tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post8946607479384889403..comments2024-03-29T11:18:07.045+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: The Academics Speak Out 2Jim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-47267226044273443762018-01-07T21:07:28.028+00:002018-01-07T21:07:28.028+00:00Pack it in, Anon 15:14. There are 250,000 on proba...Pack it in, Anon 15:14. There are 250,000 on probation at any one time. The above is a common scenario and to insist you know the individual case from the scant detail above is nonsense, deliberately inflammatory and antagonistic nonsense at that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-46927626989135966112018-01-07T15:14:31.863+00:002018-01-07T15:14:31.863+00:00No, indeed how about YOU 15:06 and this blabbermou...No, indeed how about YOU 15:06 and this blabbermouth idiot read up on data protection.<br />It doesnt matter if he/she/CRC are not named the fact is I KNOW who this is, therefore you HAVE identified this person and by doing so HAVE breached their data protection.<br />All I have to do is put down the details here and you my friend are sunk.<br />Thats it think on that eh.<br />However thers always a stupid apologist for incompetence and you my friend are it.<br /> 15:28 is absolutelty right, you think we or anyone want to talk to you again knowing that you are going to blab their personals details and case on a public website?<br />you are indeed beyond the pale of incompetence.<br />And this is the very point, most of you dont have a clue how to conduct yourselves professionally and have zero respect for data issues, it speaks volumes of your real attitude towards another human beings rights. Put simply you think they have none and you have some sort of right to lord it over them!!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-41407916937936324362018-01-05T15:28:06.764+00:002018-01-05T15:28:06.764+00:00To addend. There is, however, an ethical question ...To addend. There is, however, an ethical question around disclosing any aspect of a case without the client's consent and I doubt this was sought. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-28672985462027495482018-01-05T15:06:33.864+00:002018-01-05T15:06:33.864+00:00Read up on Common Law around confidentiality, Data...Read up on Common Law around confidentiality, Data Protection and Human Rights Act 1998. I am confident that the Probation Officer concerned has not breached anyone's rights here. The client, the Probation Officer, The CRC, location are not named specifically and any other information that could reasonably identify the client are not disclosed. That someone you know might fit this account likely says more about the failings of the system than that which you suggest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-39346021727803032452018-01-05T13:29:52.364+00:002018-01-05T13:29:52.364+00:00Thanks for that, based o what you have said, now I...Thanks for that, based o what you have said, now I have enough information to identify the person you speak of, a friend of mine. I will let that person know cheers.<br />I guess I can say on behalf of that person many thanks for breaching their right to data protection (you amateur blabbermouth idiot). I will instruct my friend to report you to the ICO for the breach and look forward to your demotion.<br />I suggest you apologise now, publicly.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-86638859112492871442018-01-05T13:21:41.488+00:002018-01-05T13:21:41.488+00:00who?
who is ACTUALLY interested?who?<br />who is ACTUALLY interested?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-43075422708983671262018-01-05T09:55:04.044+00:002018-01-05T09:55:04.044+00:00Really, I didn't realise Napo was back in powe...Really, I didn't realise Napo was back in power. Try Johnny the Shoeshine Guy<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBm_oOmGQAw<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-38552812745420451922018-01-05T08:34:37.861+00:002018-01-05T08:34:37.861+00:00Our friends from the private sector bought the con...Our friends from the private sector bought the contracts for £1 each, cashed-in the realisable assets, threw out what they saw as costly overheads (experienced/qualified staff) & cut every possible corner in order to boost their bonuses & shareholder profits.<br /><br />The whole *point* of 'probation' never featured in their blinkered, financially-oriented consiousness. Nor was it ever going to as the entire TR project was a myth, a Trojan Horse which Grayling & co used to smuggle vast sums of public money into private-sector bank accounts. He did it with employment & training, & he's continuing true-to-form with transport.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-18866263762273109652018-01-05T08:14:38.254+00:002018-01-05T08:14:38.254+00:00The assumption seems to have been made that CRCs w...The assumption seems to have been made that CRCs would stay put.An assumption flying in the face of what has happened with privatisation in the past.Some of us did point out at the time that they only fat in the sandwich was attached to Ts and Cs of staff.Oh how they laughed.....<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-9587154810360279202018-01-05T07:49:11.175+00:002018-01-05T07:49:11.175+00:00Word from napo is once it implodes managers who ha...Word from napo is once it implodes managers who have colluded and cannot evidence that they have spoken out will go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-90055201262655964562018-01-04T23:08:16.510+00:002018-01-04T23:08:16.510+00:00Why we all know what we think of them collaborator...Why we all know what we think of them collaborators. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-4063214388752420362018-01-04T22:46:43.890+00:002018-01-04T22:46:43.890+00:00CRC have to provide permanent office space for Moj...CRC have to provide permanent office space for Moj contract management teams. