I work for the Probation Service and at the moment especially with the latest Panorama programme we are being rubbished. Doesnt any body understand what our roles are within the Community. We cant follow offenders every where, we supervise and hopefully point them in the right direction, get offenders jobs accomidation and try and get them on the right track , its not easy. Any thoughts on this people?
2006-11-12 07:34:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Gerald...it goes like this; when the populist press squeals and sneers, it makes it hard for the law...and even harder for probation officers, as they get the boot when some oik gets 12 months of your service rather then the 4 or so years of clinky, via the influence of the press (Mail/Sun/Express the main stirrers). They thus watch the criminal theirselves and judge if you are watching him as you apparently should. It indeed is not easy, but the hysterical press is doing nowt to make the general public see both sides of the stories.
Nice one, Mr. Sceptic.
2006-11-12 07:48:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm with you. I work for probation also and in the evenings I do extra work as a supervision manager at a local hostel for these offenders. Fact is what people should remember is that the reason for hostels is so that when they have done their time they aren't released straight back into the community and have to do some time in a hostel first to see how they can behave, This is a good idea. Better then being let straight out isn't it? So what they f*cking moaning about? The problem lies with the law not putting them into prison for long enough in the first place. A peodophile is always a peoodophile and 10 years in prison is not going to change that, at least hostels can monitor their behaviour for 6 months to see if they behave on release. And you're right you can't watch everything they do and thats down to the police to do surveillance anyway not probation staff. Its the law thats f*cked. Anyway as I say unless they are either put down or the the key is thrown away then there's not much we can do if they re offend is there? Good on us for being the ones who work with them and try our hardest to deal with them, make them behave and do what we can when the law is against us. We have to work with the sh*t bags, these people passing comments do not. Complain to the governement about sentences and there being no room in prison I say. As usual its the media making a big hoo haa and overdramatizing stuff again, terrorism is a MUCH MUCH bigger threat, then probation and lone parents. (another target group once upon a time) And the only people who comment are normally the ones who have no idea what they're talking about!
2006-11-12 15:44:03 · answer #2 · answered by Katie G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think so. I used to work for social services and they always get a similarly rough ride. They only ever show the things that go wrong, not all the brilliant work that is done on a daily basis. I work closely with the probation service and think they are excellent. If they have case loads of 37+ (as reported in the Daily Mail yesterday) it's because there's not enough money going into crime prevention or training up probation workers.
2006-11-12 15:38:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somebody out your back up have they!?
The public don't like some of your clients. I have heard plenty of downs on Social Workers, but not many on Probation Officers.
I have had plenty enough of Social Workers putting nuisance tenants in next door. The ex-offenders seem to be a better bunch for the most part. I don't ask too many questions though and one in ten is just bad news.
The consensus is that some people just have an evil, selfish, arrogant streak in them. Psychopaths and not all of them get caught. It is not drugs that cause it, but an underlying personality.
2006-11-12 21:17:38 · answer #4 · answered by Perseus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all about what people want to read and believe in the papers.
Headlines such as "Probation Officer helps ex-offender find flat and job" or "Social worker sorts out single mother's child care problem" aren't newsworthy enough.
Yet when things go wrong, they are quick to dig up the dirt, giving completely the wrong impression. Sure, things aren't perfect - the Probation and Social services make mistakes, but no-one is interested in their many successes.
2006-11-12 15:50:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can't be there to hold their hands all the way. I know that PCSO's also keep an eye out for probationers. Stop beating yourself up about it, you are all doing a fab job!
2006-11-12 15:45:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You do all that without having to take proper use of English and/or grammar courses. Congratulations!
2006-11-12 15:50:28 · answer #7 · answered by Zelda 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
lock yourself up.
you are part of the problem.
whinging twit.
2006-11-12 15:42:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