Will cross-sector reducing reoffending partnerships work?
Is the MoJ getting serious about a diverse supply chain? Conscious of the criticism of the performance of large private sector “Primes” in the Work
24th May 2013
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Is the MoJ getting serious about a diverse supply chain? Conscious of the criticism of the performance of large private sector “Primes” in the Work
The publication of the MoJ’s response to Transforming Rehabilitation last Thursday 9 May has made it almost certain that the plans to overhaul the reducing reoffending system will take place.
By bringing the timeline even further forward, the Secretary of State has built in 6 months’ slippage before next general election.
Even if the Labour Party wins the next election, there is no sign that @SadiqKhan would undo the changes.
Timeline for the government’s “Transforming Rehabilitation” project which involves the most radical change ever to, and significant privatisation of, the probation service and new focus on short term prisoners.
The dramatic changes proposed for the probation service have yet to receive any detailed planning. Indeed, we still don’t know how many probation trust areas there will be, how many Contract Package Areas and the nature of the relationship between the future statutory probation service with its responsibility for risk and the new providers who will be delivering interventions to reduce re-offending. We are expecting some answers to these questions in the middle of May but …
Transforming Rehabilitation The Ministry of Justice under Chris Grayling is planning the most radical changes to the probation service in its history. The changes include: The
Price is what you pay, value is what you get There is a consensus that the Work Programme contracts were primarily awarded on price with
The deadline for responding to the Ministry of Justice consultation on the future of the Probation Service is tomorrow, 22nd February 2013. I finally got
Latest blog from Zoe Stafford. This was a blog I originally wrote a few months back, before I decided to turn off the @ZoeStaffsGMPT life
This is @ZoeStaffsGMPT eighth and final post in a series about her life and learning as a probation officer. This is my final blog folks, and is a
This is @ZoeStaffsGMPT seventh post in an ongoing series about her life and learning as a probation officer. Office Politics Having recently moved from front-line practice to the
This is @ZoeStaffsGMPT sixth post in an ongoing series about her life and learning as a probation officer. What is a good probation officer? Now that’s a million
This is @ZoeStaffsGMPT 5th post in an ongoing series about her life and learning as a probation officer. Firsts There’s a first time for everything – especially when
