A rehabilitation activity requirement (RAR) requires the offender to participate in rehabilitative activities designed to address the behaviours and needs that contributed to the offence, and to attend supervision appointments with the Probation Service.
The court will specify the maximum number of days on which the offender will be instructed to participate in rehabilitative activities. Post-sentence, the Probation Service will assess the offender and produce a tailored activity plan based on their needs. Activities can include probation-led toolkits or group structured interventions, or referral to external organisations providing rehabilitative services.
Volume/length range: Minimum of 1 RAR day; no maximum, to be completed within the length of the order.
The specific type of activities that the offender will be required to participate in will be determined post-sentence by an assessment of these rehabilitative needs, and as such sentencers should consider the number of RAR activity days recommended by the Probation Service to ensure this number is suitable and proportionate to the level of need and any eligibility requirements for commissioned rehabilitative services that may be relevant.
Structured rehabilitative activities are complemented by supervision appointments with the Probation Service which ensure contact is maintained. Probation can track the offender’s progress in completing activities and offer support where necessary.
The court needs only to specify the number of ‘RAR’ or rehabilitative activity days, and the Probation Service will manage supervision appointments alongside these days.