On Probation Blog

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

Monday, 8 November 2021

Walking a Tightrope

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Judging by this report  from Shelter, they had a good TR, but it's clear there's a price to pay when you get into bed with governmen...
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Monday, 1 November 2021

Napo AGM 2021: Jim Barton

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Members will have received details emailed to them of the Q & A on this coming Friday 5th November and for those who missed the AGM, her...
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Saturday, 30 October 2021

A Manufactured Crisis

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Preamble I've been a bit pre-occupied of late on domestic matters, but noticed that yesterday for no obvious reason the blog attracted 4...
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Monday, 25 October 2021

Newcastle Napo AGM 2021 Addresses

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I notice the AGM addresses by the General Secretary  and Chair  have been published on the Napo website and I've selected what I feel ar...
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Sunday, 24 October 2021

Police Talking Sense on Drugs

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Preamble A week on, the AGM blog post  continues to attract attention with total site traffic yesterday exceeding 3,100 hits. What it means ...
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Saturday, 23 October 2021

Latest From Napo 227

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Preamble Since the AGM in Newcastle last week and the controversy revealed and discussed on this platform, it's interesting to note that...
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Saturday, 16 October 2021

Newcastle Napo AGM 2021 Part 3

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AGM Day three London walks out prompting statement from the chair. There have been rumblings throughout Conference about the adoption by Na...
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Newcastle Napo AGM 2021 Part 2

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As day two of the AGM got underway, more time spent exploring a great northern city bathed in beautiful autumnal sunshine. The Literary and ...
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Friday, 15 October 2021

Newcastle Napo AGM 2021

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Although in Newcastle, no longer being a Napo member means I'm not at the AGM, but it's been absolutely brilliant to meet readers an...
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Sunday, 10 October 2021

Probation Reflections

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Paul Senior took an active interest in the blog from early on and, as far as I'm aware, was the first academic to reference its existenc...
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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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