tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post2509662537609180431..comments2024-03-28T23:10:52.046+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: Probation Bits and PiecesJim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-36176818026272908242014-06-03T23:31:43.720+01:002014-06-03T23:31:43.720+01:00A CRC officer wandered around yesterday and today ...A CRC officer wandered around yesterday and today trying to find out who his new manager is. Partner staff who work with CRC and NPS offenders not able to access NPS on Delius so can't add contacts re. dangerous offenders. Admin don't know which staff they are admin for. No templates on new e-stationary only part filled letterhead. Post staff not given plans of new office set-up so don't know which staff are where. Laughable if it wasn't so serious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-49849947069319006622014-06-03T07:06:54.766+01:002014-06-03T07:06:54.766+01:00 Keep us posted with your progress.Employment righ... Keep us posted with your progress.Employment rights of those assigned to the CRC have been trampled on and will be on ET agendas over the next few years .These things takes ages to work through and the culprits long gone.The usual attitude of oh, that was soooooo yesterday, get over it will not wash, I suspect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-22358867936640132812014-06-03T05:55:33.057+01:002014-06-03T05:55:33.057+01:00You dont need a degree to work as a PO,,,life expe...You dont need a degree to work as a PO,,,life experience is vital all the degree does is to provide you with a theoretical knowledge-interesting but not essentialAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-87209960917159100422014-06-03T05:49:04.780+01:002014-06-03T05:49:04.780+01:00not just Northumbria, will happen to all CRCs, tol...not just Northumbria, will happen to all CRCs, told you this was coming two weeks ago - they are so worried about low numbers.....they have to make the PI work so are making you join!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-58817936645162183682014-06-03T00:15:03.166+01:002014-06-03T00:15:03.166+01:00Our admin got NPS last week as our area cocked up ...Our admin got NPS last week as our area cocked up big time and allocated virtually eveRY AO to CRC. You could not make it up as TODAY AO NPS could not use Delius at all as THEY forgot to reallocate them as NPS. A manager from CRC came in and asked us very politely if she could check something on our system about a death in custody. To be fair she was as perplexed by this debacle as much as we are. I felt for her. Don't get me started on the new risk tool and the Ikea instructions on how to input this on the system.No workload adjustment for this either. Three hours to do an FDR even though a round trip to the nearest video link takes that long in travel alone for us in the sticks. This has now been made even less achievable due to the new risk tool which basically states the bleeding obvious for most cases as we are kind of trained to erm, know anyway. I did my first RSR on a shop theft, recd a DRR who are all CRC and it took me over an hour to find this fact out even though I knew he could not go to NPS with my proposal. It's a joke but what can I do to argue the toss? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-76421888541236515492014-06-02T23:52:11.694+01:002014-06-02T23:52:11.694+01:00The pre entry degrees is the same. Some areas like...The pre entry degrees is the same. Some areas like London always employed externally to this route whilst pso with no undergraduate degree did the longer route. You get paid a p o salary once you occupy a p o position. Exactly the same as the previous arrangements. Nothing new here at all am afraid. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-45882348229519245072014-06-02T23:42:31.350+01:002014-06-02T23:42:31.350+01:00Northumbria CRC offering to pay our first year'...Northumbria CRC offering to pay our first year's membership of the Probation Institute. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-66230425729983448612014-06-02T23:32:20.064+01:002014-06-02T23:32:20.064+01:00Yes it is. In my office they still kept allocating...Yes it is. In my office they still kept allocating transfer cases from NPS to CRC,even when the system was down! Cue me getting e-mails regarding new cases and next appointments and I can't even access their records, nor have the case files appear to have turned up! I probably should chase this up, but I am so demoralised I've lost the will to care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-81474445564471485772014-06-02T23:02:26.847+01:002014-06-02T23:02:26.847+01:00It is literally a farce.It is literally a farce.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-18288498308547490712014-06-02T22:54:36.689+01:002014-06-02T22:54:36.689+01:00E-mail after Delius went back on. "Please can...E-mail after Delius went back on. "Please can you check your caseloads and make sure they are correct." I have no idea. Most of my cases were allocated to me on Wednesday half an hour before you turned it off. I don't know who these people are or whether I should have them or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-78401085934891833692014-06-02T22:53:21.139+01:002014-06-02T22:53:21.139+01:00Contacted employment solicitor today. Not letting ...Contacted employment solicitor today. Not letting this go just yet :0)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-63923286698219249552014-06-02T22:49:41.859+01:002014-06-02T22:49:41.859+01:00I imagine that is the long term goal and perhaps a...I imagine that is the long term goal and perhaps always has been. If probation doesn't exist and 'rehabilitation' no longer works then the only solution is to lock everyone up. Why else build super prisons when reoffending rates are declining year on year. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-76153649512041730122014-06-02T22:45:38.012+01:002014-06-02T22:45:38.012+01:00Delius has never been fit for purpose and now thei...Delius has never been fit for purpose and now their trying to make it do even more. I had 3 clients all booked on the same programme. Programme got pulled due to lack of staff. Now I have 12 pages of alerts telling me each individual session has been cancelled. Cheers guys, that'll take me a good hour to clear while I'm looking for the things I might really need to know and I'm not doing my job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-42784368009056318782014-06-02T22:24:53.328+01:002014-06-02T22:24:53.328+01:00I just hope Delius is down for a few days - enough...I just hope Delius is down for a few days - enough time to cause proper carnage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-39861337862777178912014-06-02T22:18:00.883+01:002014-06-02T22:18:00.883+01:00http://m.