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Cheshire Probation Area has the following vacancies:
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Cheshire Probation Area is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Board Chair, Leslie Robinson, with effect from 1 April 2008.
Leslie Robinson says" I am delighted to have been appointed as Chair to the Cheshire Probation Board. In the coming period, the Board will be preparing for successful transition to Trust status, with the aim of continuing to further improve the effectiveness of our service. I am looking forward to working with Cheshire Probation Area staff in our essential task of protecting the public and reducing re-offending".
For details of the new Board Chair, go to About Us/Board Members »
Lol Burke, Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice, Liverpool John Moores University and Editor of Probation Journal and Steve Collett, Chief Officer, Cheshire Probation Area and Honorary Fellow, University of Liverpool, have co-written an article entitled "Doing with or doing to – what now for the Probation Service?". To view the article, click on the link. This is a preprint of an article whose final and definitive form has been published in the Criminal Justice Management (CJM) magazine © 2008 [copyright Centre for Crime and Justice Studies]; Criminal Justice Management (CJM) magazine is available online at informaworld™ at www.informaworld.com/cjm
To view the full article please Click Here ».
Cheshire Probation Area is keen to develop links with local voluntary sector organisations who would be interested in working jointly with us in rehabilitating offenders..
Please click on the link to place your expressions of interest and a response will be received in due course Voluntary Sector Organisations' Page ».
Cheshire Probation Area's Annual Report for 2007/08, including Accounts, has been produced and is available for downloading. Please click on the link to obtain a copy Annual Report »
Community Payback is a new scheme offering the people of Cheshire a voice. You decide how offenders pay back the community by nominating a project.
For more details and the opportunity to participate, go to the Community Payback page ».
The Local Crime: Community Sentence (LCCS) Project was created through a partnership between the Probation Boards' and the Magistrates' Associations. It involves pairs of Cheshire Magistrates and Probation staff going out into the community to give interactive presentations (approx 1 hour) to community groups.
The presentations, which are approximately one hour in duration, have been given to a range of community groups including Rotaries, Women's Institutes, 6th form Colleges and a Parish Council. The presentations are interactive, with the audience learning more about how offenders are sentenced in the local courts and how they are then supervised by the Probation Service. The events have been well received with feedback including:
"The event was excellently presented and has gone a long way
towards de-mystifying the court and probation processes".
"It went brilliantly! The students enjoyed the presentation and it was
very interesting and informative, particularly as the presenters really engaged the
students in the role play".
"It was enlightening to have the opportunity to discuss a case study
and appreciate how circumstances can mitigate the outcome".
The main objective of the project is to increase public confidence in the criminal justice system by improving general knowledge and understanding of how Courts deal with crime, and the importance of community sentences within the criminal justice system.
Case studies are used to present typical Court experiences and audiences are actively encouraged to participate in discussions of sentencing options.
If you belong to a community group and would be interested in receiving a presentation, please go to our Feedback page », fill in your details and the message box with your group's name and a request for a presentation or more information.
You may find further information by visiting the www.lccs.org.uk »
or
look at the LCCS leaflet »
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