tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post2579079890033126777..comments2024-03-29T11:18:07.045+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: TR Latest News 6Jim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-2856118124906717272015-10-04T09:26:34.042+01:002015-10-04T09:26:34.042+01:00Explain. Napo mailing Friday 2nd October:-
"...Explain. Napo mailing Friday 2nd October:-<br /><br />"The Shadow Lord Chancellor has now confirmed his attendance at Napo’s AGM this year. He will be addressing conference on Thursday afternoon at 2.30pm."Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-83463832330869345102015-10-04T09:07:05.563+01:002015-10-04T09:07:05.563+01:00No
No<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-55044175518088455832015-10-03T11:56:23.851+01:002015-10-03T11:56:23.851+01:00The Electronic Monitoring Working Group looks as i...The Electronic Monitoring Working Group looks as if they are on the ball with intellectual heavyweights like Professor Mike Nellis, Napo brainbox David Raho and ace researcher Professor Anthea Hucklesby et al on board. I am very glad they are taking the bull by the horns as this stuff needs to be dragged into the spotlight for closer scrutiny.<br /><br />Probation actually missed out on steering the course and development of tagging and arguably gave private companies a foot in the door over a decade ago for understandable reasons but times have changed. It is time to take tagging back in house and use it in a similar way to the way it is used successfully by probation services in other EU countries (who haven't had the same problems) where it is used sparingly as part of probation supervision packages. <br /><br />I read with interest a previous article on this blog about a conference in Leicester where David Raho was talking about biometric reporting and I would like to know more about this so I hope this will be included in the forthcoming report. <br /><br />I did a search and found Mike Nellis has recently written something for the Council of Europe called 'Standards and Ethics in Electronic Monitoring' https://go.coe.int/iSfAg which makes interesting reading for probation practitioners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-42159925996990668122015-10-02T21:43:02.688+01:002015-10-02T21:43:02.688+01:00They have worked hard to ensure the workforce is e...They have worked hard to ensure the workforce is effecvtively engaged and morale maintained. Well they may think they have worked hard but they certainly have not succeeded. Morale is at an all time low in our part of the NPS it has never been lower, trainees are leaving in droves; engaged, with what !!!! incompetence, enormous policies just chucked out at everyone; no one has time to read or digest any of them; useless systems, so called leaders leading their way elsewhere, never to be seen unless at a performance meeting..absolute emperors new clothes the lot of it. They have treated us like the dirt on their shoes and now they give themselves prizesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-3857738743496745712015-10-02T14:12:06.052+01:002015-10-02T14:12:06.052+01:00Is lord falconer definately going to agm ?Is lord falconer definately going to agm ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-44019234864994832172015-10-02T08:59:37.648+01:002015-10-02T08:59:37.648+01:00Hansard source
(Citation: HC Deb, 14 September 201...Hansard source<br />(Citation: HC Deb, 14 September 2015, cW)<br /><br />Jamie Reed:<br /><br />To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on morale amongst staff of recent reforms to the Probation Service.<br /><br />Andrew Selous: <br /><br />We recognise that this has been a time of great change for probation staff and we have worked hard to ensure the probation workforce is effectively engaged and morale maintained. Staff in the National Probation Service (NPS) and Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) were provided with significant support both during and after the transition to the new probation structures. CRCs are now responsible for the welfare of the staff they employ, and we are monitoring the system closely through a robust contract management process, to ensure that performance levels are maintained.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com