Brochure of Probation Interventions – West Midlands
Foreword
The West Midlands Probation region covers the following areas: Birmingham, The Black Country, Staffordshire and Stoke, Coventry and Warwickshire, Hereford, Shropshire and Telford, and Worcestershire.
We are very proud of the relationships we have and which we continue to build upon with the Judiciary, and all of our HMCTS and Criminal Justice Partners. These relationships allow us to continue to deliver against our key priorities of reducing reoffending and protecting the public from serious harm.
Our role in court marks the beginning of the offender journey towards rehabilitation and through the completion of pre sentence reports we are able to assess the risks posed by an individual and provide the Judiciary with a proposal regarding the most effective sentence designed to address these risks and reduce the risk of reoffending.
I am therefore delighted to introduce to you the Judicial Brochure for the West Midlands which outlines our current package of available Interventions. This includes the traditional Accredited Programmes which are delivered in a groupwork format, but also introduces a range of Structured Interventions and Approved Practitioner Toolkits which allows Probation Practitioners to deliver change work directly with people they are supervising with a RAR, addressing criminogenic needs and supporting people to live law abiding and positive lives.
I do hope you find the brochure informative and useful. As ever, we welcome your continued liasion and feedback so please continue to liaise locally with your Senior Probation Officer, or myself as the Regional Court Lead.
Elaine Stokes, West Midlands Strategic Lead for Courts, West Midlands 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.