tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post6705046897895014047..comments2024-03-28T07:32:23.397+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: Omnishambles Update 21Jim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-7037254973475914122013-10-17T07:14:23.130+01:002013-10-17T07:14:23.130+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.UK Call Centreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245148352148889360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-17752265146554550762013-10-05T08:52:18.343+01:002013-10-05T08:52:18.343+01:00The Elmfield story is reported in far more detail ...The Elmfield story is reported in far more detail on line in<br />'Fe Week'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-52659252048007877722013-10-05T07:58:24.809+01:002013-10-05T07:58:24.809+01:00Have you heard about the complaints against BBC ne...Have you heard about the complaints against BBC new coverage of the Manchester rally to protest against spending cuts ahead of the Tory Party Conference? Reporter Norman Smith stated he was told to stop filming this - who told him ? The security company for the Tory Party Conference G4S. Suggest colleagues start to look at the coverage of the changes to Probation and why this is under reported and COMPLAIN to the news providers given the major impact this will have upon communities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-61919289290187765772013-10-05T07:45:35.209+01:002013-10-05T07:45:35.209+01:00The latest scammers caught. Getting to be quite a ...The latest scammers caught. Getting to be quite a few now. Enough for a group. If I was Laurus, which I'm not, (I am the Laurus, goo goo g'joob) I'd be ahead of the flock and going to market with a bespoke offending behaviour programme for reducing the risk posed by fraud like this. I'll need a name though - ETS - Enhanced Training Skills - perhaps, or R & R - Ripoffs & Rehabilitation maybe.TheUrbaneGorillanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-20846194372640744722013-10-05T07:44:09.692+01:002013-10-05T07:44:09.692+01:00Elmfield Training - looks like they might have bee...Elmfield Training - looks like they might have been fiddling the figures in order to get government money - blimey who'd have thought it possible?Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-40158508742311433052013-10-04T23:45:39.967+01:002013-10-04T23:45:39.967+01:00http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24407567
Anyone thin...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24407567<br /><br />Anyone think of a reason for keeping certain things in the public sector?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-51341056136461693472013-10-04T22:42:03.691+01:002013-10-04T22:42:03.691+01:00'Shiny Happy People' R.E.M. - perfect lol'Shiny Happy People' R.E.M. - perfect lolJim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-59869336413431011702013-10-04T20:44:27.592+01:002013-10-04T20:44:27.592+01:00Leaked Laurus Mutual corporate song. You heard it ...Leaked Laurus Mutual corporate song. You heard it first here.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQ0vDAbF7sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-999466455095705192013-10-04T20:01:17.251+01:002013-10-04T20:01:17.251+01:00Bubbs whinging in Civil Society today about the am...Bubbs whinging in Civil Society today about the amendments to the lobbying bill.<br />Worth a look if you're like me and get a lift when Bubbs distressed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-87017599581799339662013-10-04T16:43:24.101+01:002013-10-04T16:43:24.101+01:00That's why Lazarus - sorry Laurus - gives me t...That's why Lazarus - sorry Laurus - gives me the creeps! As you say, surely a religious sect? <br /><br />Only Connect a dating agency - it's obvious lol.<br /><br />Cheers Netnipper - I like your style!<br /><br />JimJim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-48661691592308506052013-10-04T15:58:23.208+01:002013-10-04T15:58:23.208+01:00Failing Grayling just does not know when to shut u...Failing Grayling just does not know when to shut up.....I think it is, in part to do with vote catching, but his latest suggestion that all TACT (Terrorist Act Offenders) and Child Rapists should not be eligible for 50% reduction in time served, is another 'eye catching story'.. Due to changes in legislation a load of sexual offences against a child under 13 is classified as 'Rape' and his numbers regarding 600 new cases every year falling into these categories - reflects scaremongering. The majority will be caught out and labelled by the new legislation and there are currently no more than 100 TACT ofenders in custody and in the community...but why let the truth get in the way of an opportunity to make a fast buck.<br /><br />Oh and all these longer sentences can be paid for from exisiting budgets, as he has "some slack" in terms of HMP vacancies.....what a prick!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-37998492757860474422013-10-04T15:56:01.153+01:002013-10-04T15:56:01.153+01:00Well said folks - trouble is those with real power...Well said folks - trouble is those with real power are ignoring you/us!<br /><br />Some of us are either stupid or think we can survive TR and so are enabling it.<br /><br />I don't think there is much more that can be said TR will fail as it has been designed and there will be many casualties.<br /><br />One plus one really does only make two.<br /><br />'Offender's' or probation supervisees cannot be managed anymore than prisoners can be forcibly controlled without minimal conditions or massive staffing. Folks ONLY change when they realise making change is in their best interest. I am unlikely to change if the only motivator is punishment from an agent with whom I do not have a trusting relationship in which I feel worthwhile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-30611776654811792332013-10-04T14:09:29.266+01:002013-10-04T14:09:29.266+01:00I laughed out loud when I heard this. Here we go a...I laughed out loud when I heard this. Here we go again, reinventing the wheel and back to a practice that should never have been scrapped in the first place, except it was rather overtaken by the legislative meddling that gave us the now discredited IPP sentence. However, writing an informed parole report always required an in depth knowledge of the client and his/her progress as well as a good rapport fosters through prison visits/letters etc. Am wondering how this will be achieved in the new world order what with all the PO's working in the call centres.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-22225889211122133382013-10-04T13:31:42.857+01:002013-10-04T13:31:42.857+01:00You know it's bad for you, but the Laurus mana...You know it's bad for you, but the Laurus management-speak is amusing in a fatuous way - their mind-set, their sense of urgency, their management of the speed of change cycle. They have a quasi religious zeal, all that's missing is a few hallelujahs. Are you sure they are a probation mutual? They sound like the Moonies. I have recently been reading about a thug called Mao and Laurus-speak brought to mind Red Guards and fanaticism. I can't wait until Laurus impart the meaning of life, because they are so ahead of the curve they must have a map of the Great Beyond. <br /><br />How endearing that Only Connect envisage a 'minimum of coercion'. This is a straw argument. Probation has never been an advocate of coercion. If you want to describe implementing the sentence of the court as coercive then that's a matter for philosophy. In the present climate there is no hiding place from monitoring and managing risks. Any organisation that thinks it can get away with a light touch will, in consequence, put the public at risk. Probation work has never been about making friends with clients, but it has in it's best traditions been about helping clients to change their behaviour through the provision of support, encouragement and accessing practical resources. And the counterweight to this support has always been to be open and honest with those clients whose behaviour is thought to present risks and to let them know that while probation has a duty to help them it has an overriding duty to protect past and future victims from harm. These are the bedrocks on which strong professional and trusting relationships are built. Only Connect is a good name for a dating agency, but less apt, perhaps for a criminal justice agency, as it belies the skills required to maintain a professional distance whilst building trust and rapport with a client. Netnippernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-51387420622540588422013-10-04T12:48:06.113+01:002013-10-04T12:48:06.113+01:00Grayling today announces an end to automatic early...Grayling today announces an end to automatic early release for prisoners sentenced for particular types of offences (the Guardian).<br />They will he says have to go before the parole board.<br />Will this move see prisoners serving their whole sentences and being released with no supervision?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com