tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post4898434892036096187..comments2024-03-28T07:32:23.397+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: MoJ Rewards FailureJim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-35831363992215661582016-08-01T23:27:01.137+01:002016-08-01T23:27:01.137+01:00Hmmm, not the point I was making (as you well know...Hmmm, not the point I was making (as you well know) but nevertheless you might have a point in some - not most - cases. I have certainly worked with one or two self-important colleagues who would fit the description.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-36772970638480031692016-08-01T22:55:06.527+01:002016-08-01T22:55:06.527+01:0011.05 thank you this is the perfect description of...11.05 thank you this is the perfect description of how most Probation Officers see themselves. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-56768649762322319442016-08-01T21:42:41.148+01:002016-08-01T21:42:41.148+01:00Exactly! Where HAS the 80 m modernisation fund gon...Exactly! Where HAS the 80 m modernisation fund gone? Perhaps one of us couls put in afreedom of information request? It will all come out in the open sooner or later. Corruption in the heart of the government and private sector! Failing banks bought back by government at taxpayers expense. Roll on 2018 ' failing crc's bought back by government at taxpayers expense'. Estates scandal, buildings built at huge public expense now lie empty!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-14930174758105462022016-08-01T20:36:06.182+01:002016-08-01T20:36:06.182+01:00I quite like this admission by Grayling, also from...I quite like this admission by Grayling, also from Jan 2013 questioning by back-benchers:<br /><br />"I am making sure that, when it comes to risk of harm to the public, that remains in the public sector and will continue to do so."<br /><br />I agree, Chris, through your incompetence you HAVE ensured that 'risk of harm to the public' continues to remain responsibility of the public sector namely in the hands of this venal, corrupt, dishonest government & its senior civil serpents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-32529976895664739902016-08-01T20:22:52.665+01:002016-08-01T20:22:52.665+01:00Chris Grayling, HoC, January 2013:
"I do not...Chris Grayling, HoC, January 2013:<br /><br />"I do not expect this to lead to wholesale redundancies in the probation service. It certainly means a new world for many people in the probation service in being part of the new organisations, new social enterprises and new consortia that will deliver the services. Yes, of course there will be some changes, but this does not involve, suddenly and instantly, mass redundancies in the probation service—that would not be right."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-19984329986657117302016-08-01T20:15:56.680+01:002016-08-01T20:15:56.680+01:00Spurr claims "Our contract management teams a...Spurr claims "Our contract management teams are closely monitoring and robustly managing providers to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments to maintain service delivery, reduce reoffending, protect the public and provide value for money to the taxpayer."<br /><br />The CRC owners have been given something like £80M of public money from the "Modernisation Fund" - why? And where's that gone? How was failing to honour EVR an adherence to contractual obligation? What about the assets written-off when CRCs cleared off from shared buildings, e.g. furniture & office equipment dumped in skips? What about penalties for terminating leases and other contracts? How was that cost-effective?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-69777185347124281262016-08-01T20:10:37.972+01:002016-08-01T20:10:37.972+01:00On the subject of pay rises".............just...On the subject of pay rises".............just had the GS blog from NAPO. Lots of talk about negotiations on E3 and discontent from members etc. But mot a mention of any pay rise for the foot soldiers.<br />Has anybody reminded them that our anniversary date is April, not December!<br />NAPO Themselves have said we have suffered a 19% pay cut in recent years. If the employers want new working practices, let them pay for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-23645902649220332572016-08-01T19:56:53.859+01:002016-08-01T19:56:53.859+01:00From House of Commons interim report on TR, 22-1-2...From House of Commons interim report on TR, 22-1-2014:<br /><br />"The national probation service team will be responsible for risk assessment. They will have a duty to carry out a new assessment when a person's circumstances change, and it will be the duty of the provider to notify the team of any material change of circumstances. They will be co-located, and when an offender becomes a high-risk offender, they will be taken back under the supervision of the national probation service. This is about people sitting in the same office and working together, just as people work together in any office environment."