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The skills and qualities we are looking for:

- ability to relate to others
- working as part of a team
- knowledge and understanding of group and individual work
- communication skills – oral and written
- planning and organising
- self management and use of feedback
- motivation and commitment
- values
- openness to new ideas
- problem solving skills

For further details see 'person specification' (pdf/word document) on 'what a trainee does'.

Introduction
About the training programme
What a trainee does
How to apply
The work of a Probation Officer
Hear from offenders
Professional organisations and trade unions
Trainee Probation Officer: How to apply

For the past 11 years recruitment of trainee probation officers has been an annual event, commencing every March.

However  the whole process of training and qualifying within the probation service as a whole is currently being reviewed.

As soon as any details are published they will be put on this website. Thank you for your interest in the probation service.

We regret to inform you that the recruitment for 2008 is now closed.



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