Each year NPS will commence the supervision of some 170,000 offenders. It will work with offenders to reduce their re-offending and to protect the public. Local authorities, health, education, housing and a wide range of other independent and voluntary sector partners. The NPS assists magistrates and judges in their sentencing decisions through the provision of approximately 235,000 pre-sentence reports each year. The needs of victims also form an essential part of NPS's work.
Public protection is at the heart of supervision planning.
Community Reintegration Community reintegration is the most critical process for achieving long term change in offenders. Work to help them achieve a settled lifestyle, and become involved in pro social relationships and activities, will reduce the risk that they may reoffend. Such work needs to build where possible on learning from structured programmes dealing with offending behaviour. It provides an opportunity for offenders to practice newly developed skills by applying them to problems they face - in employment, accommodation, finance or other aspects of their lives. Programme has enabled the probation service to establish pathfinder projects, which will explore how this work can be done most effectively.