probation

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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

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

Rehabilitation and Social Inclusion Hubs

[North East Probation & Ingeus (2024)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: North East Probation, in partnership with Ingeus, have set up a number of “hub” facilities, primarily for women on probation, which bring together a wide range of services to help meet the women’s needs.

Keywords: female offenders, social inclusion, engagement

Effective practice guide: Middle managers – professional curiosity insights guide (adult services)

[HMI Probation (2022)]

This insights guide is designed for middle managers to help them consider how they can create a culture that enables and promotes professional curiosity.

Keywords: professional curiosity

Effective practice guide: Practitioners – professional curiosity insights (adult services)

[HMI Probation (2022)]

This insights guide explores what professional curiosity is, why it is important, errors, bias and barriers that impede its use and how you can mitigate these. {{Link to KBT page/post will be added to description}}

Keywords: professional curiosity

Effective Practice Guide: Offender Management in Custody, pre-release (adult services)

[HMI Probation (2022)]

Based on effective practice identified in a thematic review by HMI Probation.

Keywords: offender management