Play Judge For Yourself - the interactive community sentencing tool.

Welcome

SOUTH Yorkshire Probation Area is one of 42 probation areas in England and Wales that make up the National Probation Service, which is part of the National Offender Management Service.

What's New

3 July 2008
We are currently recruiting for:

• Data Analyst - based in Sheffield (closes 11 July 2008);
• Temporary Project Manager - based in Sheffield (closes 11 July 2008).

1 July 2008
Rehabilitation versus Punishment - Judge For Yourself

Judge for Yourself, an interactive tool in which users choose the most effective community sentence for offenders, has been launched online on the DirectGov website:

http://direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_170371

Judge for Yourself was designed to give people insight into the work of the probation service and puts users in the role of a probation officer - interviewing offenders, assessing information, and making sentence recommendations to the court. The four case studies are all based on real-life examples and come complete with advice from the real probation officers who worked on the cases. They include updates on the real sentence passed, and the real outcomes achieved.

Judge for Yourself started as an interactive CD-ROM and copies of this are available (free) from the PR & Communications Unit of South Yorkshire Probation Area.

24 June 2008
South Yorkshire Probation Area and FareShare South Yorkshire win national award for Community Payback scheme - click here to read more.

19 June 2008
We are currently recruiting for:

• Senior Finance Officer (Accountancy) - based in Sheffield;
• Senior Administrative Officer - based in Rotherham;
• Case Administrators (x 2) - based in Rotherham;
• Unpaid Work Supervisors - across South Yorkshire.

All these vacancies close on 4 July 2008.

What is the Probation Service?

The Probation Service is a criminal justice agency that works with people who have committed crimes, before and after they are sentenced in court.

South Yorkshire Probation Area supervises over 7,000 offenders within the community every year. We monitor their behavior and the risks they pose to themselves and others, while overseeing their punishment and rehabilitation. The majority of our caseload are men and women given community sentences by the court but we also work closely with our colleagues in the Prison Service to manage the resettlement of prisoners released from custody.

Our Values

We believe that:

• Communities have the right to live free from crime and the fear of crime;
• People can change and develop;
• Offenders should be able to play a full part in society;
• Working with others is more effective than working on our own;
• All people should be treated with respect, dignity and fairness;
• The diverse needs of service users, victims, offenders and staff must be valued and met equally;
• Our services should be provided to the highest quality, delivering best value for money.