Assessments of the work and effectiveness
of empowered officers
Most units are finding that their empowered
officers are utilised only on an infrequent basis. Most complaints
and requests for help are received and dealt with by the Chain
of Command. The welfare system, doctors, padres, WRVS, UWOs,
effectively identify and deal with any remaining complaints and
welfare cases.
Units where the trainees spend most of their
time training away from their chain of command, such as DST, find
that the empowered officer becomes a more important focus for
complaints.
HQ ATRA will be conducting a formal review of
the Empowered Officer scheme during the latter part of 2005.
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