tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post4967203632666463157..comments2024-03-29T14:15:33.681+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: Back to the FutureJim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-3312644834801580352013-10-13T13:35:33.691+01:002013-10-13T13:35:33.691+01:00Your account of being involved reminded me of bein...Your account of being involved reminded me of being involved in the development of what because ECP. Nice couple of days, meals etc. But everything we warned of was ignored only to (after spending goodness knows how much) be dumped for even worse Community Payback with orange offender jackets and litter picking! Everything that that part of ECP (based on What works research) that aimed to build confidence and skills sort to move away from!!!Matt Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-87114890682896563042013-10-13T12:58:55.784+01:002013-10-13T12:58:55.784+01:00QUOTE: -
"The majority of probation trusts, ...QUOTE: -<br /><br />"The majority of probation trusts, numerous police forces, police and crime commissioners, local authorities, Ministry of Justice and many of their partners and suppliers use pam in an integrated fashion."<br /><br />From : -<br /><br />http://www.pam-it.com/public-service-2/<br /><br />Surely the Probation Trusts as public organisations should have reported their engagements in the minutes and annual reports?<br /><br />I am very dubious about the integrity of Labour who have elected public authority members of Probation Trusts which are then colluding with these steps towards privatisation in spite of them nationally being said to oppose it though they refuse to commit to reverse it and passed the legislation - that despite Labour's complaints - seems to be sufficient to enable privatisation<br /><br />I suspect there is more yet to be revealed.<br /><br />Andrew HattonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-82267326427026139482013-10-13T12:25:43.264+01:002013-10-13T12:25:43.264+01:00Would the government have people in mind for Serco...Would the government have people in mind for Sercos corporate renewal?<br />You can keep your existing contracts, bid for TR, but in order to do that heres a list of new members that will now sit on your board.<br />Really six weeks wouldn't be long enough to paint their offices let alone 'corporate renewal'!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-31868044140610001902013-10-13T12:04:04.933+01:002013-10-13T12:04:04.933+01:00try
http://www.pam-it.comtry<br />http://www.pam-it.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-65593161392338307582013-10-13T12:02:19.971+01:002013-10-13T12:02:19.971+01:00Apparently the Cabinet Office have given Serco 6 w...Apparently the Cabinet Office have given Serco 6 weeks to demonstrate 'change and corporate renewal' or lose 3 government contracts and be prevented from bidding for probation work. Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-87758873372284392092013-10-13T11:41:35.067+01:002013-10-13T11:41:35.067+01:00I suddenly feel urgently in need of a computer sys...I suddenly feel urgently in need of a computer systems analyst-type person to explain what all this stuff means - in plain language preferably. Where does it leave us, saddled as we are with crap like N Delius and OASys R? Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-9667980301991759702013-10-13T11:20:19.699+01:002013-10-13T11:20:19.699+01:00I didn't write the anonymous piece above and h...I didn't write the anonymous piece above and have never properly understood all that was involved with the miners' strikes culminating in the showdown in 1984.<br /><br />However, it does seem as if some probation managements are more willing to engage with the privateers than others.<br /><br />What we need is unity amongst those who value public probation practice, whatever other differences we may have about our practice.<br /><br />It is tragic that such harm occurred in personal relationships as have been reported about the 1984 strikes - I speak as one who is virtually estranged from friends and family, as a result of my action(s) or lack of them.<br /><br />For me the core of probation practice, was after enabling clients to be aware that it is their behaviour that has real consequences, often causing hurt and distress to others, a distress that folk somehow attempt to insulate themselves from. Once they want to stop experiencing bad consequences, and live without harming others (and themselves) there usually are actions that can be taken to make it possible for the client to live within the law. At which point clients need all the help they can get, at a time they are mostly attracting opprobrium from society, and the folk most likely to provide that support are their families as long as they are not ALL engaged exclusively in crime.<br /><br />I wish anon 12 October 2013 22:27, well and am glad for that post - showing the raw hurt that probation folk know very well, that can occur within families, when different members take different routes through their life journeys<br /><br />Andrew HattonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-56002939434163209972013-10-13T11:16:00.752+01:002013-10-13T11:16:00.752+01:00IL3's still pretty limiting as you can only us...IL3's still pretty limiting as you can only use material up to GPMS Restricted - anything higher is verboten, however useful it might be for your risk assessments. Me, I'd be happy with something newer than Word 2003 and IE6.