Trainee Probation Officer - Professional Qualification in Probation Wales
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 05 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £26,475 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 07 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Wales, UK |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | HM Prison and Probation Service |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: |
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What the role involves
Working in probation is a career like no other – you’ll gain the skills and insight to protect the public and reduce reoffending.
As a probation officer, you can change lives. Working with offenders in the community and in prisons, you’ll support them to get back on track and turn their lives around. We are looking for people with empathy and resilience to help people change. The role of a probation officer is rewarding but can be challenging – as you often work with people with complex needs, and no two people are the same. In addition, you’ll be working full-time alongside studying – but you’ll be supported every step of the way.
HM Prison & Probation Service fully fund the Professional Qualification in Probation programme, whilst also paying your salary throughout your studies, so it’s a great opportunity to ‘earn while you learn’ whilst working towards becoming a fully qualified probation officer.
Even as you’re learning, you’ll make a positive impact as you encounter different situations. The decisions and actions you take can be the turning point for offenders– and instead of being part of the system for years to come, you can help them leave criminal behaviour behind for good.
Day to day, you’ll handle everything from visiting hostels, prisons and courts – all to make interventions with people who have committed offences that enable them to understand their behaviour and want to change it. Throughout, you’ll be working with offenders to help them recognise the benefit of education, skills, treatment or maybe counselling to prevent reoffending. You will be working in an environment that supports a range of flexible working options, including the ability to use technology to work remotely, to enhance your work-life balance and support the needs of the business.
You will be allocated some study time toward the required learning components; however, some study will need to be undertaken in your own time and the amount of own-time study varies between individuals depending on learning styles.
We offer different learning programmes dependant on the level of qualification you hold. These range from 15 months for Graduates with a level 5 qualification to 27 months for our non-graduate programme.
What you’ll need
As part of the Probation Service, we support people on their road to rehabilitation. It involves working closely with all kinds of offenders often with complex needs, including those who’ve committed violent and sexual offences, or struggling with their mental health or substance misuse. As a Probation Officer, you need to be resilient as this can often make their behaviour challenging. Not everyone is ready to change, and you will experience setbacks. However, through our PQiP training programme, you will learn the tools needed to address such behaviours, engage with people and support them to make positive changes. You’ll also work with victims of crime, colleagues across the criminal justice system, charities and the wider community.
Level 3 Qualification
To be eligible for the non-graduate PQiP programme, you need to have a level 3 qualification (or higher) e.g. A Level, Advanced apprenticeship, AS Level, International Baccalaureate Diploma, Level 3 NVQ. A full list can be found on the website.
This will be a 27-month learning programme which will involve completion of a level 4 module and the required knowledge modules within the first 12 months and in the final 15 months you will complete your level 5 Diploma in Probation Practice and a Diploma in Community Justice as well as your level 6 Professional Qualification in Probation.
Level 5 Qualification
To be eligible to apply to the graduate PQiP programme, you must hold a valid Level 5 qualification, or above, such as an honours degree, a foundation degree, a diploma of higher education, a Level 5 vocational qualification or a higher apprenticeship. It doesn’t matter what subject your Level 5 qualification is in.
To be eligible for the 15-month PQiP programme, you need to have studied knowledge modules on at least three of the following four topics as part of your degree (or equivalent):
Understanding Crime and Criminal Behaviour, The Criminal Justice System, Penal Policy and the Punishment of Offenders & Rehabilitation of Offenders.
If your level 5 qualification doesn’t include these subjects, you’ll most likely study the 21-month PQiP programme where you will complete the required knowledge modules and go on to study the required level 6 elements to qualify as a Probation Officer.
Please note: You must be able to provide a certificate for your qualification, this should be an award certificate for a completed qualification or a Level 5 exit award where the full qualification has not been completed. For the Level 5 the qualification must comprise of at least 120 credits (of which 120 must be attained at level 5), which is transferable to evidence a second-year study at university or equivalent. If your certificate does not state the level, or the number of credits attained at Level 5, please check with the education provider who issued your certificate and provide written confirmation to support that you hold a valid qualification to present at the assessment centre. If you are not able to provide confirmation and or it is later found that your qualification does not meet the requirements, your place could be withdrawn.
If you have not yet undergone your award ceremony or have still not received your certificate in time to present at the online assessment centre, you can instead produce a valid transcript as evidence, or a letter of confirmation of your pass mark from your education provider.
