tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post2462558067996333613..comments2024-03-28T12:02:49.472+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: 'What's a PSR Grandad?'Jim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-42407942028740722852015-11-08T09:16:03.567+00:002015-11-08T09:16:03.567+00:00Dreamland nipper and sold out then have you. Quote...Dreamland nipper and sold out then have you. Quote that speech welcomes the losers bench. If tr is not working and sfo are the consequence that's all you need to get rid. Or what join the pi and scrounge around for a new professional excuse for offending. Grow up we are ideologically opposed so most of us have to get out. I like your stuff most of the time but today your barrelling it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-23289669137324397972015-11-07T22:10:26.514+00:002015-11-07T22:10:26.514+00:00Sorry to go off topic but was wondering if anyone ...Sorry to go off topic but was wondering if anyone knows the answer to this... the internal civil service jobs say 'If you are a current Civil Servant or employee of a CRC, this vacancy... ' does this mean that CRC staff can still apply for internal Civil Servant jobs? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-74954536500860393822015-11-07T21:09:07.651+00:002015-11-07T21:09:07.651+00:00Isn't that "end over end" offender m...Isn't that "end over end" offender management? Or "bend to end" offender management?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-42922454082669172352015-11-07T20:19:01.733+00:002015-11-07T20:19:01.733+00:00In our CRC they bend over backwards to avoid anyon...In our CRC they bend over backwards to avoid anyone going back to jail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-33612116490384444602015-11-07T17:30:41.208+00:002015-11-07T17:30:41.208+00:00What happened to end to end offender management. I...What happened to end to end offender management. In our crc if someone commits an offence whilst subject to a community order and gets custody he is then transferred to another officer. No continuityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-27717107950992756762015-11-07T17:18:01.767+00:002015-11-07T17:18:01.767+00:00It's coming in the Offender Management in cust...It's coming in the Offender Management in custody reviewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-64327098262336518952015-11-07T16:13:29.523+00:002015-11-07T16:13:29.523+00:00Doesn't say that in the E3 Blueprint.Doesn't say that in the E3 Blueprint. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-55925493317208585042015-11-07T15:19:53.493+00:002015-11-07T15:19:53.493+00:00You won't be visiting prisons because you won&...You won't be visiting prisons because you won't hold those cases anymore, prison OMs will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-90124363853149650192015-11-07T14:16:51.491+00:002015-11-07T14:16:51.491+00:00Everyone across the country is being told the same...Everyone across the country is being told the same thing. Consistency of approach is the new mantra even if it means we are months late in getting things done. For example, new law on unlawfully at large offence comes in in April. PI explaining what OM's have to do issued in October. Briefings for MOm's and quality assurance they're doing it properly, not yet. LADy's and Divisions are hog tied on nearly all issues waiting for the centre to get its act together and tell us what to do. Local responsivity so correctly prized by the Trusts has all gone. Now we are subject to the oversight and guidance of a bunch of civil servants at NOMS who probably could organise a piss up in a brewery. It would take them two years though and it wouldnt be very good. For example, who's looked at Equip? If you haven't then my advice is don't. The process maps that have been done are, as far as I can see, not fit for purpose with glaring omissions in practice details and a slavish adherence to admin process to ensure targets are met at its core. They were supposed yo have used "experts" to design the maps but clearly they have either been ignored or they are not experts in probation. It's frustrating that there are so many clever and innovative people in NPS but most are drowning in shit handed down by NOMS instead of formulating and implementing effective practice that works for their communities like we used to do in the Trusts. Oh and we still met their formulaic targets then too. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-33848283860499973082015-11-07T14:11:20.996+00:002015-11-07T14:11:20.996+00:00'I agree with all those who have spoken today ...'I agree with all those who have spoken today that we need to focus on the fact that we are where we are, to look carefully at what is out there in the landscape and (where it is possible) to jointly address those areas where we can contribute to improvements in the CJS of the future'<br /><br />This is the position stated by IL on 20th October in a speech he gave at a No Offence conference. <br /><br />TR is reality and it would be futile to pretend otherwise. The unions were defeated. And that's politics, folks. But who knows what the future may bring. It may be true to say that the CRC companies are guaranteed ten years of profits and therefore the contracts would be too costly to break even if there was a change of government. Yet we know that some outsourced contracts have been investigated for serious fraud. Perhaps we may see more fraudulent behaviour, in the months and years ahead which could lead to some contractors becoming unfit for purpose. All it takes is a conscientious person to blow a whistle. <br /><br />Netnippernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-26343160863159266422015-11-07T13:41:38.607+00:002015-11-07T13:41:38.607+00:00Why would anyone need to go to see their clients i...Why would anyone need to go to see their clients in prison any more? Those lovely CRCs have got their Through The Gate plans all up and running and can do all the work for you. All you have to do is see your chap or chapess on release according to National Standards, and send a nice thank you letter to the CRC for having addressed all their problems before release.<br /><br />*wakes up and shudders at reality*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-90745428351138717272015-11-07T13:38:36.630+00:002015-11-07T13:38:36.630+00:00Yes that's right, I well remember Ian Lawrence...Yes that's right, I well remember Ian Lawrence's pitch during the GS election in which he said he was going to sign up to the framework agreement without securing any meaningful concessions from the Government, and that he was going to talk big about judicial review with no intention of following it through.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-28570500918203384002015-11-07T12:49:24.181+00:002015-11-07T12:49:24.181+00:00Yes we have been told the same .
Another thing we...Yes we have been told the same . <br />Another thing we've been told is that unless an offender is a ppo or has drug testing in their licence condition ( which is generally a ppo or if they are at an ap) then we can't drug test due to cost . How can that be effective risk management if we can't drug test when we suspect someone's been using and we know it's linked to an increase in ROSHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-1832409992605470762015-11-07T10:00:05.251+00:002015-11-07T10:00:05.251+00:00Well napo voted its leadership in well done. You g...Well napo voted its leadership in well done. You got what you asked for there were plenty of others giving the warnings . There was choice but napo voters ducks and sheep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-36967768675205739812015-11-07T08:26:03.531+00:002015-11-07T08:26:03.531+00:00Snap as above and we in NPS have been told we have...Snap as above and we in NPS have been told we have to travel at cheapest cost with public transport having to be considered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-57933592347666892302015-11-07T08:21:17.141+00:002015-11-07T08:21:17.141+00:00And if there was a blog of the week category, this...And if there was a blog of the week category, this reflective blog would be the one for me. I note little has been said on response the the Independent's observation that "The National Association of Probation Officers has effectively conceded defeat in its opposition to the overhaul..." Sadly that had already "effectively" happened when they signed off on national agreements in 2014.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-11754832311655065032015-11-07T07:03:29.532+00:002015-11-07T07:03:29.532+00:00Have colleagues in NPS like me been informed that ...Have colleagues in NPS like me been informed that prison visits for sentence planning, oral hearings etc should only be made where videolink technology or tele conference options are not available because the costs are too high?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com