tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post5335276287832954771..comments2024-03-29T11:18:07.045+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: Pick of the Week 7Jim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-25804121497334924352016-06-20T08:14:25.414+01:002016-06-20T08:14:25.414+01:00Whatever you call it frontline staff who actually ...Whatever you call it frontline staff who actually have the skills and experience to manage a highly complex group will soon be in very short supply. Private companies will find that they cannot replace them with unskilled staff whom they will hope to train up on a shoestring. And to the 'aco' who says "these changes are happening', no doubt you would be more than happy seeing the service turn into a sweatshop with as few rights as possible, zero hours contracts and weak unions, all the better to exploit staff. But hey, that's progress! Off to the crc staff briefing to see what the WL managers have to say about the organisation they know sweet fa about!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-68571365517309795912016-06-20T02:56:54.750+01:002016-06-20T02:56:54.750+01:00Really?
And you know this for certain. You know ex...Really?<br />And you know this for certain. You know exactly the inner workings of every CPA?<br />I call bullshit on you. <br />I'm 98% certain that you aren't a ACO and 100% certain that the word 'analyst' is not in your job title.<br /><br /><br />There's an old Chinese saying; have you ever listened to someone for a while and thought 'why don't you just piss off?'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-24079061545987573762016-06-19T23:43:16.597+01:002016-06-19T23:43:16.597+01:00CRC PO's being developed-skilled as we speak. ...CRC PO's being developed-skilled as we speak. Do you think they'll be here long?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-70460169112346146042016-06-19T23:14:14.836+01:002016-06-19T23:14:14.836+01:00A very threatening post... Very much in the style ...A very threatening post... Very much in the style of "jfdi".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-29798059965621309752016-06-19T22:31:13.264+01:002016-06-19T22:31:13.264+01:00Thanks ACO, makes it all better running probation ...Thanks ACO, makes it all better running probation in to the ground.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-42935769116439824692016-06-19T19:47:12.855+01:002016-06-19T19:47:12.855+01:00Not long before they have to poach experienced PO&...Not long before they have to poach experienced PO's from CRC! Previous experience with high risk offenders, lifers, sex offenders? Likely to be a serious shortage of skilled and qualified probation officers over next 4 years in NPS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-85252818532486935652016-06-19T19:28:47.163+01:002016-06-19T19:28:47.163+01:00Take it from an ACO. These changes are happening, ...Take it from an ACO. These changes are happening, have happened, and will continue to happen. There will be no handing back keys. What you now work in is your job. Accept this or start to think about moving on....quickly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-70242065708380659472016-06-19T18:12:56.252+01:002016-06-19T18:12:56.252+01:00It's Red Snapper and Servoca. All agency staff...It's Red Snapper and Servoca. All agency staff need to register with one of them by 4 July.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-76653172750696311732016-06-19T18:09:37.073+01:002016-06-19T18:09:37.073+01:00RSG appointed to supply the National Probation Ser...RSG appointed to supply the National Probation Service<br /><br />Market leading staffing services provider has been will provide staff to the National Probation Service (NPS) for the next four years<br /><br />CRIMINAL JUSTICE SKILLS chosen to support the National Probation Service with staffing needs. An exciting opportunity after an unprecedented period of change within the Probation sector.<br /><br />The market leading staffing services provider – CRIMINAL JUSTICE SKILLS (CJS) – are delighted to have been appointed as a supplier of niche specialist skill sets to the National Probation Service (NPS) for the next four years.<br /><br />CJS have been a recognised brand for over 12 years and have grown from strength to strength during recent years after being the lead supplier of agency staff outsourced to manage offenders for London Probation (formerly known), many other regional probation trusts and more recently during the privatisation period and emergence of Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs).<br /><br />CJS are contracted to support the NPS for the supply of specialist agency workers nationally and within the three regions; London & South, Midlands & Wales and the North East / North West. The contract award was a fiercely contested battle between many well established suppliers of key skills within this sector. CJS were proud to be scored as the best performing during the competition.<br /><br />The dedicated recruitment and resource support team have been rewarded for previous years of hard work and establishing excellent local relationships and are thankful to the many loyal and hardworking agency staff who are regularly deployed throughout the UK in sometimes difficult circumstances.<br /><br />The next four years will be exciting times. The team are keen to hear from anybody who is interested in being considered for up and coming vacancies within probation.Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-72449295136280069002016-06-19T15:46:04.650+01:002016-06-19T15:46:04.650+01:00The end game of the fully flexible, fully mobile w...The end game of the fully flexible, fully mobile workforce is here https://www.redsnappergroup.co.uk/latest-news/2016/06/staffing-services-provider-chosen-to-supply-probation-staff/ <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-40001293482567140212016-06-19T15:35:40.112+01:002016-06-19T15:35:40.112+01:00Another perfect example of this whole omnishambles...Another perfect example of this whole omnishambles ! