Wales Training Consortium: Becoming a Probation Officer



Becoming a Probation Officer > Introduction							Cymraeg/Welsh


		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

	The aims of the National Probation Service for England and Wales

		Protecting the public

		Reducing re-offending

		The proper punishment of offenders in the community

		Ensuring offenders' awareness of the effects of crime on the victims of crime and the public

		Rehabilitation of offenders


	For further details of the four probation areas see Areas we cover.


	The Wales Training Consortium, acting on behalf of its constituent Probation Areas, is committed to treating all persons fairly, openly and with respect. We recognise that discrimination can occur in many forms and we are committed to its elimination, adopting policies of positive action where this is permitted. Our aspiration is to ensure that no person experiences discrimination of any kind as a result of their gender, race, ethnic or national origin, age, relationship status, disability, sexual orientation, religious or political belief, or on any other ground that cannot be shown to be justified.

Becoming a Probation Officer



		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.

We are looking for people who

can show potential to work with people who have experienced personal or social difficulties
have potential to study at undergraduate degree level

For 2008's intake we will deliver the Diploma in Probation Studies in partnership with University of Wales Newport and the four probation areas. Teaching will take place in either Newport or Bangor, depending on which probation area the trainee is based.

For further details about UWN visit their website:
www.newport.ac.uk

Visit CJSOnline – the gateway to the criminal justice system
www.cjsonline.org.uk

Victim's Charter
Addressing the needs of victims:
www.cjsonline.gov.uk/access/citizen/victims/charter.html

Victim Support
An independent charity which helps people cope with the effects of crime:
www.victimsupport.org.uk

A new national Probation Officer training programme was introduced in 1998 which replaced the Diploma in Social Work.

Trainee Probation Officers recruited in September 2006 will join the Diploma in Probation Studies delivered in partnership with University of Wales Newport and the University of Wales Bangor.
www.newport.ac.uk

The Diploma in Probation Studies integrates a Community Justice NVQ Level 4 and a Diploma in Probation Studies.

Since July 2001 the NVQ within the Diploma in Probation Studies programme has been delivered in Wales with the Wales Community Justice NVQ Assessment Centre.

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