Monitoring Attendance

Introduction

This topic describes how attendance is monitored on the BWLS programme.

Provider completes and returns monitoring timesheets

BWLS Provider Monitoring timesheets are the main information source for monitoring the offender’s attendance at the BWLS programme and compliance with the programme conditions.

Attendance details will be completed by the programme tutor at the end of each day using the monitoring timesheet.

The offender is required to sign the timesheet to confirm the hours of participation.

The programme provider returns the BWLS Provider Monitoring timesheet to CPPS either:

• weekly (where the programme runs over more than one week), or
• at the end of the programme (if the programme is for less than one week).

Note: The monitoring timesheet also includes sections to allow the programme provider to provide an assessment of the offender’s attendance and cooperation during the programme.

Review of timesheets

CPPS staff review the timesheet, and update the offender records, including (where appropriate) the BWLS Monitoring Record to:

• show the BWLS hours completed to date, and
• identify any issues or potential issues that may need to be addressed.

Further review of the offender’s compliance with BWLS will be required if:

• the hours completed are fewer than expected,
• there are any ratings of ‘unsatisfactory’ for attendance or cooperation, or
• the programme provider has indicated any other concerns.

If timesheets are not received

If the timesheets are not returned each week or at the completion of the programme, CPPS staff should contact the programme provider (or the Work and Income liaison person) to seek the outstanding timesheets.