Please refer to Skills and qualifications you need – Prison and Probation Jobs for minimum eligibility requirements.
Working in probation is a career like no other – you’ll gain the skills and insight to protect the public and reduce reoffending.
As a probation officer, you can change lives. Working with offenders in the community and in prisons, you’ll support them to get back on track and turn their lives around. We are looking for people with empathy and resilience to help people change. The role of a probation officer is rewarding but can be challenging – as you often work with people with complex needs, and no two people are the same. In addition, you’ll be working full-time alongside studying – but you’ll be supported every step of the way.
HM Prison & Probation Service fully fund the Professional Qualification in Probation programme, whilst also paying your salary throughout your studies, so it’s a great opportunity to ‘earn while you learn’ whilst working towards becoming a fully qualified probation officer.
Even as you’re learning, you’ll make a positive impact as you encounter different situations. The decisions and actions you take can be the turning point for offenders– and instead of being part of the system for years to come, you can help them leave criminal behaviour behind for good.
Day to day, you’ll handle everything from visiting hostels, prisons and courts – all to make interventions with people who have committed offences that enable them to understand their behaviour and want to change it. Throughout, you’ll be working with offenders to help them recognise the benefit of education, skills, treatment or maybe counselling to prevent reoffending. You will be working in an environment that supports a range of flexible working options, including the ability to use technology to work remotely, to enhance your work-life balance and support the needs of the business.
You will be allocated some study time toward the required learning components; however, some study will need to be undertaken in your own time and the amount of own-time study varies between individuals depending on learning styles.
We offer different learning programmes dependant on the level of qualification you hold. These range from 15 months for Graduates with a level 5 qualification to 27 months for our non-graduate programme.
What you’ll need
As part of the Probation Service, we support people on their road to rehabilitation. It involves working closely with all kinds of offenders often with complex needs, including those who’ve committed violent and sexual offences, or struggling with their mental health or substance misuse. As a Probation Officer, you need to be resilient as this can often make their behaviour challenging. Not everyone is ready to change, and you will experience setbacks. However, through our PQiP training programme, you will learn the tools needed to address such behaviours, engage with people and support them to make positive changes. You’ll also work with victims of crime, colleagues across the criminal justice system, charities and the wider community.
Level 3 Qualification
To be eligible for the non-graduate PQiP programme, you need to have a level 3 qualification (or higher) e.g. A Level, Advanced apprenticeship, AS Level, International Baccalaureate Diploma, Level 3 NVQ. A full list can be found on the website.
This will be a 27-month learning programme which will involve completion of a level 4 module and the required knowledge modules within the first 12 months and in the final 15 months you will complete your level 5 Diploma in Probation Practice and a Diploma in Community Justice as well as your level 6 Professional Qualification in Probation.
Level 5 Qualification
To be eligible to apply to the graduate PQiP programme, you must hold a valid Level 5 qualification, or above, such as an honours degree, a foundation degree, a diploma of higher education, a Level 5 vocational qualification or a higher apprenticeship. It doesn’t matter what subject your Level 5 qualification is in.
To be eligible for the 15-month PQiP programme, you need to have studied knowledge modules on at least three of the following four topics as part of your degree (or equivalent):
Understanding Crime and Criminal Behaviour, The Criminal Justice System, Penal Policy and the Punishment of Offenders & Rehabilitation of Offenders.
If your level 5 qualification doesn’t include these subjects, you’ll most likely study the 21-month PQiP programme where you will complete the required knowledge modules and go on to study the required level 6 elements to qualify as a Probation Officer.
Please note: You must be able to provide a certificate for your qualification, this should be an award certificate for a completed qualification or a Level 5 exit award where the full qualification has not been completed. For the Level 5 the qualification must comprise of at least 120 credits (of which 120 must be attained at level 5), which is transferable to evidence a second-year study at university or equivalent. If your certificate does not state the level, or the number of credits attained at Level 5, please check with the education provider who issued your certificate and provide written confirmation to support that you hold a valid qualification to present at the assessment centre. If you are not able to provide confirmation and or it is later found that your qualification does not meet the requirements, your place could be withdrawn.
If you have not yet undergone your award ceremony or have still not received your certificate in time to present at the online assessment centre, you can instead produce a valid transcript as evidence, or a letter of confirmation of your pass mark from your education provider.
Please refer to Skills and qualifications you need – Prison and Probation Jobs for minimum eligibility requirements.
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