tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post2659930772397509016..comments2024-03-29T06:40:58.606+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: What Investigation?Jim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-27527430725114290912017-01-10T13:52:44.647+00:002017-01-10T13:52:44.647+00:00Steve Wagstaffe - Steve has worked within the Crim...Steve Wagstaffe - Steve has worked within the Criminal Justice sector for over 30 years and has a longstanding track record of leading large and complex organisations across a range of difficult environments. His particular interests are in Corporate Leadership, Financial and Strategic Planning, Stakeholder Engagement and People Management, where he has demonstrated his ability to deliver outcomes at the highest operational level.<br /><br />As a Senior Civil Servant within the Home Office and Ministry of Justice, Steve operated at Board level within the National Offender Management Service and has successfully performed the most senior operational posts within the Prison Service including leading the High Security Estate and the Public Sector Prison Service in England and Wales.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-73205410011399439792017-01-10T11:17:22.546+00:002017-01-10T11:17:22.546+00:00In their prime group accredited programmes were th...In their prime group accredited programmes were the routes out of offending behaviour. To question their value was heretic. They were governed by strict eligibility criteria, delivered by specially trained staff and oozed programme integrity.<br /><br />In recent years their use has dropped by over 50% in prisons and over 40% in probation. <br /><br />At Purple Futures in Hampshire they are having trouble resourcing programmes and rather than see them uncompleted have instructed staff to do the work on a 1-2-1 basis irrespective of whether they have been accredited to deliver programmes. Whatever they are doing is not deserving of the designation 'accredited'. But no doubt they will duly be recorded, deceptively, for statistical purposes as accredited. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-33981199489819172622017-01-10T10:10:39.508+00:002017-01-10T10:10:39.508+00:00- As a consequence of the NAO investigation the Se...- As a consequence of the NAO investigation the Secretary of State for Justice responsible for JSi, along with the relevant directors of NOMS, now face the prospect of imprisonment having been found guilty of gross negligence in public office, mismanagement of public funds & fraud.<br /><br />Or:<br /><br />- Following the success of JSi the Secretary of State for Justice has since been lauded for his ground-breaking programme of transformation of justice services and the head of NOMS awarded a sibstantial payrise, enhanced pension and cash bonus.<br /><br />Take your pick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-69875710173810554782017-01-10T08:40:49.461+00:002017-01-10T08:40:49.461+00:00• The total income generated by JSi was less than ...• The total income generated by JSi was less than £1 million. The main contracts delivered by NOMS, under the JSi brand, between 2012 and 2015 were for training Royal Oman Police officers (£255,000), consultancy on prison design in Libya (£128,000) and contracts in Nigeria (£130,000), Australia (£89,000) and the Seychelles (£34,000).<br /><br />• The cost of setting up JSi exceeded the income generated by completed contracts. The NAO estimate that JSi’s costs were approximately £2.1 million from 2012 until its closure, including £239,000 on consultancy services. Therefore JSi made a net loss of approximately £1.1 million in this period. This is due, in part, to the decision to withdraw from prospective arrangements with Saudi Arabia and Oman. The NAO also note that had JSi not been created, NOMS would have committed funding to support wider international engagement with countries to support FCO and wider Government objectives.<br /><br />• In September 2015 the Secretary of State for Justice closed JSi and decided not to pursue any commercial activities in Oman. In October 2015 JSi withdrew from the bid for work with Saudi Arabia. This followed the launch of a judicial review into JSi and significant media and political interest in the proposed work with Saudi Arabia. There were no financial penalties for withdrawing from contract negotiations with Saudi Arabia.<br /><br />• JSi is now closed and NOMS does not plan to perform further work for overseas governments on a commercial basis. NOMS will continue to receive visits and requests for assistance from overseas governments through FCO and other UK departments for the achievement of cross-government objectives.Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-82750921369708235562017-01-10T08:34:42.353+00:002017-01-10T08:34:42.353+00:00Rebecca Grattan
Rebecca is a very experienced org...Rebecca Grattan<br /><br />Rebecca is a very experienced organisational transformation specialist. She regularly advises senior teams as they tackle issues such as strategy, new operating models, organisation design as well as culture change. Her strengths are in innovation and strategic consultancy and she is regularly sought out by blue chip and public sector organisations to lead new delivery models and business turnaround.<br /><br />Rebecca has supported strategy and transformation within the Justice Sector for over 15 years. This has included leading projects within Prisons, Police, Probation and the Crown Prosecution Service. Most recently Rebecca developed the Strategy and Operating Model for Transforming Rehabilitation supporting MTCnovo’s successful acquisition of the Community Rehabilitation Companies in London and Thames Valley. Rebecca undertook the role of Chief Operating Officer during the mobilisation and transformation of these contracts into private sector ownership.<br /><br />Tony Challinor<br /><br />He was previously a Senior Leader with the National Offender Management Service an agency of the UK Ministry of Justice responsible for running the Prison and Probation (Corrections) services in England and Wales. He led the development of new models of working, including providing international corrections support on a Government to Government basis. He led aspects of the development of a competitive market for NOMS business and payment by results and social impact bonds, and benchmarking of best practice. He also managed external funding through European bids and partnerships (including a £480m EC funded rehabilitation of offenders programme that operated in every prison and probation service in England and Wales); and for generating income through the use of NOMS intellectual property rights through the establishment of a Trading Arm.<br /><br />Tony has also worked in senior roles in private sector delivery of public services as well as local government. He sat on a UK Government policy action team that reviewed legislation on financial exclusion; was a Board member of a regional investment fund; has been a member of a range of national Boards including the Government’s Security Exports Board. Tony started his career in social work, quickly moving to youth justice. Later in his career he was a member of two Youth Offending Team Boards.<br /><br />Sarah Mallender <br /><br />Sarah is a high-calibre Business Development and Operations specialist, who has excelled in a variety of senior roles across the justice sector.<br /><br />She was recently the Mobilisation, Transition and Transformation Director for Thames Valley Community Rehabilitation Company, implementing new operating models, ways of working and culture change programmes across the organisation over a 12 month period.<br /><br />She was previously Senior Assistant Director at a privately run prison in the North of England, responsible for running the Offender Management Directorate comprising a considerable number of departments and areas. Sarah also acted as the strategic lead for developing Employment, Learning and Skills services in prisons across the East Midlands and East of England as part of the largest offender employment project funded by the European Social Fund and led by Her Majesty’s Prison Service.Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-31649853741092852282017-01-10T08:16:16.847+00:002017-01-10T08:16:16.847+00:00National Audit Office Report - 'The cost of se...National Audit Office Report - 'The cost of setting up Just Solutions International exceeded the income generated by completed contracts'. <br /><br /><br /><br />https://www.nao.org.uk/report/investigation-into-just-solutions-international/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-50872990579302664162017-01-10T08:16:00.645+00:002017-01-10T08:16:00.645+00:00Its a lovely website with some familiar names from...Its a lovely website with some familiar names from the world of probation/ prisons/ noms:<br /><br />http://www.tdp-i.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com