tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post3825408288488559329..comments2024-03-28T07:32:23.397+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: Latest From Napo 119 Jim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-18225344070427710192016-09-25T17:56:21.010+01:002016-09-25T17:56:21.010+01:00Well, I'm sorry but that NAPO Rep should have ...Well, I'm sorry but that NAPO Rep should have ignored the Manager and gone to the meeting as they are statutory entitled to do (facility time to conduct Union business, as enshrined in TULRCA. (Trade Union and Labour Relations Consolidation Act). As a nominated Branch Rep they would be entitled to the facility time, which is always difficult to quantify in advance (and thereby control), despite Managers best efforts in this regard. I often think Managers are poorly advised by their HR dept on union related issues. Disciplinary ensues? The Rep will have a nationally appointed Rep to manage their case - if it came to it, which I would very much doubt; the law not being on the side of the employer in this instance.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-7556093416389006422016-09-24T10:12:12.050+01:002016-09-24T10:12:12.050+01:00MTCnovo's strapline is Believe It Or Not I Car...MTCnovo's strapline is Believe It Or Not I Care (BIONIC). How much do they care by ending union facility time? I heard in one case a Napo rep was prevented by their manager under threat of disciplinary action not to accompany their member to a capability hearing even though the policy said they had a right to be represented. <br />Surely what they are doing is illegal? I heard Napo may be calling in the HSE due to the state of some of their buildings as NPS staff are refusing to work in them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-56871417837663394972016-09-24T01:15:45.319+01:002016-09-24T01:15:45.319+01:00How big is London and Thames Valley's case loa...How big is London and Thames Valley's case load? Because MTCNOVO haven't risk assessed or initiated sentence plans for 50% of offenders. I heard from a close pale (ACO) they are in special measures losing money. If I had shares I'd dump them before they become toxic...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-25051778448800560792016-09-24T01:12:45.786+01:002016-09-24T01:12:45.786+01:00Helga OUT OUT OUT Helga OUT OUT OUT Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-72171844916964895132016-09-24T01:11:46.080+01:002016-09-24T01:11:46.080+01:00We had an emergency team meeting told not to discu...We had an emergency team meeting told not to discuss private things in public and forbidden to talk about Jim Brown at work. Also 50% of cases don't have an oasys. That means 50% of offenders don't have a risk assessment or sentence plan. Why is this not in the national news?<br /><br />Helga cut facility time for napo let's cut her metaphorically speaking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-57104259842424556792016-09-23T21:36:09.467+01:002016-09-23T21:36:09.467+01:00Just been read it up on the Sonnex case again. Doe...Just been read it up on the Sonnex case again. Does any of this sound familiar: <br /><br />'These failings span our courts, the probation service and the Prison Service. Does the noble Lord accept that they are the direct result of an overcrowded prison estate, which has led Ministers to put concerted pressure on the courts and probation staff not to use custody, even when, as here, it was vital to protect the public? That is the primary duty of the Government. Does he accept that the failure to deliver on yet another IT system—namely C-NOMIS, which links the courts, prisons and the probation service—left staff ill-equipped to cope? The failure of IT systems is quite a constant complaint against the Government. Would the £40 million or so squandered on C-NOMIS have been better spent on strengthening front-line officer capacity? Does the Minister accept the independent review’s finding that the local probation service was inadequately staffed, diluting the supervision of such a high-risk offender? Does he also accept its finding that the probation service focused on Sonnex’s employment and accommodation needs, when its number one priority, as I said earlier, should have been public protection? This is yet another symptom of the Government’s confused priorities, paralysis and lack of direction.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com