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Effective Practice – Developing operational structures and the Senior Probation Officer role

Published:
Subject:
Thematic
Year:
2024
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Effective Practice Guide: Developing operational structures and the Senior Probation Officer role (PDF, 1.2 MB)

In this guide, we examine: the key principles of management oversight, operational delivery in sentence management, and look at the senior probation officer (SPO) role in great detail as it is so central to effective management oversight.

Based on effective practice identified during our thematic inspection ‘The role of the senior probation officer and management oversight in the Probation Service.’