Cardiff Youth Offending Service had experienced staff, but there was scope for improvement in its work with children and young people and leadership and oversight needed strengthening, said Glenys Stacey, Chief Inspector of Probation. Today she published the report of a recent joint inspection of the work of Cardiff Youth Offending Service (YOS). This joint […]
12 May 2016
Wolverhampton Youth Offending Team was doing some impressive work to reduce reoffending and change young people’s lives, said Alan MacDonald, Assistant Chief Inspector of Probation. Today he published the report of a recent joint inspection of the work of Wolverhampton Youth Offending Team (YOT). This joint inspection of youth offending work in Wolverhampton is one […]
11 February 2016
Little progress has been made in improving the preparation and planning for young people to move from youth offending services to adult probation services and this can affect their rehabilitation, said Alan MacDonald, Assistant Chief Inspector of Probation. Today HM Inspectorate of Probation published the report of an inspection of transition arrangements. Today’s report, Transition […]
19 January 2016
Adult probation services under the government’s Transforming Rehabilitation programme had seen some improvements but more needed to be done, said Paul Wilson, Chief Inspector of Probation. Today HM Inspectorate of Probation published a fourth report on the early implementation of the government’s Transforming Rehabilitation programme. The report, Transforming Rehabilitation – Early Implementation 4: an Independent […]
15 January 2016
Despite some improvements, youth offending work in Islington was still not effective in protecting the public, reducing reoffending and keeping young people safe, said Paul Wilson, Chief Inspector of Probation. Today he published the report of a recent joint inspection of the work of Islington Youth Offending Service. This joint inspection of youth offending work […]
14 January 2016
Although some unpaid work was well managed and well delivered, much of it was simply not good enough, and its potential to rehabilitate was not always exploited, said Paul Wilson, Chief Inspector of Probation. Today HM Inspectorate of Probation published a report on unpaid work, the most frequently imposed requirement of a community sentence. The […]
12 January 2016
Greenwich Youth Offending Service (YOS) was well managed, well led and had improved the work it was doing to help young people move away from crime, said Paul Wilson, Chief Inspector of Probation. Today he published the report of a recent joint inspection of the work of Greenwich Youth Offending Service. This joint inspection of […]
26 November 2015
Adult probation services under the government’s Transforming Rehabilitation programme continue to present a mixed picture, though some improvements are evident, said Paul Wilson, Chief Inspector of Probation. Today HM Inspectorate of Probation published a third report on the early implementation of the government’s Transforming Rehabilitation programme. The report, Transforming Rehabilitation – Early Implementation 3: an […]
10 November 2015
Despite some good work by individual case managers in Doncaster Youth Offending Service (YOS), other aspects of work were not carried out well enough, often enough, said Paul Wilson, Chief Inspector of Probation. Today he published the report of a recent joint inspection of the work of Doncaster Youth Offending Service. This joint inspection of […]
30 September 2015
Portsmouth Youth Offending Team (YOT) had worked hard to raise performance standards across the board, said Paul Wilson, Chief Inspector of Probation. Today he published the report of a recent joint inspection of the work of Portsmouth Youth Offending Team. This joint inspection of youth offending work in Portsmouth is one of a small number […]
02 September 2015
