However, public protection aspects – work to keep to a minimum each individual’s risk of harm to others – was only done well enough 56 per cent of the time.
"Overall, we consider this a mixed set of findings," Julie Fox, assistant chief inspector, said. "Although work to reduce the likelihood of reoffending was often done well, more consistent attention needed to be paid to the assessment and management of vulnerability and of risk of harm to others.
"Recent Asset training had helped to bring improvements in assessments; however, there were only limited signs of the new skills being applied to the screening of vulnerability and risk of harm to others.
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