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-53627577937753714512013-10-13T11:02:22.758+01:002013-10-13T11:02:22.758+01:00PAM - Is new to me and I am not "up to speed&...PAM - Is new to me and I am not "up to speed" with it at all - but it seemed as if there has to be some other 'area' of communication for these activists for privatisation as little is apparent on the open internet.<br /><br />However, wherever, they operate, remember the greater majority got their training and experience, via the public system and as with so many privatized public systems the practitioners are effectively 'mining' what the taxpayer has provided, and unless they make a significant financial contribution for the training of their practitioners as well as providing or paying for the training for all subsequent new entrants - they are effectively stealing the resources that have been provided by the public.<br /><br />I think this is also particularly with regard to relevant in doctors of medicine who receive vastly expensive training, and so if having been trained they then take off into the private sector or overseas they are cheating us all.<br /><br />This is a charging calculation that needs to be incorporated into the financial arrangements of any privatizations.<br /><br />A comparable issue is for say, 'Royal Mail' shares being sold for under their real value, therefore the purchasers are making profits that are properly rightfully due to the public purse.<br /><br />Andrew Hatton<br /><br />It maybe OK if those providing the service are genuine mutuals with all 'fair salaries' for all, not above what might be earned in the public sector and all excess income(charities do not make profits) are reinvested - but it is simply theft for excessive salaries to be paid or for profits to go to shareholders.<br /><br />Andrew HattonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-27846153305312526882013-10-13T10:49:50.063+01:002013-10-13T10:49:50.063+01:00I wonder what the TRUE financial cost of TR has be...I wonder what the TRUE financial cost of TR has been to date - let alone its overall cost in every sense to the nation - especially now it seems there have been all of these seminars, publications, meetings, etc etc during the last 5 years, if not longer. We already know that the DOMnishambles cost many millions, although it did make a few individuals smile.<br /><br />How many will have done all of this legwork for free? How much has already been forked out by financially strapped Trusts and the MoJ? To how many other unknown, unnamed shamen? And with what other conditions attached? Perhaps we now see why the (lack of) Trusts can't afford to back out of the TR agenda. They've been suckered in. What's more, it seems like Grayling pulled a flanker & changed the terms of engagement so they aren't all going to the promised land after all. We're left with Rats eating Rats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-61666989249764112082013-10-13T10:02:12.259+01:002013-10-13T10:02:12.259+01:00Shows how many commercial fingers are in the TR pi...Shows how many commercial fingers are in the TR pie. And completely undermines the Govt's claims about "rebalancing the economy" - all these private sector companies being dependent on what used to be public sector work.<br /><br />I bet if TR does go through Cameron will claim to have "created" 12,000 (or however many) "new" private sector jobs. Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-6402390892150225452013-10-13T09:37:42.284+01:002013-10-13T09:37:42.284+01:00http://invezz.com/news/equities/6041-serco-share-p...http://invezz.com/news/equities/6041-serco-share-price--outsourcer-facing-risk-of-losing-government-contractsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-81564060844386694732013-10-13T09:23:05.189+01:002013-10-13T09:23:05.189+01:00Have just read above comments with sense of dread,...Have just read above comments with sense of dread, how come we were not aware of "pam" ? It strongly suggests we are so far down the sell off route that this really can not be unwound. We are negotiating/consulting on something that my well be a done deal.Do any of us know our trusts involvement with this? I suggest all NAPO and Unison officers write to their Chiefs requesting this information asap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-17379332994666362172013-10-13T08:35:41.952+01:002013-10-13T08:35:41.952+01:00More Alliantist/pam stuff – and no, I’m not their ...More Alliantist/pam stuff – and no, I’m not their pr person. I actually feel like the kid at school who was always left out. Visor? OASys? Delius? Secure email? Probation Intranet? Epic? - no-one seems to have mentioned the mysterious ‘pam’ as far as I’m aware. Probably above my pay-grade (and where the REAL TR discussions are happening).<br /><br />* 2013 - Mary Archer OBE is Chief Executive of Essex Probation Trust and one of the early pioneers of pam when it was introduced to Probation five years ago. She said “pam has made a big difference for us, and being able to work with higher levels of security means we can now do even more internally, and with partners on initiatives such as Integrated Offender Management.”<br /><br />* 2013 - This latest release means that pam is now available in four versions. For public service, there’s protect pam for IL2 working and restricted pam for IL3 working. And there are two versions for private sector work: virtual private pam and physically private pam.