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Salary: £26,475 - £31,650
Helping to keep the public safe. Giving people the chance to turn their lives around. Building a rewarding professional career. It’s an extraordinary role. There are many reasons to join the Probation Service. What will yours be?
About The Role
As a Probation services officer, you’ll have a similar job to a fully qualified probation officer. The main difference is you’ll work with medium and lower risk clients. That’s not to say it’ll be easy. There’s no doubt this is a challenging role.
We’ll look to you to assess and manage risks, provide information to courts and work closely with agencies throughout the justice system and support offenders. This could involve everything from providing practical advice about housing and employment to simply listening. You will be liaising, providing information and advice to criminal courts, criminal justice agencies and other partner agencies. You will also work with other agencies and groups to prevent crime and meet the needs of victims and people on probation.
About You
You don’t need a degree for this role. We’re much more interested in your personal qualities. Ideally with experience of working with people who have social or personal difficulties, you’ll be empathetic, patient and resilient.
You will have the ability to evidence high level numeracy and literacy skills required to read, understand and interpret policies and the ability to write reports and correspondence for internal and external stakeholders or minimum 5 GCSEs at Grade C or above, including English, Maths.
About Us
The Probation Service works with offenders who are pre or post-release from prison or serving community sentences. Our role is to support their rehabilitation and protect the public.
People come from all walks of life to form one team in the Probation Service.
Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive team that thrives on sharing knowledge and expertise.
If this sounds like you, apply now.
Details
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Other, Information Technology, and Management
* Industries: Government Administration
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