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Voluntary work
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Carolyn Jayne Jones

Ferryside,Carmarthenshire

Summary

Assessment and Management of Risk within Criminal Justice System. Working with the Courts and within Multi Agency Risk Assessment protocols and procedures on High and Very High Risk cases including management of Child Protection Cases and Foreign Nationals. Multi Disciplinary Teamwork. Assessment, Planning, Intervention, Termination and Evaluation. Working under extreme pressure and under dynamic challenging situations, adapting with resilience and flexibility to constant change whilst meeting deadlines. Productive, efficient and effective. Striving for excellence.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work history

Probation officer

All Wales Probation Trust
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire and County of Glamorgan
09.1996 - 04.2014

Experienced Probation Officer working within Criminal Justice System.

1. Assessing and Managing High and Very High Risk cases within Offender Management and Public Protection, including Child Protection, Sexual, Serious Violence, Domestic Abuse, Foreign Nationals, Mentally Disordered Offenders, Terrorism and Life Sentenced cases.

2. Working seamlessly to support and advise on sentencing options writing Court Pre-Sentence Reports for Magistrates and Crown Courts and managing cases from beginning to end of sentence with ongoing Risk Management.

3. Home Detention Curfew Officer. Risk Assessments for suitability of Home Detention Curfew and Release on Temporary Licence.

4. Thriving whilst working under extreme challenging pressure, managing high workloads whilst meeting deadlines.

5. Experience in setting up, assessing suitability and running (‘What Works’) effective positive change Cognitive Behavioural Programmes including one to one and group work.

6. Problem solving and building rapport with positive pro social effective communication skills including continual Sentence Planning.

7. Multi agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) involving Police, Social Services, Child Protection, Housing, Mental Health, Foreign National Protocols, Victim Liaison Officers and other partnerships relevant to Management of Risk and Public Protection.

8. Prisons, Approved Premises, Courts and Parole Boards.

9. All Wales Child Protection Procedures and Protocols.

10. Anti-Discriminatory Practice and Diversity.

Youth Justice Probation Officer

West Glamorgan Probation Service
Swansea, West Glamorgan
09.1996 - 12.1996

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work DipSW - Applied Social Sciences - Social Work (Probation Option), Home Office funded.

University of Wales College Cardiff
Cardiff
09/1994 - 07/1996

Higher National Diploma - Caring Services

Carmarthenshire College of Technology and Art
Ammanford, Carmarthenshire
09/1992 - 07/1994

National Diploma in Social Care - Social Care

Carmarthenshire College of Technology and Art
Ammanford, Carmarthenshire
09/1990 - 07/1992

City and Guilds Information Technology x 3 - Information Technology

Carmarthenshire College of Technology and Art
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire
09/1989 - 07/1990

Women In Technology - Women in Technology

Carmarthenshire College of Technology and Art
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire
09/1988 - 07/1999

Diploma in Neuro Linguistic Programming Coaching - NLP Coaching

Unleash Your Potential, Cardiff
Cardiff

Usui Reiki Ryoho - Reiki Master/Teacher Healing

Awareness Centre and Malindi Centre
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire

Mindfulness, Food as Medicine, Food and Mood - Health and Wellbeing

Future Learn
Various/online

Skills


Risk assessments, static and dynamic

Risk Management

Offender Management

Youth Justice

Multi Disciplinary Working

Dangerousness

Teamwork

Pre-Sentence Report writing

Sentence Planning

Multi Task Managing

Court Duty work

Parole Board

Diversity

Anti discriminatory practice

Imprisonment for Public Protection

Lifers

Release on Temporary License

Home Detention Curfew Officer

Sex Offenders

Substance Misuse

Child Protection

Child Abuse and Neglect

Domestic Abuse

Relationship breakdown and rights to housing

Mentally Disordered offenders (including Personality

Disorders)

Self-Harm

Terrorism

Dealing with Dangerous People

Foreign Nationals

Race Awareness

Target led work

Cognitive Behavioural Programmes in Delivery and Offender Management; R&R, Priestly McGuire 1:1 Enhanced Thinking Skills ETS

Set up and running of CBT Programme delivery

CBT

Brief Therapy

Brief Focussed Solution Therapy

One to one work

Group work

Motivational Interviewing

Effective communicator, verbal and non verbal

Reflective listening

Communicating Empathy

Compassion

Socratic questioning

Problem Solving

Pro-Social Modelling

Building Rapport

Neuro Linguistic Programming NLP Coaching

Mindfulness

Pro-active working

Working under pressure

National Standards

Data Protection and IT Security

CRAMS, Delius and EOasys systems




Affiliations

  • Holistic, Naturopathic and Energetic Medicine for Healing. Consciousness, spirituality and Neuroscience. Health and Wellness, Mindfulness, Swimming, Open Water, Walking, Gardening, Fine Art, Researching, Meta Physics, Conservation and Bio Diversity.

Accomplishments

Open Water Charity Swim.

Aspire Chanel Swim

Certificate of Achievement Award- Employment Training Gwendraeth Valley, Information Technology.

Voluntary work

World Wildlife Trust WWT 

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds RSPB

West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre WWBIC/ LERC (Local Environment Record Centre)

Travel Experience

Extensive travel throughout Java and Bali Indonesia, Israel, Algeria North Africa, Jersey Channel Isles and Eire.

Timeline

Probation officer

All Wales Probation Trust
09.1996 - 04.2014

Youth Justice Probation Officer

West Glamorgan Probation Service
09.1996 - 12.1996

Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work DipSW - Applied Social Sciences - Social Work (Probation Option), Home Office funded.

University of Wales College Cardiff
09/1994 - 07/1996

Higher National Diploma - Caring Services

Carmarthenshire College of Technology and Art
09/1992 - 07/1994

National Diploma in Social Care - Social Care

Carmarthenshire College of Technology and Art
09/1990 - 07/1992

City and Guilds Information Technology x 3 - Information Technology

Carmarthenshire College of Technology and Art
09/1989 - 07/1990

Women In Technology - Women in Technology

Carmarthenshire College of Technology and Art
09/1988 - 07/1999

Diploma in Neuro Linguistic Programming Coaching - NLP Coaching

Unleash Your Potential, Cardiff

Usui Reiki Ryoho - Reiki Master/Teacher Healing

Awareness Centre and Malindi Centre

Mindfulness, Food as Medicine, Food and Mood - Health and Wellbeing

Future Learn
Carolyn Jayne Jones