Noms Works
How the National Offender Management Service works
March 2012
Introduction
Who we are Key functions
Our structure
How NOMS Works
introduction
who we are
key functions
our structure
“ Our vision is that there will be fewer victims, and our communities will be safer
NOMS was established in 2008 with a clear brief, to bring together the commissioning and provision of offender services in prison and in the community, ensuring best value for public money. So organisational change isn’t new to us; it’s part of what we are all about. But the reality now is that we are in a new world, with the double challenge of responding to the policy priorities of the Coalition Government and significantly reducing our costs by approximately 23 per cent by 2015. The rate of change and scale of challenge for both Prisons and Probation is unprecedented. To meet our objectives of protecting the public and reducing reoffending – we have reshaped and transformed the way we operate creating a leaner organisation focused on outcomes for the public. We have dismantled our old regional model, and our structure has been fundamentally reshaped to support HQ and Central Services front line delivery at much reduced cost.
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Perhaps most significantly, our new structure makes a clear distinction between the different functions of the Agency – commissioning services; delivering those services directly such as through HM Prison Service and national operational services such as licence recall and population management; delivery through contracts such as with Probation Trusts; and providing support for service delivery through Finance, ICT and HR. These changes give us the organisational arrangements we need for effective outcomebased commissioning of services in a providerneutral environment, which will encourage innovation and increasingly focus on what we want to achieve rather than how the work should be done. Line management and contract management for Prisons
March 2012
Introduction
Who we are Key functions
Our structure
How NOMS Works
introduction
who we are
key functions
our structure
“ Our vision is that there will be fewer victims, and our communities will be safer
NOMS was established in 2008 with a clear brief, to bring together the commissioning and provision of offender services in prison and in the community, ensuring best value for public money. So organisational change isn’t new to us; it’s part of what we are all about. But the reality now is that we are in a new world, with the double challenge of responding to the policy priorities of the Coalition Government and significantly reducing our costs by approximately 23 per cent by 2015. The rate of change and scale of challenge for both Prisons and Probation is unprecedented. To meet our objectives of protecting the public and reducing reoffending – we have reshaped and transformed the way we operate creating a leaner organisation focused on outcomes for the public. We have dismantled our old regional model, and our structure has been fundamentally reshaped to support HQ and Central Services front line delivery at much reduced cost.
“
Perhaps most significantly, our new structure makes a clear distinction between the different functions of the Agency – commissioning services; delivering those services directly such as through HM Prison Service and national operational services such as licence recall and population management; delivery through contracts such as with Probation Trusts; and providing support for service delivery through Finance, ICT and HR. These changes give us the organisational arrangements we need for effective outcomebased commissioning of services in a providerneutral environment, which will encourage innovation and increasingly focus on what we want to achieve rather than how the work should be done. Line management and contract management for Prisons