Knowledge and the Probation Service Raising

This textbook is designed to help trainee probation officers with the Diploma in Probation Studies, especially with the NVQ elements and making the link to the degree programme in probation. Written by Philip Whitehead and Jamie Thompson, each with over 25 years' experience of the probation service, it will also be valuable to those assessing and managing trainees.Opening with an historical overview of training in probation, the book moves on to examine aspects of the NVQ, report writing, information for Practice Development Assessors, how to put training into practice once qualified, and beyond the codification of knowledge to vocational excellence as a probation officer.Teaching and learning features include: Chapter menus and summaries Further reading Glossary Appendices Timely and relevant, Knowledge and the Probation Service: Raising standards for trainees, assessors and practitioners will stimulate and motivate trainees, offer food for thought for those involved in the planning and development of probation training, and will contribute to the wider debate about the nature of probation identity in these changing times for the service.

Philip Whitehead has worked for the Teesside Probation Service since 1981. He has published several books and articles in relation to probation, community supervision of offenders, temporary release schemes and reconviction, and managing the probation service. Since 2001 he has been working as Senior Practice Development Assessor, which involves teaching and coaching trainees undertaking the Diploma in Probation Studies to prepare them to work as probation officers. Jamie Thompson worked for Northumbria Probation Service for 19 years. He has been involved in the training of probation officers as a practice teacher, training manager and joint appointment. He was course leader for the probation degree and coordinating Internal Verifier for the Community Justice NVQ Assessment Centre at Northumbria University. He is currently Principal Lecturer and Learning and Teaching Coordinator and a joint manager of the Community Safety Research Unit. He is an active researcher and has published in relation to probation, community safety, and teaching and learning issues.

About the authors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Training and knowledge in probation: A historical overview
Introduction
Emergence of probation
Training in the early years
The need for training gathers pace
The first Home Office Training Scheme
Casework in probation
The 1940s and beyond
The implications of empirical research
Towards the present
From generic to specialised training in the 1990s
Conclusion
Summary
Further reading
Knowledge in vocational education
Towards an understanding of change
Knowledge and competence
The knowledge economy
Theory and practice: Knowledge for work
From codification to learning
Feelings: Last but not least
Summary
Further reading
The Diploma in Probation Studies
Introduction
Occupational Standards
NVQs
PDAs
Assessment and knowledge
Analysing the knowledge requirements
Summary
Further reading
Knowledge resources for trainees: Help with the NVQ
Introduction
Victims
Explaining offending behaviour: The search for patterns
The probation service and legislation 1861-2001
Local area policies and guidelines
Professional values
Risk assessment
Effective practice/methods of working
Communication
Enforcement and compliance
Self-reflection and personal development
Confidentiality
Conclusion
Summary
Knowledge resources for trainees: Writing quality Pre-Sentence Reports
Introduction
Rationale
Defining quality
Process
Content of PSRs
Key features in report writing
Reports and race
The sentencing framework
Implications for reports: Points to emphasise
Nil reports
Conclusion
Summary of available sentences
Additional requirements
Strategy for learning how to write reports
Summary
Further reading
The Practice Development Assessor: Producing quality probation officers
Introduction
The role of the PDA
NVQ Assessor
Internal Verifier
Three PDA models
Reflections on the role
Knowledge as a multifaceted concept
Knowledge typology for probation practice
Elements of a training strategy
Conclusion: Further reflections on the NVQ
Summary
Further reading
Being a probation officer
Introduction
Continuing professional development
Learning in practice
Emotional development
Personal values
Probation values
Being a probation officer
Summary
Further reading
From competence to excellence: Going beyond the codification of knowledge
Summary of Chapters 1-7
Going beyond minimum knowledge requirements
Threats to knowledge
The PDA-TPO dynamic
Suggestions for further improvements
Final comments
Summary
Appendices
Influences that have shaped five key phases of probation history
Criminological perspectives: Help for practitioners
Client or offender: The labelling perspective
Joining loose wires to make connections: Developing practice awareness
Methods of working with offenders
Differentiating the 'what' from the 'how' of practice
Glossary
References
Index
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Knowledge and the Probation Service Raising Standards for Trainees, Assessors and Practitioners

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