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/local-ne...http://m.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/local-news/new-era-for-probation-in-northumberland-1-6648904Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-75788555564060149492014-06-02T21:54:11.493+01:002014-06-02T21:54:11.493+01:00also #wearestandingup4Probationalso #wearestandingup4ProbationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-77568523576695726382014-06-02T21:46:56.322+01:002014-06-02T21:46:56.322+01:00This was the response I got from the Chancellor wh...This was the response I got from the Chancellor when I wrote explaining about problems with implementation of TR. He really read it & understood it didn't he? Thank you for contacting me about probation.<br /><br />Although crime is falling, reoffending rates have barely changed in a decade despite significant increases in spending under Labour. Crime is increasingly being committed by those who have broken the law before. £ 4 billion a year is spent on prisons and probation, yet more than 58 per cent of prisoners serving less than 12 months go on to commit further crimes within a year of release.<br /><br />That is why we announced plans to transform offender rehabilitation. Every offender leaving prison will have a mandatory period of at least 12 months under supervision in the community, during which they will get the support they need to help them turn their lives around.<br /><br />To remain affordable, the system must become more efficient. We are therefore opening up probation services to a diverse range of new rehabilitation providers bringing together the best of the public, voluntary and private sectors. Their expertise, skills and innovation will be crucial in properly supporting offenders. Providers will only be paid in full if they are successful at reducing reoffending, making taxpayers’ money go further and ensuring all sentences deliver both punishment and rehabilitation.<br /><br />The National Probation Service will be a new public sector organisation tasked with supervising and rehabilitating 31,000 high risk offenders each year, as well as conducting the risk assessment of all offenders. It will work alongside 21 new community rehabilitation companies to manage offenders in the community.<br /><br />Please be assured that the Government is working closely with the Probation Association and Probation Chiefs’ Association to create a new national Institute of Probation. Probation trust staffs are assigned to one of the new organisations responsible for managing offenders and tackling our shockingly high reoffending rates.<br /><br />Thank you again for taking the time to contact me.<br /><br />Yours sincerely,<br /><br />Rt Hon George Osborne MPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-18162633824266424882014-06-02T21:44:28.584+01:002014-06-02T21:44:28.584+01:00Is anyone who has any power reading this blog to s...Is anyone who has any power reading this blog to see exactly how everything is FUCKED UP, don't try and pat yourselves on the back by telling yourselves lies that all is going smoothly. Hasn't anyone got the balls to stand up and be honest and admit the truth that we are in a mess. I for one feel demoralised and have no motivation to do this job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-64153167247399386272014-06-02T21:41:25.802+01:002014-06-02T21:41:25.802+01:00Did anyone else notice the new FDR's ?- Someon...Did anyone else notice the new FDR's ?- Someone in my office thought it was the beginning of the end for SDR's and set up to assist and guide CRC's to function. so cynical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-27092524496750555922014-06-02T21:38:42.681+01:002014-06-02T21:38:42.681+01:00Yes....but it's crap, just like the excel time...Yes....but it's crap, just like the excel time sheets, delius, oasys and the large number of e-mails from IT - some amounting to 28, pages - to assist us..yeah right! Planks! <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-88822935621953237302014-06-02T21:37:29.116+01:002014-06-02T21:37:29.116+01:00I knew there was a reason why I chose that name.I knew there was a reason why I chose that name.Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-51617363043158262722014-06-02T21:28:03.026+01:002014-06-02T21:28:03.026+01:00BBC Report about alleged assaults at Elmley Gaol, ...BBC Report about alleged assaults at Elmley Gaol, Kent - interview with POA rep and Bobby Cummins of Unlock.<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=580381985411903Andrew_S_Hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115192522317353139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-34277296803557397942014-06-02T21:16:57.897+01:002014-06-02T21:16:57.897+01:00Tears from colleagues today and one has walked out...Tears from colleagues today and one has walked out after an argument with a manager (not their own) about their 'negativity' in the face of NOMS edicts that don't make sense. It's. Hell out here and all so unnecessary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-7722874867759796852014-06-02T21:13:15.470+01:002014-06-02T21:13:15.470+01:00Just got back from leave today to find an email fr...Just got back from leave today to find an email from our new Chief (who shall remain nameless). Reading between the lines it appears that we need to prepare to be held to account for when our clients offend. I'm not sure how we would word that (not that we now can) in a PSR. I can feel a complaint to NAPO coming on.<br /><br />Two clients also not seen and no letters sent out as the OM covering could not access Delius to see if it was a Formal Warning or Risk of Breach. <br /><br />We don't need to wait for the wheels to come off, they already have!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-74545777108525645692014-06-02T21:03:25.525+01:002014-06-02T21:03:25.525+01:00Of course she is. These people are untrustworthy. ...Of course she is. These people are untrustworthy. After 25 years in Probation, I now have NO FAITH in the Ministry. They have no integrity and tell lies to suit their ends. It is a disgrace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com