Homeless Offenders Strategy Team (HOST) - The Probation Service

HOST Business Strategy 2004-2007
Objective Action Lead
Responsibility
Date
Performance
Indicators
Critical Success
Factors
4. Establish and
monitor
implementation of
standardised
practices to ensure
that PWS services to
homeless offenders
are provided in a cocoordinated
and
coherent manner.
4.1 Develop practice
guidelines for Service
staff dealing with
homeless offenders (e.g.
for pre-sanction reports,
supervision and case
management).
4.2 Act as support
resource to PWS staff to
facilitate the
improvement of service
delivery to homeless
offenders and contribute
to training/information
programmes for frontline
staff.
4.1 HOST
4.2 HOST
4.3 HOST
4.1 December
2004 and
ongoing.
4.2 Ongoing.
4.3 Ongoing.
4.1
Implementation of
quality operation
standards as per
practice
guidelines.
4.2
Number of
training
programmes held.
Schedule of
meetings.
Publication of
newsletters.
4.1 Human
resources.
4.2
Participation of
PWS staff and other
agencies.
Maintenance of
adequate human
resources.
4.3 Contribute to
development of value for
money evaluation and
monitoring procedures
4.3 Procedures
developed and
4.3 Human
resources.
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