<br /><br />From Spurt's report per today's blog:<br /><br />"In 2015-16 activity continued to fully embed the new structures created by Transforming Rehabilitation. As the CRCs have started to implement their strategies to move away from Local Authority provided ICT and buildings, we have ensured that the NPS has the resources in place to operate effectively. This has included a programme of building moves to ensure that the NPS makes efficient use of the remaining estate following the CRC exits."<br /><br />But hey, who cares?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-68439879064836906772016-08-01T19:44:06.673+01:002016-08-01T19:44:06.673+01:00I know, Jim, you are right and it does need saying...I know, Jim, you are right and it does need saying. I agree that's exactly where Spurr & the whole bally TR shambles should be held to account. But it won't happen. Spurr & his crew have given gobbledegook answers & confabulations to numerous Committee hearings & walked free; and equally the Committee has failed in its duty to follow up on the empty promises made by NOMS officials.<br /><br />Its heartbreaking that such a pack of self-serving hyenas can get away with the disassembly of a public service whilst being paid from the public purse & lying to the arbiters of parliament.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-79858304735338952112016-08-01T19:05:31.154+01:002016-08-01T19:05:31.154+01:00Very true - just saying....Very true - just saying....Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-36612070297289943982016-08-01T19:02:50.814+01:002016-08-01T19:02:50.814+01:00... and suffer the same dreadful consequences as G...... and suffer the same dreadful consequences as Grayling, Wright, Romeo, Brennan, i.e. none whatsoever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-16199547024747946622016-08-01T18:49:20.601+01:002016-08-01T18:49:20.601+01:00Please can someone at MOJ/NOMS start an audit of t...Please can someone at MOJ/NOMS start an audit of the crc's. Something is clearly not right with the book-keeping in my opinion. Please do this quickly to avoid a similar news story to the one that has occured with the school academy scandal. Who is keeping an eye on funds and ensuring they are not bring diverted directly into someones pockets? The whistle has blown so get off your backsides civil servants and do your jobs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-13840646208577287452016-08-01T18:43:31.231+01:002016-08-01T18:43:31.231+01:00Spurr will have to answer to the House of Commons ...Spurr will have to answer to the House of Commons Justice Affairs Committee of course.... Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-1889464976096610932016-08-01T18:22:37.880+01:002016-08-01T18:22:37.880+01:00We don't. Once again, Raffles gets away with i...We don't. Once again, Raffles gets away with it. It seems that trial by media is the only means of holding cheats to account, e.g. Sunday Times (Cameron's honours), Telegraph (MPs expenses), Mirror (Spurr's payrise). But unlike Watergate, in this media savvy Age of the Goldfish it seems the impact is lost - within 24 seconds public outrage dissipates & the notion of punishment or reprimand disappears like morning mist: "Get over it!"... "Move on!"...<br /><br />We live in sad times where Liars, Cheats, Thieves & Bullies prosper. Olympic drug cheats, Cameron's handouts to chums, failed Labour coup, Trump, etc etc etc etc ad nauseaum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-83037919848103928732016-08-01T17:57:18.735+01:002016-08-01T17:57:18.735+01:00"We achieved this through three key areas of ..."We achieved this through three key areas of work: <br /><br />•ensuring no reduction in operational performance"<br /><br />err....no. Audit reports indicate that performance is declining and even this summary explains that completion of Community Orders has gone down.<br /><br />Any risk register used to spot problems in the system would be in amber and red across the board - a long way from where we were 18 months ago when it was a sea of green.<br /><br />Despicable.....how do we hold Michael Spur to account for his pay rise?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-74239828365143340882016-08-01T17:50:02.456+01:002016-08-01T17:50:02.456+01:00How many crc's are still offering through the ...How many crc's are still offering through the gate serice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-65078826644005788022016-08-01T16:41:19.794+01:002016-08-01T16:41:19.794+01:00and people wonder why some offenders refuse to acc...and people wonder why some offenders refuse to accept responsibility for their actions. They are only following the lead of those in power. Cameron ran away rather than face up to the mess he made. Lin Homer has been lavishly rewarded for the mess at HMRC, Spurr gets a wacking big pay rise for presiding over the worst crisis in modern prison history. People see those in power getting away with never admitting they are wrong or accepting responsibility for their failures and mistakes and people simply follow that example.<br /><br />On another note I have to wonder at how much of a public service it was for the person making George Osborne go on a diet that it was worth an honour in Cameron's leaving list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-58446070086960491372016-08-01T11:05:47.675+01:002016-08-01T11:05:47.675+01:00From NHS checklist for narcissistic pd traits:
