Brochure of Probation Interventions – North East
Foreword
The North East Probation Region covers Northumbria, Durham and Cleveland justice areas.
We are proud of the effective working relationships we have with the Judiciary and all of our Criminal Justice partners. We have a collaborative approach to address the risk of serious harm and reduce reoffending in our communities and jointly we want to secure better outcomes for those we are responsible for supervising, victims and our local communities.
We aspire to develop joint commissioning processes and share learning to develop and improve the range of interventions available in the North East to target local needs and issues.
I am pleased to introduce this document, which sets out the interventions which are currently available in the North East Region. We also produce a quarterly North East Region Newsletter which updates the Judiciary on existing services, any changes in service delivery and outcomes for people on probation. This also provides the opportunity for any feedback, which we welcome to support us in our work to reduce reoffending.
Karin O’Neill, Head of Operations, North East Probation Service
In order to deliver excellence in our services to the Courts in the North East Region, we have included a regional court model within our North East probation structure. This enables a strong link between national, regional and local court strategy and a consistent approach in courts across the North East region.
Our key priority is to provide sentencers with an assessment of the risks, needs and recommended sentence plan objectives for as many as possible of the individuals eligible for Probation supervision. Pre-sentence reports provide the Judiciary with a proposal regarding the most effective interventions to address the risks and reduce the risk of reoffending in the individual circumstances.
We engage regularly with the Judiciary and other criminal justice partners in local liaison meetings, where we discuss the outcomes and interventions available in the North East and we are pleased to introduce this Judicial Brochure and value any feedback regarding the services we provide.
Lucy Ford, Regional Court Manager, North East Probation Service
Click on the links below to see the full range of probation interventions available within your region.
Accredited Programme Requirement
Delivered by trained facilitators, primarily within a group setting, these programmes are informed by evidence and accredited. They are designed to provide opportunities to change thinking, attitudes and behaviours associated with offending.
Rehabilitation Activity Requirement (RAR)
This requirement allows for precise and effective rehabilitation activity to be tailored following a more in-depth assessment after sentence. These activities can comprise:
Community Sentence Treatment Requirements
The three treatment requirements are: Mental Health Treatment Requirements, Drug Rehabilitation Requirements (which include drug testing) and Alcohol Treatment Requirements. Those being considered must agree to engage in treatment.
Electronic Monitoring
Electronic Monitoring can be both a requirement and a way in which other requirements are enforced. They are designed to monitor an individual’s whereabouts for the purpose of demonstrating compliance with certain requirements. This can involve electronically monitored curfew, exclusion and prohibited activity requirements. The Transdermal tag can monitor alcohol abstinence.
Unpaid work
Individuals undertake unpaid work that must benefit their local community as a way to pay back to the community for their crimes.
The brochure does not cover all available community sentence requirements (for instance, residence requirement, prohibited activity requirement, non-electronically monitored exclusion, foreign travel prohibition requirement), or other sentencing options (fines, discharges and custodial sentences).
For more information about these, please visit the Sentencing Council Website.
If any information in this brochure is incorrect or needs to be updated, please email: EffectiveProbation.Practice@justice.gov.uk.