People Survey: Spotlight on Wales

Wales are working on Capability & Leadership and Inclusivity as our People Survey priorities.

Staff are our greatest asset, and we pride ourselves in ensuring Wales is a positive environment to work in. Focus groups across the business have helped us gain a better understanding of the People Survey insights to drive our “You say we Did” Communications.

Capability & Leadership

Our Senior Leadership team understand the need to be visible, so people know where the messages and asks are coming from. Nic, our Regional Probation Director, sends a personal all-staff weekly update.

We plan to start spotlighting the senior leadership team members to continue a personable approach. Our newly appointed Staff Engagement Officer will be reaching out to staff groups and linking in with local staff forums to support the Leadership team in understanding the challenges. They will also be linking in with our wellbeing champions networks to gather views and ensure we have continual feedback for improvement and change.

Our Executive team is visiting each of our offices to engage with staff and encourage an open dialogue.

Inclusivity 

We reviewed our Regional Equalities plan which led us to implement several boards to create more of an inclusive workforce. We have an Equalities Board with various subgroups focusing on inclusion with a strong voice from Staff Network representatives leading on workplace culture and staff wellbeing. This will inform the Equalities Action plan to address core areas of concern and improvements will be driven via the inclusivity forum.

Our new Welsh Language Implementation Board will develop a strategic approach to organisational compliance with the HMPPS Welsh Language Scheme. It will ensure that Welsh language is at the heart of decision making, policy development, service design and planning across the region.

We continue work across HMPPS Wales to drive Inclusivity. We have committed to the HMPPS in Wales Bullying, Harassment and Discrimination Strategy which will be launched in September 2022. As well we are continuing to work on our recruitment and retention processes within Wales as it is important to for staff to feel continuously supported.