Introduction
This part of volume details the roles and responsibilities for Community Probation & Psychological Services (CPPS) staff when servicing the court. In particular it focuses on the role of the CPPS court officer.
This part is divided into chapters covering the policy and procedures relating to the three relevant types of district court hearing:
- list hearings
- sentence hearings, and
- bail hearings.
Role of court officer
The role of a court officer/probation officer is that of a ‘front person’ for the CPPS in the district court setting.
Key functions include:
- appearing as a prosecutor for CPPS breaches and applications
- providing information to the judges/court users
- recording report requests and arranging for oral and short assessment reports to be completed on the day
- recording sentencing outcomes and progress of CPPS-related matters, and
- updating IOMS with the above information as required.
A probation officer:
- must attend any court where a home detention sentencing is taking place to receive instructions in regard to the immediate activation of the sentence
- should be present in each district court list hearing, district court sentencing, and in any court where CPPS prosecutions or bail hearings regarding CPPS matters are being heard, and
- where practical, should also attend registrar’s and magistrate’s court, status hearings and any other court hearings at the request of the judge.
This part contains the following chapters:
