Overview
The Probation System Management Conference brings together sector leaders, practitioners and researchers, from the public, private and voluntary sectors, to address the current challenges across the probation system, and explore opportunities for improving support and service provision.
The Conference will explore progress in implementing the new unified probation model, and what this means for how services for people in prison and under probation supervision are managed, as well as exploring wider themes around mental and physical health, and prospects for training, education and employment.
Recognising the interwoven nature of these themes, and the importance of taking a whole-systems approach to addressing re-offending and facilitating rehabilitation, this Conference will examine best practice multi-agency approaches to service delivery and care and support for an improved probation system that meets the needs of justice-involved people, ultimately ensuring more positive outcomes for them, and wider society.
Key Speakers
Other Speakers
Agenda
- Day 1
- Day 2
Use this time to explore the agenda for the day and make new connections with peers working across the probation system.
This short explainer video will help you explore how to make the most of our new next generation Conference platform.
You’ll be able to create networking meet ups, access content on demand and use our new Q&A, chat functions and virtual polling tools.
This session will share insights on the progress of the new probation service delivery since June 2021, highlighting what is working well so far, and offering guidance on further developments for the unified system.
Key discussion points will include:
- The impact and future potential of unpaid work and behavioural change programmes
- The role of Regional Probation Directors in providing strategic leadership and driving commissioning decisions
- Next steps in delivering CPD for the probation workforce, to further strengthen outcomes across the sector
- Measuring the extent to which the new National Standards are being met
This session will include time for questions.
This session will share insights from inspections conducted since the probation reform in 2021, and highlight best practice work across three key themes:
- Mental and physical health and social care
- Training, education and employment opportunity facilitation
- Wider wrap-around support to tackle re-offending
Attendees will gain strategic direction around how to strengthen these aspects in their own service delivery and consider how to enhance multi-agency partnerships as part of this.
This session will include time for questions.
This session will provide an update on inspections through the pandemic, and look at how Covid-19 has impacted the lives of people in prison through the various lockdowns.
Key discussion points will include:
- Analysing the changes to inspections due to COVID-19 and a look at how inspections will be conducted moving forward, including clear expectations of adapted service provision
- Advice on supporting the nuanced health-related needs in relation to the pandemic, including safe spaces for older people in prisons, increased mental health advice and support, and tailored solutions for women in prison, including those going through pregnancy
- Recommendations for engaging people in prison in their care support, to ensure a person-centred approach
This session will include time for questions.
Your opportunity to make the most of the virtual Conference, meet up with fellow delegates, make connections, tour our real-time resources and content and take part on discussions via the tailored channels.
Don’t forget if you’ve missed a session, you can use our replay functions, so you can watch all the content on demand at a time that suits you.
This session will provide an insight into the complaints made to the Ombudsman, highlighting the issues raised in relation to management, supervision, care and treatment by people in prison or under probation supervision.
Based on the latest complaints trends, the Ombudsman will offer advice and guidance on how to prevent such situations arising by improving the quality of service management and delivery, while also highlighting how to ensure all parties involved in an incident are aware of their rights and responsibilities.
This session will include time for questions.
Following a brief introduction, panellists will explore the key discussion points below. Delegates will be invited to submit questions and comments throughout for the panel to respond to.
- Ensuring that every person involved at any point with the criminal justice system has a voice, and advising professionals within the system on how to facilitate this
- Exploring ways to engage people in prison and/or under probation supervision in small- and large- scale reforms to improve ways of working together, and ultimately improve outcomes
- Examining what quality service delivery means for different people across the probation system, and the nuances of meeting the needs of women, older people, people from minority backgrounds and from the LGBTQIA+ community
*Programme subject to change
Use this time to explore the agenda for the day and make new connections with peers working across the probation system.
This short explainer video will help you explore how to make the most of our new next generation Conference platform.
You’ll be able to create networking meet ups, access content on demand and use our new Q&A, chat functions and virtual polling tools.
This session will provide an update on Éamonn’s work across the UK and internationally to improve healthcare for people involved with the criminal justice system.
Key insights and advice will be provided for practitioners and leaders across England and Wales on:
- Best practice in facilitating links between public healthcare systems and prisons, ensuring continuity of care for all members of society
- The work of the UKHSA in planning for future major health incidents, as well as continuing to respond to COVID-19, and what this means for support offered to HMPPS
- Recommendations for enhancing mental health support in prisons and in the community, to mitigate against future issues, crime-related or otherwise, associated with mental health struggles
This session will include time for questions.
Following a brief introduction, panellists will explore the key discussion points below. Delegates will be invited to submit questions and comments throughout for the panel to respond to.
- Exploring the role of PCCs and police staff in working with local community groups, and young people, to identify the causes of crime and work to prevent issues from escalating into criminal offences
- Considering how people who commit a crime can be rehabilitated within the community, with the help of wrap-around services, to prevent the negative cycle that can occur once entering the criminal justice system
- Discussing how community partners can meet the needs of young people, such as a desire for belonging and status, to prevent them seeking this in crime-related activities or groups
- Understanding how to deliver the through-the-gate services required to prevent re-offending among prison leavers
Following a brief introduction, panellists will explore the key discussion points below. Delegates will be invited to submit questions and comments throughout for the panel to respond to.
- How to create links between education and training within prisons, with through-the-gate opportunities, including from the employer perspective
- How to ensure a person-centred approach to education, training and work opportunities for people in prison, to ensure they engage with the prospects that best suit them and their interests
- How to encourage confidence building and self-belief for people within the probation system who may struggle with this as a barrier to making the most of opportunities
- How to ensure training opportunities meet local labour market needs, to facilitate sustainable job opportunities
- How to help prepare for the move into employment, including ensuring people leaving prison have accommodation, bank accounts, ID and understand how to disclose their convictions to employers
Your opportunity to make the most of the virtual Conference, meet up with fellow delegates, make connections, tour our real-time resources and content and take part on discussions via the tailored channels.
Don’t forget if you’ve missed a session, you can use our replay functions, so you can watch all the content on demand at a time that suits you.
Following a brief introduction, panellists will explore the key discussion points below. Delegates will be invited to submit questions and comments throughout for the panel to respond to.
This session will provide key insights from the perspective of victims of crime, including from those with lived experience, exploring their experiences of engaging with the criminal justice system, and how changes could be made to better serve all involved.
Key discussion points will include:
- Barriers to victims and survivors reporting crimes to the police or engaging with other elements of the criminal justice system, and exploring how to tackle this
- The support required for those who have experienced different forms of crime, and how this can be factored into planning for activities to tackle offending and re-offending
- Thoughts from people who have experienced crime regarding how the probation system could better tackle the causes of crime
- The role of courts in providing better outcomes for victims and defendants alike
Following a brief introduction, panellists will explore the key discussion points below. Delegates will be invited to submit questions and comments throughout for the panel to respond to.
- Ensuring every person in prison has access to personalised reform opportunities, tackling the issues that led them to commit a crime
- Considering the recovery needs that may be required, and what a quality substance misuse programme looks like
- Moving towards a system that reduces the use of prison, and recognises the benefits of support under supervision, or wider reform opportunities
- The role of the probation system in listening to the voices of those with lived experience, and ensuring feedback is embedded into future planning and commissioning
*Programme subject to change
