The Strategic Business Plan outlines what is going to be important to the Department of Corrections over the next five years, and sets priorities for what it will do and how it will work.
The plan pulls together ideas from many sources - from what field staff have said, from research of the criminal justice sector, and from discussions between senior managers. It is also based on thinking about what the Department has learnt and achieved in the past, particularly the last few years of hugely challenging growth and change.
This plan is an important step in ‘lifting our game’ - maintaining and improving further what the Department does well, and mapping out better ways and new directions to achieve its outcomes.
It will help the Department take advantage of opportunities to improve its effectiveness, and to address challenges that could threaten its success.
Alongside the Strategic Business Plan, the Department will focus on detailed annual business planning. This will ensure that the work it does, and the way it works, aligns and contributes to the Department’s vision, outcomes and strategic priorities.
The Strategic Business Plan does not outline detailed activity, but instead gives the lead on where to focus attention and effort. It points to areas where greater attention is required. Initiatives will arise as staff put the spotlight on what the Strategic Business Plan means in their own areas of work.
The Department of Corrections' Vision
Improving public safety by ensuring sentence compliance and reducing re-offending, through capable staff and effective partnerships.
To improve public safety we will:
Ensure sentence compliance
Reduce re-offending
… and to achieve this we will:
Enhance capability
Strengthen partnerships
Kotahi ano te kaupapa; ko te oranga o te iwi
(There is only one purpose to our work; it is the wellness and wellbeing of the people)