Lancs FOLLOW-UP Audit Report FINAL READ 23 October 2002 KW…

HM Inspectorate of Probation AUDIT OF ACCREDITED PROGRAMMES North-West Region of the National Probation Service for England and Wales Level 2 Follow-up Report on: Lancashire Probation Area – Think First ? Probation Area Audit Report October 2002 Draft Report – 31 October 2002 Lancashire Probation Area Follow-up Audit Report Acknowledgements: We are grateful for the cooperation of staff from the Lancashire Probation Area in completing this follow-up audit. The audit team comprised: Kate White Alan MacDonald Eileen O’Sullivan Audit Manager Inspection & Audit Officers Glossary ACE Assessment, Case Recording and Evaluation System ACO Assistant chief officer CO Chief officer 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 PSO Probation service officer PSR Pre-sentence report TPO Trainee probation officer Contents Page Scoring Approach: 4 Overview: 4 Findings: 5 SECTION A: COMMITTED LEADERSHIP 6 SECTION B: PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES 8 SECTION C: QUALITY OF PROGRAMME DELIVERY 16 SECTION D: CASE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES 18 Scoring summary sheet: 20 3 Lancashire Probation Area Follow-up Audit Report Scoring Approach: The criteria for the delivery of accredited programmes have been divided into four sections. These sections, and the overall weighting assigned for each ...