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-4101385592603795062016-06-19T15:33:56.233+01:002016-06-19T15:33:56.233+01:00I hear the SPOs are conducting 1 to 1 meetings to ...I hear the SPOs are conducting 1 to 1 meetings to push through the E3 changes so they have a lot of responsibility for shafting us ! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-295483554195126612016-06-19T10:56:56.379+01:002016-06-19T10:56:56.379+01:00Spare of thought please for colleagues in the NPS ...Spare of thought please for colleagues in the NPS court team who have increasingly being asked to take on more responsibility for pieces of work that fundamentally misjudge the delicate balance with HMCTS and CRC. There is evidence that HMCTS are increasingly sidelining probation in courts due to their inability to respond flexibly to requests for assessments on the day, resulting in offenders being sentenced without reports. Not a surprise given that PSOs are being asked to take on a layer 1 assessments for medium trigger ROSH cases, as well as the RSR and CAS within record times, leading to delays and stress. Why bother with these assessments when, in the majority of cases CRC colleagues will not see the assessment post sentence. The split has also pitted PSO breach staff against CRC staff leading to numerous complaints across the board. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-8778495051480301462016-06-19T10:53:42.876+01:002016-06-19T10:53:42.876+01:00They wont stop the rot too many middle managers in...They wont stop the rot too many middle managers involved in the change implementation now too many senior managers the same. Stopping it now as the rot sets in they would have to go as they are in the sell out. They are the rot now. They all know who they are and they will be bleating on here now managers have feelings . So do monsters. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-23416932896035588462016-06-19T10:11:04.580+01:002016-06-19T10:11:04.580+01:00what really needs to happen is that the NPS & ...what really needs to happen is that the NPS & CRC's are shut down, it's back to real basics where a tailored individual programme for each person is developed based on what that person actually needs to stop them reoffending (as opposed to what "experts" think they need which is not the same thing) so you'd have to actually involve the offender in the development of the programme. People are far more likely to take ownership and comply if they are involved in a programme's development rather than being forced to do something some idiot has dreamt up and forced on them. Then you might just get the reoffending rate tumblingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-60531976358422472212016-06-19T10:09:56.308+01:002016-06-19T10:09:56.308+01:00How are CRC's with open plan offices coping wi...How are CRC's with open plan offices coping with the CP groups.We have up to 60 max turning up on certain days,do they all pile in to open plan office?Or made to wait outside with the vans.Doesn't seem ideal at all.Wait for bad weather,reception may get busy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-63097955147537260572016-06-19T09:48:47.926+01:002016-06-19T09:48:47.926+01:00Risk-escalation 'ping-pong' between CRC an...Risk-escalation 'ping-pong' between CRC and NPS. CRC applying to NPS for case transfer of risky case instead of recall. NPS not accepting and recommending CRC recalls asap. CRC wanting to shift responsibility to NPS and avoiding a failed case and potential risk of increased penalties to the CRC?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-89091600282850697662016-06-19T08:37:15.673+01:002016-06-19T08:37:15.673+01:00differing CRC owners being arsey about accepting c...differing CRC owners being arsey about accepting custodial transfers. Crown Court has allocated a case to our Area on the basis he was stopped on a motorway network in our area. He has absolutely no links to us. The area he should've been allocated to is insisting I keep hold of the case until all ROTLs completed and for me then to re-apply. Ridiculous!! <br />Loads of mistakes coming through from Courts, paperwork not being allocated with Child Protection or DV markers and so those cases being given to PSOs who upon reading CPS have to take them back to senior to be re-allocated but by this time they've been inducted and the clock has started ticking for the ISP. Court not notifying me of current orders who have been arrested on new matters and remanded meaning I've started breach proceedings un-necessarily, court terminating cases that are still LIVE!! The list goes on and on. As a case carrying PSO it's a shambles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-35499601615435743952016-06-19T08:15:55.353+01:002016-06-19T08:15:55.353+01:00MOJ/NOMS. Read it and weep! You should be ashamed ...MOJ/NOMS. Read it and weep! You should be ashamed and humiliated for allowing this abysmal situation to occur. Why do you not act now whilst there is something left to salvage? Admit that this experiment has failed and remove the toxicity it has left behind. These private companies are not fit to run the CRC's. You have been severely negligant and have already allowed a brain drain and an integrity drain of frontline staff and managers now. This must be halted. It will never work. Things are getting worse literally every day. What more do we have to say to make you listen? Preserve what is already left, CRC staff who still care and believe, the managers with values who will be replaced by managers from WL and sodexo etc. It will cost a whole lot more to put right if you leave it until the contracts expire. Stop the rot now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com