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-91083430736130974612018-01-04T22:37:08.036+00:002018-01-04T22:37:08.036+00:00And still our own senior managers maintain their s...And still our own senior managers maintain their silence. Speak out now or be forever damned<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-49040378757891092552018-01-04T21:10:50.667+00:002018-01-04T21:10:50.667+00:00Spot on. I have experienced very similar issues my...Spot on. I have experienced very similar issues myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-84381703542530900162018-01-04T20:50:14.571+00:002018-01-04T20:50:14.571+00:00Rob Allen hits the nail firmly on the head. His po...Rob Allen hits the nail firmly on the head. His poinent observation that the demise of the SER/PSR has led to some terrible and inappropriate sentencing is realised on a daily basis. I am part of the CRC project that has to unpick the mess of inappropriate sentencing. I will not apportion blame between NPS or CRC as that is devisive and wrong. We are both devalued <br />by TR. I hold 67 cases, 65 are in the community and 2 long term custody cases.<br />Of the community cases, only 2 have a passing resemblance to what could be called a PSR. As a result the wrong questions or no questions were asked or pursued. When I see them post sentence all kinds of issues fall from the tree. Long term mental health issues unresolved and not questioned or looked at pre sentence. The CRC allocates centrally from a spreadsheet algorithm on that flimsy information. I have several cases that take up the vast majority of my time, all because important information was not sought pre sentence. The Mental Health Treatment Requirement is now defunct. Why? Because it requires a psychological report pre sentence, that takes time and money. So what practical intervention is available to me. I have to find a work around the system. I get my case to undergo a 30 minute phone interview with the Community Mental Health Provider, on my work mobile phone, I know he will fail the interview as that interview by phone is looking to offer Cognitive Behaviour Therapy which they can provide. When he duly fails They write to him and his Doctor saying he needs a full psychiatric assessment. He eventually gets the Mental Health service he always needed some 9 months into his 12 month order. All could have been done at pre sentence stage. I had to see him weekly for 9 months to keep him from doing something stupid. His inital assessment at court was low risk based on very little....... I have been fortunate in my early career with Probation to see really good quality SERs/PSRs that we’re rigorous and well thought through with a serious proposal of a sentence.... for which I have witnessed district judges remark in open court as to the quality of report and well considered proposal... no more me thinks. This rush to sentence we have today based on very little ; causes no end of problems for any practitioners ,new or old ,to deliver the right intervention, so old hands like me seek workarounds to get what we know is the right intervention... the problem I have to live with : who has to suffer on my caseload so I can give more time to those who fell through the judicial cracks...... I cross my fingers and hope .....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-45771956795158395412018-01-04T20:19:50.913+00:002018-01-04T20:19:50.913+00:00City Hall claimed that reductions to the central G...City Hall claimed that reductions to the central Government funding given to councils has triggered more than £22m of cuts to youth services since 2011, seeing 30 youth centres closed.<br /><br />It said London’s schools “face £99m in real terms cuts in 2018-19 alone”, with the funding gap for children’s services predicted to reach £2bn by 2020. <br /><br />The figures could not immediately be verified by The Independent and the Home Office has not yet replied to a request for comment.<br /><br />Mr Khan’s office said mental health services were also “chronically underfunded”, leaving young people with behavioural problems in later life, and that the proportion of young male convicts returning to crime had risen to almost 40 per cent in London.<br /><br />The capital’s probation services have been partly handed to one of several private “Community Rehabilitation Companies”, which were heavily criticised in a recent watchdog report accusing them of putting the public at risk.<br /><br />Senior police officers previously said they were being used as the “service of last resort” for shrinking public services, particularly in mental health, while calling for more funding to tackle rising crime and terrorism.<br /><br />Sophie Linden, London’s deputy mayor for policing and crime, said the Met was in a “very difficult position” after officer numbers were cut to 30,000 in the capital. <br /><br />“My concerns, and I’ve been given assurances that it is possible to police London at those numbers, if they go below 30,000, which is exactly what the budget trajectory looks like, that is going to put the safety of Londoners at risk,” she told the London Assembly budget and performance committee on Thursday. <br /><br />“30,000 officers, we can cope with it, but it is not ideal in any sense because we know demand is rising, the population of Londoners is rising, the young population of London is rising and that comes with its complexities, opportunities as well, but great challenges in terms of policing. It is a real worry.”<br /><br />She added: “London is not in a good position, it is in no way a better position [than previously], it is in a very, very difficult position, and that is about safety.” <br /><br />Sir Mackey said cuts were forcing the Met to be more “prescriptive”.<br /><br />“We are having to make really, really difficult choices in terms of what we can prioritise and what we can do,” he said. <br /><br />“What you're seeing is increasing prioritisation of workloads... having to be really, really clear when we take something on or try something new about what gives.”<br /><br />A Home Office funding settlement announced last month was heavily criticised for relying on elected Police and Crime Commissioners taking more money from council tax to fund forces.