On Probation Blog

An attempt to help explain the mysteries and magic that are part and parcel of 'probation'.

Thursday, 29 November 2018

Napo at Work in the South West 18

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As usual, thanks go to the reader for forwarding the following:- Napo SSW Branch report 26 November 18 Dear Napo members, It has been a ...
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Wednesday, 28 November 2018

All So Very Predictable

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Preparing and writing pre sentence reports for court used to be an absolutely key part of a probation officers job, but it's been steadi...
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Monday, 26 November 2018

Pipedream

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I notice the latest Probation Institute magazine  contains a 'personal view' by former civil servant and 'insider' David Fau...
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Wednesday, 21 November 2018

Guest Blog 73

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My Journey to Breaking the Cycle Along my seven-year sentence I had several probation officers come and go, each with their own ideas on wha...
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Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Latest From Napo 182

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Here we have an edited version of the latest blog post  from Napo General Secretary Ian Lawrence:- #Reunification – A meeting with Bob Nei...
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Saturday, 17 November 2018

Latest From Napo 181

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Mention was made yesterday of the latest Napo magazine mailout that contains the following:- Gauke asked to tackle two tier probation pa...
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Friday, 16 November 2018

Holiday Blues

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The astute amongst the regular readership will have noticed that the blog has not been functioning normally of late, the main reason being t...
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Friday, 9 November 2018

More CRC Redundancies

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Seen on Facebook:- Devastating news for colleagues in Warwickshire & West Mercia CRC more redundancies announced with those affected lea...
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Tuesday, 6 November 2018

Latest From Napo 180

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Here we have an edited extract from the latest blog post  by the Napo General Secretary:-   NAPO MAKES OUR POSITION CLEAR ON TR MARK 2 A...
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Saturday, 3 November 2018

No Negativity Here!

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Seen on Facebook:- Hi all! Had an interesting email today about midyear appraisals and how being negative can get you a needs improvement ra...
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Jim Brown
A grumpy, disillusioned, CQSW trained, generic, main grade probation officer based in a small English town. All my contemporaries have either left, retired or been promoted. Newer colleagues simply don't understand the journey I've been on from advise, assist and befriend. (If there is anyone of similar name in the NAPO handbook, it's not me).
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