Tags are keywords. I put tags on every post to help you find the content you want. Tags may be people (Dominic Raab, say), organisations (The Howard League, PRT), themes (women offenders, homelessness) or specific items (heroin, racial disparity, ROTL). If you’re looking to research a particular issue, they can be invaluable.
Probation officers use social media for many different reasons. Promoting the work of the service. Building alliances with local commissioners and other stakeholders. Discussing best
From 2013/14 newly elected Police & Crime Commissioners will have responsibility for community safety and Drugs Intervention Programme budgets and will be looking for new
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
The government is currently undertaking a review of the probation service and is encouraging probation trusts to be innovative in responding to fundamental change. Jason Davies’s (@b00tstrapper) post shows
This is @ZoeStaffsGMPT 4th post in an ongoing series about her life and learning as a probation officer. When I was thinking what next to blog, I asked my
@ZoeStaffsGMPT is a well-known probation tweeter, admired for her commitment to her work and the dryness of her wit – she has written movingly about
I have long advocated the use of social media in general and Twitter in particular as a way for public services to raise awareness of what
This is @ZoeStaffsGMPT third post in an ongoing series about her life and learning as a probation officer. I’ve noticed there’s a few new or aspiring probation
This is a guest post by Dr Brian Stout who is Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Western Sydney. He previously taught
This is @ZoeStaffsGMPT follow up post to Being on Probation in what I hope is going to be an ongoing series. As said in my
I’m delighted to host this post from @ZoeStaffsGMPT reflecting on her ten years as a practising probation officer. If you like it, you might like
Re-tweeting is just a matter of hovering over a Tweet and clicking the re-tweet symbol. So why does it need a whole article for itself?
