PROBATION officers in the two counties have been praised for their innovation and work ethic.
West Mercia Probation Trust - which is a year old, has been given a glowing report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation following an inspection in September.
The inspectors highlighted staff for their innovation despite the trust’s tight budget contraints and were impressed with workers’ enthusiasm.
Andrew Bridges, HM Chief Inspector of Probation, said: “We saw some quality work being done.”
The report focused on how the trust managed a representative sample of 110 cases from most categories of orders and licences.
Trust staff had ‘enthusiastically’ embraced a new electronic case recording system and were already realising its benefits, the inspectors stated.
Supervised offenders were also surveyed with more than a third responding and most stating they had thought more about their offending behaviour because of probation.
James Kelly, trust chairman, said: “The trust takes its responsibilities seriously regarding the protection of the public and welcomes the constructive comments within the report.”
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