South Wales FINAL audit report 17 September 2002

HM Inspectorate of Probation AUDIT OF ACCREDITED PROGRAMMES Welsh Areas of the National Probation Service for England and Wales Report on: South Wales Probation Area – Reasoning and Rehabilitation ? Probation Area Audit Report September 2002 Draft Report – 31 October 2002 South Wales Probation Area Audit Report Acknowledgements: We are grateful for the cooperation of staff from the South Wales Probation Area in completing this audit. The audit team comprised: Kate White Andy Bonny Mary Barnish Deputy Audit Manager Eileen O’Sullivan Alan MacDonald Inspection and Audit Officers Audit Manager Di Askwith HM Inspector of Probation Glossary ACE Assessment, Case Recording and Evaluation System CO Chief officer DTTO Drug Treatment and Testing Order 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 NPD National Probation Directorate OASys Offender Assessment System OGRS Offender Group Reconviction Scale PSO Probation service officer PSR Pre-sentence report R&R Reasoning and Rehabilitation SSR Specific Sentence Report Contents Page Context: 4 Scoring Approach: 4 Overview: 5 Findings: 6 SECTION A: COMMITTED LEADERSHIP 8 SECTION B: PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES 10 SECTION C: QUALITY OF PROGRAMME DELIVERY 20 SECTION D: CASE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES 23 Next Steps: 26 Scoring ...