<br /><br />* 2011 - Alliantist is pleased to announce the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) will now be using pam for its supplier engagement and delivery activity. With a specific need to achieve more from less resource and manage a massive ICT transformation over the next 4 years, MOJ has adopted pam on a 3 year agreement for its supplier engagement and service transition activity.<br /><br />* Darby in 2013 - The current [probation] system is a bit like having a highly capable golf Ryder cup team playing golf for Europe (multi agency teaming) with an old set of hickory shafted golf clubs and using balls from the 19th century. Just changing probation alone is perhaps a bit like changing just the putter (and possibly giving a right handed player a left handed putter), when really it’s the whole infrastructure of the game and all the equipment that needs attention and investment to get better.<br /><br />Any golfers who understand that?<br /><br />I’m not committed to any religious belief or organisation but I do enjoy a good read, and I found this in Micah 3:11-12 (ESV): <br /><br />“Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the Lord and say, “Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us.” Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.”<br /><br />Someone's knocking at the door - oh, its just an old Wings song. Phew!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-35266855177097608562013-10-13T08:20:08.795+01:002013-10-13T08:20:08.795+01:00An excellent piece of work there friend that takes...An excellent piece of work there friend that takes us down another fascinating avenue as part of this omnishambles.<br /><br />Never heard of these outfits and their jargon-ridden crap - but I suspect it would be wise for us to do some more digging asap. As you say - the seeds of our destruction were sown time ago and have been quietly growing unnoticed.......<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Jim Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-35993314170331935252013-10-13T02:20:36.880+01:002013-10-13T02:20:36.880+01:00Alliantist & Achieve More CIC - Mark Darby see...Alliantist & Achieve More CIC - Mark Darby seems to be the man behind it - with his 'pam' which seems to have infiltrated the ranks of senior management across most probation trusts for some years now. <br /><br />In April 2013 the 'pam-it' website said: "Alliantist counts the majority of probation trusts among its customers - they use our cloud based software service that revolutionises who work gets done, pam - so our CEO Mark Darby is well placed to give his views [on tr]". There's an 11 page response linked - strange words & lots of complex diagrams - bit like an Ikea instruction leaflet.<br /><br />There are strong links since 2011 between Mark Darby, Mike Maiden (with whom he gave a joint seminar in Dec 2011 entitled "Approaching the market as an eco-system"), the MoJ & NOMS. In a Guardian Live Chat event (Feb 2013) Mark Darby is described as "chief executive of Alliantist Limited, an organisation that helps revolutionise work across criminal and social justice, and has over half the probation Trusts, Ministry of Justice .... among its portfolio".<br /><br />Anyone know who Mark Darby is? Seems he's had a big hand in helping to equip our employers to buy into this TR shit & sell us down the river over the last year or two - and one would have to guess it hasn't been done out of the goodness of his heart.<br /><br />Sometime this year Mark Darby announced: "Alliantist has released the latest version of its intelligent collaborative software, pam, aiming to help public sector agencies work smarter and save money in areas such as policing and probation." It then went on to explain: "Restricted pam is a single platform for all multi-agency work and is rated to IL3 in information security terms, allowing public sector agencies to share sensitive information in the cloud - previously possible only via a secure internal network, or with paperwork. To achieve this, restricted pam uses secure hosting, provided by SCC, Europe’s largest privately owned IT company."<br /><br />SCC is owned by Sir Peter Rigby who came in at No. 12 in the Rich List 2013: (estd worth @ £520m) - Sir Peter Rigby’s Birmingham-based Specialist Computer Holdings has had the best year in its 37-year history.<br /><br />I'm starting to feel quite paranoid now...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-24236986996981556492013-10-12T22:27:31.191+01:002013-10-12T22:27:31.191+01:00As an ex Nottingham miner who has'nt spoke to ...As an ex Nottingham miner who has'nt spoke to their parents since 1984, who stood on a picket line and starved their family because they had a belief and a social ethic that the government was wrong I find your comment highly offensive. Nottinghamshire strikes was part of a national strike, and it was the region that seen the most brutal force used by the police acting as agencies of the state. But they got out there and did it. They would of got their quota for an e-petition unlike the probation service can manage.<br />You've lost your job because you haven't got the bollocks the miners had. Don't ever underestamate the problems the miner strike has caused, and don't ever localise either, it destroyed too many people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-9554792761496825892013-10-12T20:19:43.710+01:002013-10-12T20:19:43.710+01:00Despite the honourable and professional efforts of...Despite the honourable and professional efforts of staff in Probation Services in England & Wales, perhaps we have to simply accept the enemy has always been within.