On Probation Blog

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

Saturday, 17 October 2026

Not Fit For Purpose

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With a call for probation to be put into 'special measures', I'm reminded of this that ultimately resulted in the MoJ being cre...
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Thursday, 15 October 2026

Innocence and Risk

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Clients who maintain innocence have always posed a particular challenge, and the following from InsideTime highlights some of the issues in...
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Tuesday, 13 October 2026

Lived Experience

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As I was waking up this morning to the 6am BBC Radio 4 news broadcast, I couldn't help a wry smile because that bloody "£700 millio...
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Monday, 12 October 2026

Back for More?

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Academic articles are invariably extremely long and not at all conducive to the blog format, especially if accessed via a mobile, however th...
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Sunday, 11 October 2026

What Voters Think

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Thanks go once again to ace contibutor 'Getafix for truffling out an outfit I've never heard of before - Common Ground Justice Proje...
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Saturday, 10 October 2026

The Job Used to Have Integrity

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As news comes in of the latest derisory pay offer - with strings of course - anger is spreading within the ranks ahead of the Napo AGM next...
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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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