Probation staff views of the Skills for Effective Engagement Development (SEED) Pilot (Ministère de la justice britannique)

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The SEED (Skills for Effective Engagement, and Development) pilots were conducted between Spring 2011 and Spring 2012. Their purpose was to develop and test out a practice skills model based on the best international evidence about the impact of effective engagement with offenders on reducing reoffending. The model consists of core training followed by quarterly follow up training that teams of practitioners (offender managers) attend together with their team manager Senior Probation Officer (SPO), and continuous professional development (CPD) to support learning. The aim of the model is to bring about cultural change to enable professional practice and a focus on quality outcomes. SEED has now been brought together with a piloted model for reflective supervision to produce the SEEDS model (Skills for Effective Engagement, Development and Supervision). This is an integrated organisational and practice model intended to bring about the consistent application of evidence in day to day work with offenders. SEEDS is a non-mandatory approach that has been adopted by almost all probation trusts.

Conclusions
The focus of SEED is on one-to-one supervision, enabling good practice and encouraging desistance in offenders. What is clear from this evaluation of the reactions of OMs (and SPOs) is that the cultural shift embodied in the SEED model was welcomed. Its focus on offender supervision, on work with offenders, on work by offenders within the supervisory context, and on developing practice skills in OMs were all seen as positive. The majority of participants felt SEED had improved supervision sessions. They felt they were doing more structured, better quality work. Structuring received the highest rankings in terms of its usefulness for practice, followed by relationship building, but all elements were seen as useful and different practitioners rated different elements as useful. Many felt their time was more focused but, particularly in the early stages, some felt preparation and follow-up actions were taking longer and time pressures made it difficult to adapt to a different way of working. Further training was considered to be important to keep SEED on the agenda.

probation-views-seed-pilot.pdf

Parallel-II-C-Service-User-Engagement-Copsey-Rex.pdf (Presentation de SEED au congrès mondial de la probation 2013)