| EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY |
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Click here to download the Essex Probation Equality and Diversity Annual Report 2011
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| Essex Probation and its employees are committed to working in a way that values diversity, achieves equality, promotes understanding and does not discriminate on improper grounds. Policy, practice and the behaviour of board members, managers reflects this commitment which applies to the full range of Essex Probation business: employment of staff; work with offenders and victims; contact with the public and other agencies.
Essex Probation pledges itself to equal service for all our members, the offenders, victims of crime and our communities.
- We recognise and value the uniqueness of each individual, the offenders and victims who receive our services
- We embrace 'difference' and we are unequivocally committed to tapping into and contributing to the richness and innovation inherent in that difference
- We will support and equip our employees so that they can achieve their full potential in providing and developing our services
- Our services will be appropriate and effective for all offenders and victims
- We will reflect through membership of our boards and the workforce the diverse communities of England and Wales
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| Staff Support |
| Staff Enabling Disability Reference Group (SEDRG) meets quarterly |
| Minority Ethnic Reference Group Essex (MERGE) meets quarterly |
| Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Group (LGBT) meets half-yearly |
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| Broken Rainbow |
| Association of Black Probation Officers (ABPO) |
| Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals and Transgendered Individuals in Probation and Family Courts (LAGIP) |
| National Association of Asian Probation Staff (NAAPS) |
| National Disabled Staff Network (NDSN) |
Christians in Probation Christians in Probation aims to inform a Christian perspective on probation policy and practice. Local and national networks support Christian staff and seek to build links with churches, and community and professional groups, supporting their engagement with offenders. CIP was formerly the Probation Service Christian Fellowship established in 1954.
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