Tony Margetts, formerly a Senior Probation Officer in the Humberside Probation Service and currently seconded to a multi- agency sex offenders' project, considers the development of partnership work in the Probation Service. He argues that partnerships should be recognised as a valuable mode of service delivery, and are likely to become increasingly important under the new Labour government.
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For the purposes of this article 'partnership' will take the technical meaning it has adopted within the Service, that is the funding of voluntary or private sector organisations to provide a service for probation clients under the terms of a contract.
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Home Office (1990) Partnership in Dealing with Offenders in the Community: A Discussion Paper. London: Home Office.
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Home Office (1992) Partnership in Dealing with Offenders in the Community: A Decision Document. London: Home Office.
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Doran P., Reid M. and Copeland J. (1996) 'Partnerships: A Northern Ireland Perspective' , Probation Journal, vol. 43 (3).
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Partnership: A COP Position Statement, approved 21.3.97. HM Inspectorate of Probation (1996) Probation Services Working in Partnership: Increasing Impact and Value for Money. London : Home Office.
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Sarkis A. and Webster R. (Jan. 1995) Working in Partnership: The Probation Service and the Voluntary Sector, The DIVERT Trust. Gilpin Black Management Consultants and the DIVERT Trust (1995) Building Partnership Capability.
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Michael A. and Liffey A. (1997) Voluntary Sector Policy Document, The Labour Party.
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Department of Health (1995 ) Practical Guidance on Joint Commissioning for Project Leaders .
