• About your sentence:

The Court has sentenced you to either a Suspended Sentence Order or a Community Order with one requirement being the mental Health Requirement. This element means that the Court feel that you would benefit from such treatment; and this is something you have agreed to. Your treatment will be supervised by a medical professional, with th primary aim being in helping you with the issues which may have led to your Court appearance.

• Your 'Responsible Officer' will:

• Explain your sentence to you and make it clear that you must attend supervisin sessions
• Explain what will happen to you if you fail to adhere to this requirement
• Review your progress and assist you in completing the sentence sucessfully.
• Assist with practical issues and work with areas linked to your offending behaviour
• Treat you fairly and with respect

• What you should do:

• Make clear the kind of treatment you will be having
• make clear who you will have to see for your treatment, and when and where you will need to be.
• Make sure that you understand what is expected of you, and ask questions if you do not know
• Demonstrate respect to those Probation staff you come into contact with, and others you meet during your sentence.
• Inform Probation staff if there are changes to your circumstances; i.e. your address of telephone number.
• If you are having problems with your sentence tell the Probation Staff.
• Let your responsible officer visit you at home if they need to

• If you are taken back to Court, the Court may:

• Make you do more requirements.
• Make you do different requirements
• Make this requirement or other requirements you are already doing more onerous.
• Send you to prison

• Additional information:

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