• Recruit and select trainee probation officers
  
• Manage the trainee probation officer training
  
• Support in-service training for all grades of probation staff, which includes NVQs.
  
• Manage the regional staff training for Accredited Programmes

The Diploma in Probation Studies combines a university degree and NVQ level 4 in Community Justice Studies.

We will deliver this in partnership with University of Wales College Newport and the four probation areas.

		Accredited programmes are courses that offenders have to attend as part of their community sentence. They can stop people committing more offences. They are accredited by the Home Office and follow a strict national core curriculum. For a full outline, and rationale, behind current ways of working with offenders visit ‘ What Works to Reduce Offending’. This includes more about offending behaviour programmes. Download the most recent ‘What works’ newsletter of the National Probation Service (pdf 116k). (To read documents in pdf format, you will need a copy of the Adobe Acrobat reader. This is available for free from the Adobe website.) We work closely with Skills for Justice: www.skillsforjustice.com

		Visit the Criminal Justice System's website: www.cjsonline.gov.uk 'The Gateway to the Criminal Justice System' and the site's page on working in probation Other related links: Department for Education and Skills is the Government portal of information and advice for anything to do with education, training and skills. www.dfes-uk.co.uk City and Guilds is the leading provider of vocational qualifications in the United Kingdom. Their qualifications assess skills that are of practical value in the workplace. They set standards for NVQs. www.city-and-guilds.co.uk