On Probation Blog

I've been thinking of writing something about the relationship between probation and the police for some time and a recent query from a ...

The following happened several years ago when probation officers still enjoyed a mixed bag of cases to supervise, by which I mean we were no...

Following on from my recent piece about 'burnout' , a couple of comments from newish colleagues has spurred me on to think about cop...

It looks as if Sir David Latham, the chairman of the Parole Board, has decided to start the New Year by kicking off a debate about lifers an...

Lets be honest, Court Duty is not every probation officers idea of a productive use of time and in my experience most male colleagues seem t...

One of the many fascinating aspects of this once wonderful job is the chance you get to meet interesting people on a daily basis. I have alw...

When I was at University studying for a degree and social work qualification, the term ' burnout' was often bandied about. It was u...

The Justice of the Peace Blog highlights the sort of  story which really gets me annoyed for a whole variety of reasons. He quotes the rec...

Whilst still in bed and coming round this morning, I caught the tail end of an item on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme about mothers who are...

Just recently there has been a spirited and welcome resurgence in debate on the NAPO forum pages and I was particularly interested in contr...