...Early in my career, I worked in a nursery. And when my own children started school, I was ready to get back to work and looking for a new challenge....
...walking around a prison there are other prisoners walking around. If you don't want to engage with prisoners in any capacity, working in a prison is not for you. Can...
...us as a case administrator. Tell us a bit about yourself I work in the Norwich hub for London probation. I did 31 years in the museums and heritage sector...
...give them any help that we can – helping with rehabilitation and transitioning to life outside prison, and just being a support system for them as they readjust to normal...
What’s it like as a woman working in a prison? This International Women’s Day, we caught up with 23 year officer Tonkin who’s been a prison officer for the past...
...the probation service become involved very quickly after they’ve been convicted of an offence can be very stressful for them. When I meet offenders for the first time, it is...
...language completely unfamiliar to me. There were so many acronyms for everything – meetings, forms, people (who knew there are SPOC’s in probation as well as Star Trek?!). I felt...
...for the hard work that I had done. What would you say to new starters joining the prison service? I would definitely say the apprenticeship is great for new staff...
Dr Varinder Panesar is a forensic psychologist in the Wellbeing Team at Feltham Young Offenders Institute (YOI) in West London. She shares why understanding the role of trauma and creating...
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