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HM Inspectorate of Probation AUDIT OF ACCREDITED PROGRAMMES North-West Region of the National Probation Service for England and Wales Level 2 Follow-up Report on: Lancashire Probation Area – Think First ? Probation Area Audit Report October 2002 Draft Report – 31 October 2002 Lancashire Probation Area Follow-up Audit Report Acknowledgements: We are grateful for the cooperation of staff from the Lancashire Probation Area in completing this follow-up audit. The audit team comprised: Kate White Alan MacDonald Eileen O’Sullivan Audit Manager Inspection & Audit Officers Glossary ACE Assessment, Case Recording and Evaluation System ACO Assistant chief officer CO Chief officer IQR Implementation Quality Rating LSI-R Level of Service Inventory-Revised N/A Criteria not assessed OASys Offender Assessment System OGRS Offender Group Reconviction Scale PSO Probation service officer PSR Pre-sentence report TPO Trainee probation officer Contents Page Scoring Approach: 4 Overview: 4 Findings: 5 SECTION A: COMMITTED LEADERSHIP 6 SECTION B: PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES 8 SECTION C: QUALITY OF PROGRAMME DELIVERY 16 SECTION D: CASE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES 18 Scoring summary sheet: 20 3 Lancashire Probation Area Follow-up Audit Report Scoring Approach: The criteria for the delivery of accredited programmes have been divided into four sections. These sections, and the overall weighting assigned for each ...

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• management
• managers
• management leadership

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• Publié par: Nethug
• Nombre de lectures: 16
• Langue: English

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  HM Inspectorate of Probation  

AUDIT OF  ACCREDITED  PROGRAMMES

North-West Region of the National Probation Service for England and Wales

Level 2 Follow-up Report on: Lancashire Probation Area– Think First

 

 

? Probation Area Audit Report  

  Draft Report – 31 October 2002  

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Contents

Scoring Approach: Overvie w: Finding s: SECTION A: COMMITTED LEADERSHIP SECTION B: PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES SECTION C: QUALITY OF PROGRAMME DELIVERY SECTION D: CASE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES Scoring summary sheet:

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Lancashire Probation Area Follow-up Audit Report   Scoring Approach: The criteria for the delivery of accredited programmes have been divided into four sections. T sections, and the overall weighting assigned for each section, are as follows: Committed leadership and supportive management 20% Programme management responsibilities 30% Quality of programme delivery 30% Case management responsib   i   litie   s     20% Each criterion is score F d ul   l a y s    Met (   2 marks L ), a   rgely Me ( t 1 Mark) o N r ot Met (0 marks). The scoring summary sheet at the end of- utph isr efpoollrot wshows the marks awarded for each  criterio–n   for those criteria designated as Mandatory (see Performance Standards Manual) the is doubled. This denotes the cpriati c ta tl hiemse criteria have on the effective delivery o f programmes The marks awarded for each section are shown and then expressed as a % by dividing the t of marks scored by the maximum available, and multiplying by 100. Secdteiod ni nBt oh as been  seven s-usbections for ease of s coring. To determine an area’s IQR, the scores for each section are multiplied by the appropriate fa account of the relevant weightings given above. The % totals for each section atro e then adde give the IQR. For this follo-uwp audit, those criteria that were fully met on the original aud-iat shsaevsse end.o t been re The marks awarded then have therefore been carried over. Overview: ·   The original audit of Think First in Lancashire tJouolky   p2l0a0c 1e.  in  ·   The follo-wup audit comprised the following elements: video monitoring of 12 reco Think First sessions; a case file read; interviews with the ACO, programme and tr managers, tutors, case managers and PSR writers. ·   Only those crit enrioat fully met at the original audit ha-vaes sbeesseen dr eand new marks  awarde d.   4

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