<br /><br />The Metropolitan Police has already released guidelines instructing officers to stop investigating some “low-level crimes” as it works to save £400m by 2020 and other forces are believed to be considering similar policies amid a falling number of police officers.<br /><br />A recent report by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary warned that police forces are failing to respond to low-priority crimes because of “significant stress” caused by continued budget cuts amid a huge rise in demand.Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-6760097226866827442018-01-04T20:18:03.038+00:002018-01-04T20:18:03.038+00:00Sadiq Khan has attacked the Government over being ...Sadiq Khan has attacked the Government over being “weak on the causes of crime” and suggested that cuts could be driving rising violence.<br /><br />Speaking after four young men were murdered in unrelated stabbings in the capital during New Year’s Eve celebrations, the Mayor said police were already doing everything in their power.<br /><br />“The police are being tough on crime, but the Government are being desperately weak on the causes of crime,” he added.<br /><br />“Getting back to being ‘tough on the causes of crime’ will require a massive investment in the services that have been neglected for too long, tragically letting our young people down.”<br /><br />Critics have hit out at Mr Khan for presiding over rising violence in London since he was elected mayor in 2016, having vowed to “challenge gang culture and knife crime head on” in his manifesto.<br /><br />The number of teenagers murdered in 2017 was the highest since 2008 and there is mounting public concern over the number of stabbings and a spike in acid attacks and moped robberies.<br /><br />Violent offences have risen by 19 per cent in England and Wales in the past year, and by 3 per cent in London.<br /><br />Mr Khan claimed real-terms funding cuts to youth services, community groups, education, probation and the police since the 2010 general election had “reversed decades of progress in tackling the root causes of violent offending”.<br /><br />He also hit out at the “botched” partial privatisation of probation services, the ongoing prisons crisis and “scandalous” reoffending rates.<br /><br />The Labour Mayor called on ministers to prioritise youth services, community work, mental health, probation and prisons to fight the causes of crime.<br /><br />“On this Government’s watch, these critical services have been allowed to deteriorate and starved of funding and we are now paying a heavy price,” Mr Khan said.<br /><br />“I am doing everything I can to tackle this scourge in our communities. Keeping the country safe should be the Government’s priority too, and it is time ministers stopped shirking this responsibility.”<br /><br />Scotland Yard appealed for the public’s help combating knife culture after the four New Year’s Eve murders, which have been followed by another stabbing in Harrow and a murder in Ilford.<br /><br />Sir Craig Mackey, the Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, said it was “truly unusual and extraordinary” for so many murders to take place in such a short period of time.<br /><br />“There are a number of issues affecting knife crime,” he added. “We are doing our part... but we need others working with us to help tackle those underlying issues around a knife culture that has emerged across London.”Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-47217827697099667302018-01-04T19:14:06.506+00:002018-01-04T19:14:06.506+00:00Contact them.Contact them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-69526504393022987142018-01-04T19:02:44.259+00:002018-01-04T19:02:44.259+00:00don't forget issues like illegally transportin...don't forget issues like illegally transporting UPWs in unroadworthy vans and putting them and other road users at risk. Near fatal accidents/incidents?<br />Anyone interested in the evidence?<br />Guardian? etcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-8213413672783883412018-01-04T18:23:43.267+00:002018-01-04T18:23:43.267+00:00Sadiq Khan has hit out at the Government on all th...Sadiq Khan has hit out at the Government on all things criminal justice in London, including the botched privatisation of probation.<br /><br />http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sadiq-khan-crime-weak-causes-violence-london-met-police-theresa-may-home-office-stabbings-murders-a8141436.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-51007057936834555912018-01-04T15:15:42.699+00:002018-01-04T15:15:42.699+00:00It's corrupt.It's corrupt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-62656430623839084662018-01-04T13:48:07.570+00:002018-01-04T13:48:07.570+00:00This project is relevant to London NPS only I am t...This project is relevant to London NPS only I am told.Indications are that no payment is being made but Crc London will reap the benefit of these orders once extended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-51150579364334608942018-01-04T13:32:48.584+00:002018-01-04T13:32:48.584+00:00If CRC was asked to carry out work that should be ...If CRC was asked to carry out work that should be done by NPS they would be demanding payment.<br />How much will the CRCs be asked to hand over?<br />The union need to nip this in the bud. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-89389291504434129642018-01-04T12:52:48.194+00:002018-01-04T12:52:48.194+00:00A colleague of mine working in NPS has told me tha...A colleague of mine working in NPS has told me that arrangements are being put in place for the NPS to carry out some of the CRC work,namely applying to extend 3000,yes three thousand, outstanding Unpaid Work orders.At this stage it is unclear how this has come about but the implications of this work being performed by the public sector is interesting to say the least as well of course the 3000 orders not being enforced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-40194301903797528982018-01-04T12:29:32.659+00:002018-01-04T12:29:32.659+00:00All in good time 'Getafix - we will get around...All in good time 'Getafix - we will get around to them in due course... Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.com