&q...From NHS checklist for narcissistic pd traits:<br /><br />"Other symptoms include:<br />- exaggerating their own achievements and abilities<br />- thinking they are entitled to be treated better than other people<br />- exploiting other people for their own personal gain<br />- lacking empathy for other people's weaknesses <br />- looking down on people they feel are "beneath" them, while feeling deeply envious of people they see as being "above" themAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-56692710161349987732016-08-01T09:41:34.132+01:002016-08-01T09:41:34.132+01:00Welcome to the world of the UK's self-styled &...Welcome to the world of the UK's self-styled "elite".<br /><br />Most will be wondering "how does it work?" Where does one find the door to be able to join in this game of "I, Me, Myself"?<br /><br />So, just look at some of the most challenging cases you work with, those who have committed the most damaging offences. The self-obsessed refusal to accept any wrong-doing, the re-telling of events in their favour, the brazen justification of inappropriate self-gratification & entitlement - its all on a par with the most entrenched offenders in denial. No remorse, no empathy; off the scale narcissists who gather willing acolytes around them to assist in their offending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-42362900220438453612016-08-01T09:14:30.065+01:002016-08-01T09:14:30.065+01:00what a cart load of blatant lies and carefully wor...what a cart load of blatant lies and carefully worded statements ie 'we have introduced TTG in CRC's, meaning that the vast majority of offenders SHOULD be given continuous support from custody into the community'. <br /><br />This is the thread of deception running right through this blog. Much of it is not reporting what IS happening, but what should be happening. And the whole shambles is only hanging together because exhausted staff are running around wth the sticky tape. <br /><br />This load of bollocks is making me retch. And this, added to Cameron's cronies in today's headlines, just shows what a rotten apple the whole Tory camp is. I wish some discerning newspaper would make a major running feature of the truth - on the front page for starters.mlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-49902427025275227032016-08-01T09:03:59.747+01:002016-08-01T09:03:59.747+01:00London NPS is not following E3 then. PO's shou...London NPS is not following E3 then. PO's shouldn't be writing PSR's unless they're Court PO's. So says the E3 job descriptions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-40991945732855815312016-08-01T08:39:26.412+01:002016-08-01T08:39:26.412+01:00Disgusting. We earn peanuts in probation. 1% pay r...Disgusting. We earn peanuts in probation. 1% pay rise, forced unpaid overtime, no benefits or rewards at all. I work in London. In the CRC most staff have left, of sick or forced out. Most PO's gone and replaced by agency staff. NPS just as bad. E3 isn't working and goalpost being moved. Field (om) teams being forced to complete pre sentence reports because courts understaffed. Message is most PO's to be replaced by PSO's. No Managers in CRC or NPS. Senior managers strutting about with Bionic badges.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-763786293443642112016-08-01T07:27:44.818+01:002016-08-01T07:27:44.818+01:00Sounds like everything is tickety boo then on pape...Sounds like everything is tickety boo then on paper, but in reality ?????? I think we all know the answer to that question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-52900248988419761562016-08-01T07:23:39.346+01:002016-08-01T07:23:39.346+01:00Lovely to know it's all sunshine and roses the...Lovely to know it's all sunshine and roses then apart from the pesky problem of illicit drugs (mainly supplied by the staff rather than being brought in by visitors or thrown over the walls no matter what NOMS and the tabloids would have you believe). Doesn't seem to occur to NOMS and MoJ that if they dealt with overcrowding, proper jobs and education and rehabilitation the drug use would likely go way down because people wouldn't be taking drugs to deal with the boredom of being locked up 23 hours a day in a rat infested hole with broken windows. And if you deal properly with security and bent staff the problem would probably disappear altogether because the supply route would be cut off. But apparently NOMS has no intention of actually dealing with the problem preferring to blame prisoners and drugsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com