Elements and Performance Criteria
- Maintain current information.
- Assess offenders' circumstances and obligations according to legislative context and organisational procedures.
- Check and confirm information related to the conditions of court decisions and sentencing.
- Review offender information and amend according to new information.
- Interview key people to provide the specific information needed to comply with court conditions and sentencing.
- Review services, agencies and programs that relate to the conditions of courts and sentencing and determine suitability and priorities.
- Prepare reports.
- Identify range of reports required by the judicial system in the management of offenders.
- Find information relevant to the purpose of the report and needs of the audience, check it for accuracy and seek more if it is needed.
- Prepare reports in appropriate or agreed formats that meet the needs of the audience.
- Provide conclusions, summaries and recommendations which are consistent with the purpose of the reports and the use they will have.
- Provide realistic options and recommendations and justify them for availability, appropriateness, resources and outcomes.
- Document the basis for advice and recommendations.
- Send reports to selected or relevant people and ask them for feedback.
- Handle all information according to the requirements of the organisation and ethical values and principles.