Preparing to Write the Sentence Completion Report

Introduction

This topic covers the following:

• reviewing existing documentation, and
• what to look for in the existing documentation.

Review existing documentation

The following documents will need to be reviewed (if they are available):

• offender information report
• casenotes
• report from sponsor/service provider
• pre-sentence report
• specialist assessment reports
• all IOMS information
• offender plan
• offender plan reviews, and
• any other relevant documents.

What to look for

Look for indicators of the offender’s:

• performance, and
• attitude.

Next step

Before completing the sentence completion report, a probation officer must meet with the offender for the sentence completion interview to discuss the content of the sentence completion report.

Note: Parts of the sentence completion report should be drafted before the interview for discussion with the offender.