lobbying against sanctions on apartheid S. Africa while the great man was rotting in jail. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-34206075306535922462013-12-07T20:39:57.805+00:002013-12-07T20:39:57.805+00:00Today's post states the MoJ are refusing to gu...Today's post states the MoJ are refusing to guarantee continuity of service after the initial transfer. My letter (Derbyshire) says "...pay, annual leave, flexible working arrangements, working hours, expenses and pensions are all protected into the future. The MoJ has protected them until June 2015 and is ensuring that there will be no compulsory redundancies until that date at the earliest." Is this true? If not where is the evidence so I can use it in my grievance?.......Bobbyjoenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-81158997282122065642013-12-07T20:30:38.544+00:002013-12-07T20:30:38.544+00:00Because CG has his mitts firmly on this project WH...Because CG has his mitts firmly on this project WHEN it fails , it will be clearly his problem, with regular meetings with his civil servants he has a clear view on what is happening and any comment to JSC to the contrary is disingenuous. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-69352063843360293342013-12-07T20:11:52.371+00:002013-12-07T20:11:52.371+00:00JUSTICE FOR ALL? Chris Grayling #fraudulently clai...JUSTICE FOR ALL? Chris Grayling #fraudulently claimed London flat despite nearby constituency home Telegraph http://t.co/xX4e7uZjFi<br /><br />Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary claimed thousands of pounds to renovate a flat in central London – bought with a mortgage funded at taxpayers’ expense, even though his constituency home is less than 17 miles from the House of Commons. <br />Chris Grayling, the Shadow Home Secretary, has his constituency in Surrey <br /> Mr Grayling, who represents Epsom and Ewell, lives in a large house in Ashtead, Surrey, but also claims expenses for a flat in Pimlico, near the House of Commons. Mr Grayling also owns other buy-to-let flats and now has four properties within the M25...... <br /><br />Boris Johnson would be proud as Greed is Good!<br />David Hursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00803126450017420488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-7136208904267497462013-12-07T20:06:58.676+00:002013-12-07T20:06:58.676+00:00Sounds like CG and MoG are getting a bit upset in ...Sounds like CG and MoG are getting a bit upset in their work. Happen someone from like NAPO, Jim, 30 years in, need to swap sides and even things up, as we dont want to be intimidating the vulnerable!David Hursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00803126450017420488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-43576230279597414842013-12-07T18:51:52.518+00:002013-12-07T18:51:52.518+00:00Deb,
Just wondered if you could copy and paste a ...Deb,<br /><br />Just wondered if you could copy and paste a bit more of the article - not the whole lot - just enough so we know the key bits. <br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Jim Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-18637085276162029372013-12-07T17:19:27.517+00:002013-12-07T17:19:27.517+00:00I hear CG is furious that within his TR team, ther...I hear CG is furious that within his TR team, there is a mole...well it doesn't take a genius to work that one out - love the comment.. "raised voices are heard at NOMS HQ as they try and turn a silk purse back into a pigs ear". Another easy one - STOP TRYING!30 years innoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-397636307812419202013-12-07T15:57:51.042+00:002013-12-07T15:57:51.042+00:00 Second time might be lucky Second time might be luckyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-17052367667254814422013-12-07T15:34:14.565+00:002013-12-07T15:34:14.565+00:00Already done at the time of the industrial action ...Already done at the time of the industrial action I'm afraid. He retweeted the link to the petition to his 7 million followers, unfortunately to little effect! He also replied that the government should "give it [probation's work] to RAPt", with a wink I should add!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-88102759549430248422013-12-07T15:22:11.550+00:002013-12-07T15:22:11.550+00:00I have, what do you want to know?
DebI have, what do you want to know?<br />DebAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-88818632820750854232013-12-07T14:31:18.493+00:002013-12-07T14:31:18.493+00:00At times of desperation we might have to.At times of desperation we might have to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-1787263153244431252013-12-07T13:24:10.241+00:002013-12-07T13:24:10.241+00:00I'm contacting Russell Brand.I'm contacting Russell Brand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-53605719020524438092013-12-07T12:32:45.460+00:002013-12-07T12:32:45.460+00:00Risks that the Public Probation staff are confront...Risks that the Public Probation staff are confronted with are: <br /><br />*There is a risk of insufficient support for ill thought idea of TR by management, MoJ and Chris Grayling which will lead to a failure of progress and design.<br /><br />*There is a risk that the cost of the objectives cannot be met and there will be huge failure and extra cost to the taxpayer.<br /><br />*There is a risk that our operational performance will lead to operational failure, and damage to a good and excellent service.<br /><br />* There is a risk that market competition will lead to the Govt accepting any old bid that do not reflect value for money.<br />David Hursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00803126450017420488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-23404605171569359462013-12-07T12:32:37.799+00:002013-12-07T12:32:37.799+00:00Yup in my view that is part of the master plan, ge...Yup in my view that is part of the master plan, get rid of the expensive overheads ( permanent staff) then take back as sessional ( eg report writers) or temporary contracts ( redundant staff desperate for work replacing more expensive permanent roles). Much cheaper for the posh boys to employ....... continuity for the offender ? Forget it, they have....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-12793523076587299852013-12-07T11:58:59.730+00:002013-12-07T11:58:59.730+00:00Apologies as it's off topic - but this is amaz...Apologies as it's off topic - but this is amazing from yesterday in the Times - anyone got a subscription?<br /><br />"Prisons invite 3,000 staff they paid off to rejoin in new jobs.<br /><br />The Prison Service is recruiting 1,000 more officers to help to tackle a staffing crisis in jails even though more than 3,000 officers have left in the past two years, many with generous payoffs.<br /><br />Many of those who left are to be offered the new jobs.<br /><br />In another sign of serious staff shortages, the National Offender Management Service is to offer six-month contracts to some former prison officers to help overcome shortages on the wings of London prisons." Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.com