Probation Officers' role
The Probation Officers' core role in the relationship include:
- inducting the offender
- undertaking any assessments required
- developing and implementing the Sentence Plan
- training and coaching the offender so that they learn, develop and apply problem-solving skills
- ensuring the offender attends programmes and other interventions as outlined in the Sentence Plan
- reinforcing and modelling pro-social behaviours
- assisting the offender in addressing their offending related needs or barriers to compliance with their sentence
- promoting whanau involvement by:
- encouraging offender to bring support person to induction
- home visit to verify whanau involvement , and
- encouraging offender to involve other significant support persons
- monitoring, recording and evidencing compliance
- enforcing compliance - including recalling offenders to prison
- providing assistance to the offender so that they can develop strategies and action plans to manage and control problems and risk situations
- if the offender lapses or relapses, working to renew and further develop relapse prevention strategies
- assisting the offender to establish initial contact with other agencies, to address reintegrative needs
- maintaining offender records in IOMS in a timely manner (case records)
- delivering structured motivational programmes, and
- delivering structured individual rehabilitation programmes.
Offenders' role
Offenders are responsible for:
- ensuring compliance with all standard and special conditions
- participating in directed activities
- informing the Probation Officer of:
- any barriers to continued participation in a programme
- circumstances that might affect their ability to comply with their Sentence Plan, or
- changes to address and/or employment
- getting involved with the interventions that are available to them so that they get the most out of them, and
- maintaining their own motivation to change.
