Cumbria Audit Report v3 - final

HM Inspectorate of Probation AUDIT OF ACCREDITED PROGRAMMES North-West Region of the National Probation Service for England and Wales Report on: Cumbria Probation Area – Think First September 2001 Cumbria Probation Area Audit Report 2 Cumbria Probation Area Audit Report Acknowledgements: We are grateful for the cooperation of staff from the Cumbria Probation Area in completing this audit. The audit team comprised: Kate White Andy Bonny Rosanna Heal Deputy Audit Manager Inspection and Audit Officers Alan MacDonald John Shine Audit Manager Principal Psychologist Frances Flaxington HM Deputy Chief Inspector of Probation Glossary ACE Assessment, Case Recording and Evaluation System ACO Assistant Chief Officer CO Chief Officer HMIP HM Inspectorate of Probation IAPS Interim Accredited Programmes Software IQR Implementation Quality Rating LSI-R Level of Service Inventory-Revised N/A Criteria not assessed OASys Offender Assessment System OGRS Offender Group Reconviction Scale PO Probation Officer PSO Probation Service Officer PSR Pre-sentence report Contents Page Context: 4 Scoring Approach: 4 Overview: 5 Findings and recommendations: 6 SECTION A: COMMITTED LEADERSHIP 7 SECTION B: PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES 9 SECTION C: QUALITY OF PROGRAMME DELIVERY 20 SECTION D: CASE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES 23 Next Steps: 27 Scoring summary sheet: 28 3 Cumbria Probation Area Audit Report Context: ...