probation

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Walsall Women’s Hub

[West Midlands Probation (2024)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: the Walsall Women’s Hub is a bespoke service for females on probation where they can access probation and commissioned services under one roof.

Keywords: female offenders

Inclusive Recovery Cities and the implications for probation practice

[HMI Probation (2024)]

Introduction to Inclusive Recovery Cities model. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection].

Keywords: recovery, substance use

The Ingeus Academy

[Ingeus (2024)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: a peer mentoring training programme for people in contact with commissioned rehabilitative services.

Keywords: peer mentoring

The Arches Bicycle Recycling Project

[South West Probation (2024)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: the Exeter Bicycle Recycling Project is a self-funding Community Payback initiative, in partnership with the charity Exeter Ride On, repairing and recycling bikes for the benefit of the local community.

Keywords: community payback

Support for Veterans

[North West Probation (2024)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: a 6 session group work programme for veterans on probation – focusing on issues such as substance misuse, trauma, reintegration, and employment skills.

Keywords: veterans, peer support

Probation Outreach

[North East Probation (2024)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: because it more than an hour from their main offices, Durham and Darlington PDU now run a range of services and programmes on an outreach basis in Peterlee, significantly improving engagement and complliance among people on probation from the area.

Keywords: engagement

Sandwell & Dudley Effective Practice Delivery Team

[West Midlands Probation (2024)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: the Effective Practice Delivery Team comprises 5 staff members of various grades who between them ensure they keep up-to-date on the latest developments and their implications for practice, and then provide guidance, training and support to colleagues as required.

Keywords: effective practice, staff training

Lancashire Release Booklet

[North West Probation (2024)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: the Lancashire Release Booklet is a booklet – published in four languages – distributed to prisons releasing people back into the area, and includes details of all the available services in the area, for prisoners to use in planning for, and after, their release.

Keywords: health, substance misuse, resettlement

Northumbria Stalking Intervention Programme

[North East Probation (2024)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: the Northumbria Stalking Intervention Programme involves a core team of a Senior Probation Officer, Detective Sargeant and Higher Assistant Psychologist, supported by a specialist consultant psychiatrist, working with probation and partner agency staff to increase awareness and understanding, improve approaches to assessment and intervention, and support staff.

Keywords: stalking

Practitioner Forums

[PBNI (2024)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: PBNI’s practitioner forums bring together a range of professionals, every two months, to review those individuals engaged in domestic violence programmes.

Keywords: effective practice, professional supervision, domestic violence