tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post5393323468177807563..comments2024-03-28T07:32:23.397+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: Chiefs - A Word in Your EarJim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-14508529065670791342013-05-22T22:32:18.559+01:002013-05-22T22:32:18.559+01:00Oh you lucky person - 4 weeks without OASys! What ...Oh you lucky person - 4 weeks without OASys! What I'd do to just go back to freestyle reports - do you know I could dictate them straight into a dictaphone in no more than an hour - rough draft typed up by a proper typing person - and corrected and polished in another 30 mins max. In an emergency full report including interview in 2 hours at a push. With OASys 8-10 hours at least. That's progress.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />JimJim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-23858321202737766332013-05-22T22:15:52.479+01:002013-05-22T22:15:52.479+01:00Oh the delight recently when due to some glitch I ...Oh the delight recently when due to some glitch I could not access OASYS for 4 weeks and had to do a full PSR in Word...........good job I knew how to do it, some more newly appointed colleagues looked horrified at the prospect of how hard I would find it. I really enjoyed it, proper flow, constructed as a whole, missed out the pr-done stuff about 'of so many offenders with etc etc'. I only hope the Judge enjoyed reading it. No horrible graph.....(now there is meaningless rubbish, quasi scientific c**p!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-86524713981310681772013-05-18T10:59:19.197+01:002013-05-18T10:59:19.197+01:00lollolJim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-71366402419792344672013-05-18T10:18:06.138+01:002013-05-18T10:18:06.138+01:00Steady. Don't knock the private sector too muc...Steady. Don't knock the private sector too much - a couple of tubes of SODEXO really sorted out my hemorrhoids. Bu-bum. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-74329508502487119452013-05-18T07:19:27.063+01:002013-05-18T07:19:27.063+01:00Oh yes I like it! I feel there's scope for a c...Oh yes I like it! I feel there's scope for a competition here - any more suggestions guys?Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-82900429642551679482013-05-18T07:12:47.034+01:002013-05-18T07:12:47.034+01:00Naming of parts.
A trend trending here for all t...Naming of parts. <br /><br />A trend trending here for all those optimistic mutualising Trusts - aquire a crass name like Harmoni (surely something an offender would name a child), SODEXO, etc. So much sexier than the Bingo & Bongo Probation Trust. So much more likely to catch a Minister's eye. Nevaeh anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-56651083881915789692013-05-18T06:24:26.032+01:002013-05-18T06:24:26.032+01:00Yes that's the supreme irony of privatisation ...Yes that's the supreme irony of privatisation - the poor bloody public service is left saddled with OASys - and it was time-consuming OASys that made probation so inefficient and ready for privatisation. Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-11725561977981475752013-05-17T22:29:44.734+01:002013-05-17T22:29:44.734+01:00Jim
You will be pleased to learn that the new pro...Jim<br /><br />You will be pleased to learn that the new providers won't have to use OASys. See there are some good bits to privatisation!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-67658854943292627752013-05-17T19:51:16.030+01:002013-05-17T19:51:16.030+01:00Very good - yes I like it when it confirms what wa...Very good - yes I like it when it confirms what was blindingly clear from the beginning - definitely got a problem with drugs. lol<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Jim Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-54464113670422351902013-05-17T19:42:11.330+01:002013-05-17T19:42:11.330+01:00I like to think of OASys as a 42 page assessment d...I like to think of OASys as a 42 page assessment document that, after 3 hours of close scrutiny and cross-referencing irrefutably confirms that the big grey thing with the tusks and the long nose is, after all, an elephant.Ishmaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-58789614323643042772013-05-17T18:38:21.054+01:002013-05-17T18:38:21.054+01:00A very good point, thanks. If I had my way, I'...A very good point, thanks. If I had my way, I'd force every manager right up to the Chief to fill in several bloody OASys assessments and keep them at it until they begged for forgiveness! <br /><br />But maybe I'm getting a bit sour in my old age.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Jim Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-33057825219179290252013-05-17T18:34:30.617+01:002013-05-17T18:34:30.617+01:00Thanks a lot - also gratifying to know there are r...Thanks a lot - also gratifying to know there are rather more heretics than I dared hope for!<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />JimJim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-9457382209380518902013-05-17T18:04:52.133+01:002013-05-17T18:04:52.133+01:00Believe you me there are plenty of newer colleague...Believe you me there are plenty of newer colleagues who also think its a pile of shit Jim. Great blog by the way. I've long given up on napo for information or inspirationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-87240805776195119602013-05-17T18:01:17.832+01:002013-05-17T18:01:17.832+01:00Recently qualified officers (though not exclusivel...Recently qualified officers (though not exclusively) have a commitment to completing Oasys as 'evidence' of a 'risk assessment' having been completed-this often overlooks 'niggling' feelings about a case which are difficult to quantify and even harder to record which mean that they often end up in the ludicrously named tag INTBDTO-it is so true that those who expound the virtues of this (now) even more unwieldly system are those who have (a) never had to use it or (b)those who have used it but only once to prove a point and who do not have several reviews waiting to be completed by the end of the weekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-24171475234502344342013-05-17T17:48:31.186+01:002013-05-17T17:48:31.186+01:00Well it's gratifying to hear I'm not the o...Well it's gratifying to hear I'm not the only one who thinks OASys is crap and as you say has distorted the whole risk assessment business by giving the impression that it's somehow scientific and accurate. To say this is regarded as being close to heresey of course and all newer colleagues simply cannot imagine how we managed without it. <br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Jim Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-39378433108468509232013-05-17T17:40:23.722+01:002013-05-17T17:40:23.722+01:00Quite right - mind elsewhere, now corrected thanks...Quite right - mind elsewhere, now corrected thanks.<br /><br />CheersJim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-51541515885117121482013-05-17T16:41:18.701+01:002013-05-17T16:41:18.701+01:00I think you intended Sir Graham Smith, not PeterI think you intended Sir Graham Smith, not PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-67114505495398686392013-05-17T13:11:29.628+01:002013-05-17T13:11:29.628+01:00I see nothing antediluvian in your assessment of O...I see nothing antediluvian in your assessment of OASys. It's a dumb document. I never regarded it as an aid to assessment. It was more about data gathering for Whitehall number crunchers. I think OASys, though, was important in creating and perpetuating myths about risk assessments and management, a pseudo-scientific tool that could allegedly join all all the dots and make the world safer. <br /><br />All good assessments require are, first and foremost, a conscientious and curious assessor, criminological knowledge and practical experience of supervising a range of clients, thus deepening ones understanding of risks and needs in the process. It does not need a template, just a blank piece of paper. OASys is a con trick. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com