Jersey Probation and After Care
Service (JPACS)
Working With Offenders In The
Community
28.11.11
29 & 30 November 2011 Lisbon, Portugal
Mr David Trott - d.trott@gov.je
Ms Maurilia Veloso – m.veloso1@gov.je
1
JERSEY
28.11.11
2
28.11.11
3
28.11.11
6
Links between Jersey &
Portugal/Madeira
 Immigrants from both Portugal & Madeira
arrived in the early 1960’s
 6% of Jersey’s population were born in
Portugal/ Madeira (Approx. 5150 people)
 We now have 3rd & 4th generation
individuals living on the Island
 Official Twinning of our Capital towns
28.11.11
9
Jersey Probation & Aftercare
Service
Provide Services for the Criminal Courts, but also
the wider Criminal Justice System
 Legal Framework
 Probation Service – the team
 Parish Hall Enquiries – Youths Only
 Social Enquiry Reports and Stand Down
Reports
 Probation Orders
 Community Service Orders
 Jersey Skills Study
28.11.11
10
Legal Framework
 The Probation Service is a department of the




Royal Court of Jersey
Loi (1937) sur l’attenuation des peines et sur la
mise en liberté suveillée. (Probation Law)
Criminal Justice (Community Service Orders)
(Jersey) Law 2001
Criminal Justice (Young Offenders) (Jersey) Law
1994
Sex Offenders (Jersey) Law 2010
28.11.11
11
Probation Officers and Team
Our team consists of:
 Chief Probation Officer – Mr Brian Heath
 Assistant Chief Probation Officer – Mr Mike Cutland
Team Leader – Mr David Trott
13 Probation Officers
 5 Assistant Probation Officers
 4 Case Management Assistants
Majority of Probation Officers & Assistants are Social
Work qualified or in training with placements in
Scotland/Northern Ireland and now Madeira in 2012.
28.11.11
12
28.11.11
13
Parish Hall Work
 Attend Parish Hall Enquiries (PHE) to assist




Centeniers in dealing with under 18’s
Restorative Justice
Voluntary Supervision
Family Problem Solving
Referrals to Other Agencies
If offence is dealt with at Parish Hall, the young
person does not get a Criminal Record.
28.11.11
14
Court Work
There are Three Main Courts:
 Youth Court
 Magistrate Court
 Royal Court
Our Service attends every court sitting.
More information at: www.jerseycourts.je
28.11.11
15
Court Reports
 Stand Down Reports
 Social Enquiry Reports
 Information reports
 Breach Reports
 Assessments
 Sex Offender Notification Reports
28.11.11
19
So who is Placed on Probation?
 Evidence that Probation is most effective in
working with Medium and High Risk offenders
 90% have previous convictions
 25% have previously served a custodial
sentence
In 2010 there were154 Probation Orders imposed
of which:
35 – Youth Court
94 – Magistrate Court
25 – Royal Court
28.11.11
20
Probation Orders
 Cross tariff, instead of a sentence
 Requires consent
 Agreement between Court and
Probationer supervised by the Probation
Officer
 Support and Control
28.11.11
21
Probation Orders
 Supervision Standards agreed with Royal Court
 Continuity principle – SER writer/Supervisor
 Addressing dynamic risk factors identified by
LSI-r through Pro social modelling and Problem
solving (Trotter) and Strength based
approaches.
 All assessed for risk of harm
 All complete a short offending behaviour
programme
28.11.11
22
Programmes Offered
 Basic Skills Tutor support
 Structured Programme work
 Family Problem Solving
 Substance Misuse
28.11.11
23
Partnerships











Police
Social Security Department
Housing including Shelter Trust
Mental Health Service
Highlands College
Jersey Domestic Violence Forum
Victim Support
Prince’s Trust / Youth Service
Prison
Health +Social Services
Department of Education, Sport & Culture
28.11.11
24
28.11.11
25
Management of Risk
There are two main formats in assessing
management of Risk
 RAMAS – Risk Assessment Multi-Agency
Support
 JMAPPA – Jersey Multi Agency Public
Protection Agencies
28.11.11
26
Community Service (CS)
 Operating since 1982
 11 staff – Assistant Manager Mr A. Le






Marrec – a.lemarrec@gov.je
A direct alternative to prison
Over 200 Orders a year
Minimum resources required
Involuntary clients
Individual, group and work room
Fit for custody = fit for Community Service
28.11.11
27
Community Service
 CS Groups operate 4 – 5 days each week





including weekends
Expect at least 5 hours work per week
Work around Offenders’ employment
Reparative but not therapeutic
Importance of Motivation
Less re-offending than prisoners
28.11.11
28
Example that CS Works
 Over 3000 hours have been worked in
2010 on ground maintenance, hedge
planting and general improvement of our
Jersey Rugby and Football Clubs.
 We have evidence that some young
offenders have re-engaged with these
sports.
28.11.11
29
Working with Offenders –
General Presumptions
 Low likelihood of re offending + low seriousness
= no JPACS supervision
 Low likelihood of re offending + custodial
seriousness = Community Service
 Medium or high likelihood of re offending =
Probation supervision which can be coupled with
CS (Caution)
 Red Flag case – Risk of Harm / vulnerability
procedures
28.11.11
34
Other Work
 Prison Through Care
 Prison Aftercare
 Sex Offenders Law
28.11.11
35
Jersey Skills Study
 Video recording individual supervision
interviews
 100 sessions analysed by researchers at
Swansea University scoring any core
correctional practices
 Results were cross checked against the
Client’s LSI-R scores and reconviction
information.
28.11.11
36
Reading, References &Contacts
 www.probation.je has Probation and CS
standards, leaflets, and other information on the
Service.
 Facebook and Twitter
 Raynor P and Miles H (2007) “Evidence based
Probation in a Microstate. The British Channel
Island of Jersey”. European Journal of
Criminology V4 (3) Sage, London
 Offender Supervision Book???
28.11.11
37