Training Workshop Training workshops are an essential A full day workshop was held on 21 element of the professional development September 2013 and all members were in of Parole Board members. attendance. Topics included on the day’s Workshops provide an opportunity to: agenda were: information about current Serious Sex Offender legislation; developments in the Department that Prisoner Programs; impact on prisoners; Structured Decision Making and deliver training and share information feedback from the APAI conference; on contemporary practices and research in relation to offender Review of the Victorian Parole Board; management and the work of the Draft Parole Board Manual; Parole Board; and Training in use of eScribe for electronic receive feedback from members on file delivery; and the current operations of the Parole Consistency of decisions. Board and any matters that may be of concern for them.
Training Workshop Training workshops are an essential element of the professional development of Parole Board members. Workshops provide an opportunity to: information about current developments in the Department that impact on prisoners; deliver training and share information on contemporary practices and research in relation to offender management and the work of the Parole Board; and receive feedback from members on the current operations of the Parole Board and any matters that may be of concern for them. A full day workshop was held on 21 September 2013 and all members were in attendance. Topics included on the day’s agenda were: Serious Sex Offender legislation; Prisoner Programs; Structured Decision Making and feedback from the APAI conference; Review of the Victorian Parole Board; Draft Parole Board Manual; Training in use of eScribe for electronic file delivery; and Consistency of decisions.
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