Amalgamation of youth justice services from Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend was poorly implemented and the organisation created in 2014 failed adequately to protect the children and young people and the wider public, inspectors found.
28 March 2019
Wrexham Youth Justice Service (YJS) in North Wales was found by inspectors to be good overall, with many impressive areas of practice and “high aspirations” for children and young people. ‘Good’ is the second highest HM Inspectorate of Probation rating. Dame Glenys Stacey, HM Chief Inspector of Probation, said: “Many aspects of its work are […]
28 March 2019
The current model for the delivery of probation services in England and Wales is irredeemably flawed, and a major rethink is needed to create a system that is fit for the future
28 March 2019
Wandsworth Youth Offending Team (YOT) was assessed by probation inspectors as ‘Good’ overall, the second-highest rating, with some outstanding child-focused work in a complex and challenging inner London borough.
14 March 2019
The growing use of technology to supervise individuals on probation offers no conclusive benefits, according to new research. More than 250,000 people are under probation supervision across England and Wales. Typically, probation officers supervise individuals through regular face-to-face meetings. Some Community Rehabilitation Companies – who are responsible for supervising low and medium-risk offenders – have […]
13 March 2019
Durham Tees Valley Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) was assessed by probation inspectors as ‘Requiring improvement’, the second lowest rating, despite its clear organisational strengths. HM Chief Inspector of Probation Dame Glenys Stacey said that governance at the CRC, which supervised 3,729 people at the time of the inspection in November 2018, was sound. Senior leaders […]
06 March 2019
Inspectors found that senior leaders of the North West division of the National Probation Service (NPS) had a clear vision and strategy for high-quality services, but not enough staff to deliver them. Staff shortages have been seen in a number of NPS inspections by HM Inspectorate of Probation. During the inspection of the North West […]
22 February 2019
The Humberside, Lincolnshire & North Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) was found by inspectors to have clear strengths. There was a capable leadership team, it performed well in some areas and the CRC had a good understanding of where improvements in service delivery were needed.
21 February 2019
Dame Glenys Stacey, HM Chief Inspector of Probation, has welcomed government action to ensure the continued operation of three private probation companies whose parent company, Working Links, has announced it is going into administration. The need for an urgent government response, in the interests of protecting the public, is underlined by a deeply troubling […]
15 February 2019
Manchester Youth Justice Service (YJS) was found by inspectors to have some clear strengths and a committed staff facing the challenges of supervising children and young people in a complex inner-city area. Many staff had worked in Manchester for years and had a strong understanding of the issues facing local children and young people, including […]
01 February 2019
