Intensive Offender Management

1
Intensive Offender Management

• Bolton Intensive Supervision Team
• Phil Taylor
• Mike Dolan
• Dave Ankers
• PC Joe Gallagher

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Bolton IST structure

• Bolton IST consists of the following staff
• Two Probation Officer Offender Managers
  responsible for the management of orders and
  supervision planning
• Five Probation Service Officer Offender
  Supervisors responsible for the day to day
  management of cases
• This includes administering drug tests, arranging
  appointments with other agencies and offence
  focused work as identified in supervision plans
• Two seconded police officers and a designated
  drugs worker
• One SPO Manager who liases closely with the
  Sergeant at GMPs Offender Management Unit

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What can a Bolton PPO Offender expect?

• Those offenders managed by Bolton IST can expect
  the following as part of their supervision
• A Requirement to attend at least four
  appointments a week and sometimes more than seven
  given on a schedule a week in advance
• A requirement to attend appointments and engage
  in work with CDT, ADS, Progress to Work and
  educational establishments amongst others.
• Office visits to address offending behaviour and
  drug use
• Home visits by probation staff, usually
  accompanied by police officers
• Swift enforcement action as a result of a failure
  to comply

4
Use of licence conditions

• The Bolton IST make extensive use of licence
  conditions to disrupt offending.
• These include
• The routine inclusion of drug testing conditions
  in Licences as the offending of 92 of PPOs in
  the Bolton area is related to their drug use
• The routine use of Curfew conditions that are
  monitored by the local police
• The routine use of Non-Association conditions
  that prevent offenders contacting those with whom
  they are known to offend.

5
Enforcement

• Bolton IST have rigorous standards for the
  enforcement of Orders and Licences for PPOs
• This includes
• A fifteen minute window for the attendance at
  appointments after which any attendance will be
  classed as an absence
• Strict enforcement of drug testing conditions
  with three positive drug tests resulting a
  discussion regarding whether an offender should
  be recalled to prison
• Strict enforcement of curfew conditions with
  breaches resulting in recall to prison

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Links with other agencies

• Bolton IST have close links with local agencies
  to help with the rehabilitation of offenders.
• This includes
• Scheduled monthly sentence planning meetings for
  all offenders imprisoned at HMP Forest Bank
• Access to a seconded drugs worker from CDT every
  day of the week.
• PPO Job Shop held at Probation Service Premises
  once per week and staffed by Job Centre Plus
• Monthly surgery for PPOs with any
  issues/questions held at Forest Bank and staffed
  by PPO team members
• Close links with the ADS and routine referral to
  and use of this service
• Routine use of Rainers, a local charity that
  provides support for those seeking accommodation
• Close links with the local authority housing
  provider
• Routine use of in house education, training and
  employment services and Progress 2 work
• Probation Service premises are also made
  available to services such as the police, Rainers
  and local drugs services to interview Bolton PPOs
  who have completed their supervision with the
  Probation Service