On Probation Blog

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

Saturday, 31 July 2021

Rhetoric and Reality

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Channel 4 news has for me always stood out head and shoulders above other news providers and of course it's no great surprise that it...
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Tuesday, 27 July 2021

Sense and Nonsense

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I'm pleased to note that the recent Bill McWilliams Memorial lecture by Wales First Minister Mark Drakeford is now published  on YouTube...
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Opportunity Knocks

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Yes once again there's an opportunity for fed up and ground down qualified probation officers to escape the stultifying grasp of HMPPS a...
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Monday, 26 July 2021

Are You Listening?

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The world of probation here in England has changed so much, I'm not at all sure what's a 'given' any more for people joining...
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Saturday, 24 July 2021

Best of the Week 4

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It seems working for MoJ/HMPPS/NPS has suddenly become a joyous, well-rewarded experience, or the civil service muzzles are a snug fit. Seni...
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Wednesday, 21 July 2021

All Aboard HMS Probation

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"It seems working for MoJ/HMPPS/NPS has suddenly become a joyous, well-rewarded experience, or...... the civil service muzzles are a sn...
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Sunday, 18 July 2021

A Grand Plan

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I suppose it's only natural that when you've created a vast empire, you want a grand plan. The MoJ has such a plan  and they've ...
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Friday, 16 July 2021

Embedding a Baseline Roadmap Across Digital Platforms

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Yes, we're all super excited, as I'm sure you are, to hear of the many and varied ways the MoJ is helping tired and weary frontline ...
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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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