<br /><br />A4JC (Academy for Justice Commissioning) born in 2007 – a self-serving, name-dropping collaboration between NOMS, the CBI & others to promote commissioning of services. There’s a single link to a useful website on “Commissioning models” - http://www.serco.com/institute/index.asp<br /><br />The inaugural Academy Magazine foreword by Julie Taylor, Director of Commissioning and Partnerships, NOMS:<br />“I am delighted to introduce this commissioning bulletin which I hope,<br />in time, will become a significant communication channel for<br />commissioners. The bulletin is one small manifestation of work, going<br />on behind the scenes, to create the Academy for Criminal Justice<br />Commissioning… The Editorial by Trevor Williams explains more of the purpose of the Academy and outlines the initial programme of activities.”<br /><br />The Academy for Justice Commissioning was formed in September 2007 as a result of a PricewaterhouseCoopers study which identified the need to further develop & enhance the knowledge, skills & relationships required by Ministry of Justice commissioners to effectively commission justice services.<br /><br />Issue No.2 - Featuring Guest Editor Gary Sturgess, Serco Institute<br />2009 - Featuring Guest Editor Yvonne Thomas, NOMS Director of Offender Management for Wales<br />2009 - Guest Editor Ian Poree, NOMS Director of Commissioning & Operational Policy.<br /><br />As a consequence of the blatant vandalism of public services (evidently an act that has been years in the making), mere mortals like myself have been fired up to use t’internet & follow the trail of crumbs back home. I hadn’t realised how many agencies had justice-related senior management posts or interests in criminal justice commissioning.<br /><br />- Caroline Marsh Management Solutions (“Caroline… has previously been a Director at the National Offender Management Service and Director of Adult Social Care at Manchester City Council.”)<br />- Home Affairs Director, Serco<br />- Justice Director, Working Links (?)<br />- Home Group (now incorporating Stonham)<br />- Avanta<br />- Alliance for Useful Evidence<br /><br />Sue Hall, Guest Editor, Academy for Justice Commissioning Magazine, June 2011 - “It gives me great pleasure to act as the guest editor for this edition of the Bulletin – and how timely. The Probation Chiefs Association (PCA) has set out probation’s position at a critical time of change within the criminal justice system – one that is forcing a fundamental overhaul in the way business is being perceived and handled.” <br /><br />Alliantist & Achieve More CIC: “West Mercia Probation is one of our clients and has long espoused the view that probation services don’t need to be delivered by probation per se. The Transforming Rehabilitation programme is now giving them and others an opportunity to shine outside of the shackles and structures of old.”<br /><br />Et Tu Brute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-69900892102730482512013-10-12T19:55:53.022+01:002013-10-12T19:55:53.022+01:00West Yorkshire management, the smiling assassins i...West Yorkshire management, the smiling assassins in this omnishambles who like the Nottinghamshire miners wil regret their compliance and participation in the dismantling of this once proud and proffessional organisation. Shame on you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-14236851221179654522013-10-12T13:36:24.728+01:002013-10-12T13:36:24.728+01:00I hear Sue Hall CEO of West Yorkshire has flung he...I hear Sue Hall CEO of West Yorkshire has flung her hat into the ring for seat at the top of a CRC table? If true, very sad! So many traitors so far up CG's arse they can see David Camerons boots!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-17105359342143336402013-10-12T09:33:29.162+01:002013-10-12T09:33:29.162+01:00http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/10/10/cari...http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/10/10/carillion-in-450m-probation-deal-bid/<br /><br />I wonder how long before Tescos name pops up?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-2708496831614482662013-10-12T09:09:24.175+01:002013-10-12T09:09:24.175+01:00No doubt many people released from prison and on s...No doubt many people released from prison and on supervision by the private sector will find themselves living in these wonderful houses?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-47004726512894506652013-10-12T07:39:25.655+01:002013-10-12T07:39:25.655+01:00Thanks - an interesting read about how the governm...Thanks - an interesting read about how the government are attempting to put the screws on IT companies that don't deliver on contracts.Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-76686928886513189132013-10-12T00:58:56.945+01:002013-10-12T00:58:56.945+01:00http;//diginomica.com/2013/10/10/government-set-pu...http;//diginomica.com/2013/10/10/government-set-pull-snouts-trough/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-27378274588808069392013-10-12T00:35:15.512+01:002013-10-12T00:35:15.512+01:00http://m.ft.com/cms/s/o/077be5da-3283
There must ...http://m.ft.com/cms/s/o/077be5da-3283<br /><br />There must be a point when the government have to throw the towel in and admit that these showers of shite companies cannot be extended any more government contracts, even without the findings of the fraud investigations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com