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Department of Probation and Parole
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Finds its origin in its 60's were it had strong influences from the
social work profession
For an extensive period of time the Department was part of the
Department of Correctional Services
Since 2012 it became an separate Directorate with its own
vision and mission statement
Regulated by Probation Act and the Restorative Justice Act
Units within the Department
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Probation Unit
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Parole Unit
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Victim Support Unit
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Psychology Unit
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The team is comprised of 3 senior probation officers, 20
probation officers, a victim liaison officer and 2 psychologists
working under the Director of DPP
Roles and Responsibility of the DPP
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Clients in the community
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Supervision and treatment of probationers and
parolees
Report e.g. Pre-sentencing reports
Victims of crime – reports in relation to parole
applications and referral for psychotherapy
Clients in correctional facility
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Supervision – involves liaison with other
professionals in many aspects contact with drug
rehab agencies
Reports mainly in relation to parole reports
Statistics of Drug Use of Offenders Under Supervision
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In 2013 out of 950 offenders 356 were using drugs this equates
to about a 1/3 of all the clients supervised with heroin being the
drug of choice for 173 offenders, followed by cannabis and then
cocaine.
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No statistics are kept for synthetic drug use
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In 2014 the DPP had a client list of 1000
Current Areas of Collaboration
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Care plans formulated in conjunction with rehab agency staff
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Meetings with agency staff
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Suitability for programme
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Information sharing
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Regular updates – progress and regress
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Multidisciplinary case management meetings