Subject: Thematic

In this guide, we present examples of effective practice that supported successful recruitment, ensured continuous professional development opportunities for staff and promoted positive retention in teams. 

This effective practice guide is based on examples observed while undertaking ‘A thematic inspection on the delivery of unpaid work’.

Throughout the guide, we explore what effective practice looks like against our standards. It is designed to help commissioners and providers improve their work with young adults in the criminal justice system who are serving community and custodial sentences.

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.

This guide has been designed to explore effective and developing practice in relation to youth remand for both youth justice services and their operational and strategic partners.

This guide has been designed to help managers and practitioners reflect on how best to improve the experience of Black, Asian, and ethnic minority staff and people on probation.

This guide highlights where we have seen our standards delivered well for women managed by the Probation Service.

This guide is based on information sourced while undertaking the domestic abuse thematic inspection of probation work.

Based on effective practice identified during our thematic review of the Offender Management in Custody model.

Based on effective practice identified during our thematic review of the Offender Management in Custody model.