Jim Brown
@jimbrownblog
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Jim Brown is a grumpy probation officer in a small town and he writes a blog
England
Joined February 2013
RT @LucyTwentyForr: @jimbrownblog And the fallout from that approach is destroying any working relationship with the individual, across the….
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RT @franticworry: @jimbrownblog I recall being told by a probationee that their PO told them, ‘ My manager is asking questions because you’….
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RT @RichardLew22100: @jimbrownblog It seems I'm one of the few with a good Probation Officer. I regularly go on holiday once I've provided….
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RT @crumcat: @jimbrownblog It's a fine line, this contradiction. You can't assist or befriend and act as an agent of control. You lose trus….
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RT @59information: @jimbrownblog I’ve lost count how many times I’ve fed, clothed, listened and shopped for the people we work with - stand….
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"That one simple gesture demonstrated more compassion and empathy than all the other Magistrates put together. Many people confuse punishment of the sentence with punishment of the person as an individual and thereby lose their sense of humanity." 2/2.
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"I once saw a District Judge quietly pass a bank note on to a homeless man who appeared before him in custody. This was in a court that prided itself on humiliating Defendants and staff alike through its abuse of position." 1/2.
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"So different to the old days when we drove people around, made them toast and tea, gave them fivers out of the befriending fund and treated them like human beings. Kindness and compassion is being forgotten and it’s very sad." 2/2.
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"I recently bought a client I was writing a report for a bowl of soup and a sandwich in our court cafe. I haven’t told a soul in my team that I did it. The fall out would [be] far too great to deal with." 1/2.
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"At least they know that Police catch them and Prison officers contain them, what we do is one big contradictory mess." 2/2.
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"We're seen as worse as we spout on about rehabilitation, change, support, but as soon as someone misses an appointment, raises their voice or gets caught dodging a bus fare, many officers start panicking and seek permission to breach or recall." 1/2.
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"I fear that the removal of the word probation is a direction of travel now and soon we will become correctional agency plc!" 4/4.
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"I recall buying a pack of nappies for a client who I saw in a supermarket who was struggling, only to be lectured later about how I compromised myself….while you cannot teach compassion to ignore it says a lot about probation in the twenty first century." 3/4.
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". something that you don’t mention for fear of being Belittled by those who see risk as the mission statement." 2/4.
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"Compassion as a concept has been bred out of probation to be replaced by the ‘everything must have a risk value’ and while you still see it in pockets it’s now something that is done under the counter. " 1/4.
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RT @POat_probation: The NAPO ballot result is disappointing. No one else is going to fight for your pay or your conditions except you. Do n….
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RT @ShipleyWrites: Today we may learn the result of the @Napotheunion strike ballot - if probation officers do decide to take industrial ac….
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RT @John_Podmore: Probation officers have very valid grievances. I have no idea where the vote will go but the consequences of a strike are….
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