One in three homeless 16- and 17-year-olds who were working with youth offending teams had been placed in unsafe or unsuitable accommodation, according to independent inspectors. Today they published a report, Accommodation of homeless 16- and 17-year-old children working with youth offending teams. The report reflects the findings of HM Inspectorate of Probation and Care […]
07 September 2016
National Probation Service staff and those from the Community Rehabilitation Company should be commended for working well together and providing a high quality service over a period of change, said Dame Glenys Stacey, Chief Inspector of Probation. Today she published the report of a recent inspection of probation work in York and North Yorkshire. Since […]
25 August 2016
Probation staff from both the National Probation Service and Community Rehabilitation Companies were working well together in Durham, but needed to improve the quality of some of their work, said Dame Glenys Stacy, Chief Inspector of Probation, publishing the report of a recent inspection of probation work in Durham. Since the introduction of Transforming Rehabilitation […]
04 August 2016
Staff at Newcastle Youth Offending Team were doing some good work to turn children away from crime, but senior leaders needed to work better together to drive performance, said Dame Glenys Stacey, Chief Inspector of Probation. Today she published the report of a recent joint inspection of the work of Newcastle Youth Offending Team (YOT). […]
01 August 2016
Referral orders are the most common community sentence for young people. They are more effective than other youth sentences in reducing reoffending, but they are not being delivered as government intended. If they were, they could be more effective still, said Dame Glenys Stacey, HM Chief Inspector of Probation. Today she published a report, Referral […]
05 July 2016
Newport Youth Offending Service had got better at helping children and young people turn away from crime, but still had work to do, said Dame Glenys Stacey, Chief Inspector of Probation. Today she published the report of a recent joint inspection of the work of Newport Youth Offending Service (YOS). This joint inspection of youth […]
09 June 2016
The work of Staffordshire Youth Offending Service was of a high standard and staff were committed to doing their best for children and young people, said Dame Glenys Stacey, Chief Inspector of Probation. Today she published the report of a recent joint inspection of the work of Staffordshire Youth Offending Service (YOS). This joint inspection […]
02 June 2016
Fifteen months after the implementation of Transforming Rehabilitation, the National Probation Service and Community Rehabilitation Companies are now working better together, but some significant problems remain. Advice given to courts is less reliable in some cases, and work to prepare prisoners on release needs a greater focus, said DameGlenys Stacey, HM Chief Inspector of Probation, as […]
26 May 2016
One positive and sustained relationship with a youth worker can make all the difference in helping young people leave crime behind, said Dame Glenys Stacey, HM Chief Inspector of Probation. Today she published a report on the effectiveness of practice in Youth Offending Teams (YOTS), looking at the main themes which desistance research has identified […]
24 May 2016
Leicester City Youth Offending Service was strong in some areas, but had more to do to reduce reoffending, said Glenys Stacey, Chief Inspector of Probation. Today she published the report of a recent joint inspection of the work of Leicester City Youth Offending Service (YOS). This joint inspection of youth offending work in Leicester City […]
12 May 2016
