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Hi, hope everyone is as well as can be expected. My OH signed on SOR weeks and weeks ago, in fact think it was July?! His sentencing is in December ( it was supposed to be end of October but got relisted) in fact I've lost count how many hearings have been relisted!. It's been 2 years 11 months since he got the knock. Anyway a woman from mosovo has got in touch with him and she's coming to do a risk assessment on him at our home ( I mean we've waited nearly three years so an assessment seems quite ridiculous now! He's had nothing all this time!). Does anyone know what is involved in an assesment? I won't be there as I'm at work. My kids are adults now but I don't want her speaking to them.
The first visit my OH had was post sentencing so i do not know if it would be different. They just talked to my OH and checked he was living and sleeping at home. They were there about 30 minutes. Not sure if they did a risk assessment though. OH just said they asked him questions and then went. Sorry cannot be more helpful. X
They are supposed to do the risk assesment within 3 days of the person signing on the SOR for the first time, so they must be very very busy.
They could ask about almost anything. It depends on the officer who does the assesment. Although you have to let them in to your home, your OH should remember that he does not have to speak to them at all, unless he wants to.
Some of the questions can be very intrusive and personal, including details of his sexual preferences. People often believe it is like an interview under caution, and think that they have to answer, but they don't.
However, if he chooses not to answer their questions, then it can make the relationship with the MOSOVO more difficult and lead to more frequent visits. So the trick is to give them just enough info to keep them happy, but no more than is necessary.
They are not your friends and anything you say to them will be recorded could potentially be used against you later on, so keep this in mind.
They could ask about almost anything. It depends on the officer who does the assesment. Although you have to let them in to your home, your OH should remember that he does not have to speak to them at all, unless he wants to.
Some of the questions can be very intrusive and personal, including details of his sexual preferences. People often believe it is like an interview under caution, and think that they have to answer, but they don't.
However, if he chooses not to answer their questions, then it can make the relationship with the MOSOVO more difficult and lead to more frequent visits. So the trick is to give them just enough info to keep them happy, but no more than is necessary.
They are not your friends and anything you say to them will be recorded could potentially be used against you later on, so keep this in mind.
Thanks for the info guys, Edel he is gonna be open with them and answer their questions. Yeah I thought they should of come round pretty much straightaway after he signed on the SOR but like you say they are so busy especially if nearly a thousand men a month are being arrested for this crime! . Like I said it seems quite ridiculous that he's been left to get on as normal for nearly 3 years ( he was Rui after the first bail ended). He's had a PSR report done and he said that was in depth and asking personal questions. Will they ask about me or my kids? My kids are 20 and 18 now. Me and my partner are still together and I'm supporting him so hopefully that's a positive thing. Will their assessment be given to the judge as he hasn't had his sentencing yet?
The MOSOVO risk assesment is seperate from the probation pre sentence report. As far as I know, the MOSOVO one is not seen by the judge.
I think the word assessment is confusing in these circumstances, it sounds like they are coming to do some sort of interview but it is a lot more informal. They ask questions to get an understanding of your situation because everyones is different, then I the 'assessment' part is actually multi agency decisions made in the background. We have definitely been assessed 2 times and possibly more but it certainly didn't feel like we were being assessed. That's my personal experince anyway.