Trainee Probation Officer
The primary aim of the probation service is to protect the public from crime. This demands a disciplined but human approach.
The work of a probation officer is varied and challenging. It involves assessing and managing the risks that offenders pose in the community, whilst helping them to tackle problems which may lead to crime such as alcohol or drug abuse, aggressive behaviour, bad debts or unemployment.
The probation service works with the courts, the police, victims of crime, the prison service and many other organisations and agencies in the community to help reduce crime.
Could you:
- Motivate offenders so as to reduce the likelihood of reoffending?
- Ensure that court sentences are effectively carried out?
- Work with a range of organisations to reintegrate offenders into the community after they leave prison?
- Assess the risk offenders present to the public?
As a Trainee Probation Officer (TPO) you will be:
- Employed by a probation service in a trainee post on a fixed term contract and based most of the time in a probation office;
- Undertaking an undergraduate degree in Community Justice with an integrated NVQ Level 4 leading to a Diploma in Probation Studies. This is an intensive education and training programme which will normally be completed within two years;
- Learning from both direct practical experience and academic study.
Salary:
- Trainee salaries will be in the range of £17,191-£18,406, rising to a minimum of £26,229 on qualification and employment as a probation officer;
- On achievement of Diploma, trainees will be eligible for appointment as a probation officer subject to vacancies.
Entry requirements include:
- Minimum age of 20;
- Evidence of potential to work with people who have experienced personal or social difficulties;
- Education requirements for candidates under 21 years - a minimum of two passes at A Level (or equivalent) and three at GCSE, or three passes at A Level (or equivalent) and one at GCSE (grades A-C);
- Candidates over 21 but under 25 years generally five passes at GCSE (grades A-C);
- Candidates over 25 - acceptance without formal qualifications is possible but they will need to demonstrate that they are capable of academic work to the expected standard.
When do you recruit?
TPO recruitment is an annual process and applications for this year (2008) have now closed. For more information on the next round of recruitment, contact:
Yorkshire & Humberside Consortium
2nd Floor
Devonshire House
38 York Place
Leeds
LS1 2ED
Tel: 0113 244 6044
Fax: 0113 245 1394
E-mail: yhpcgen@yhpc.co.uk