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The salary range for Trainee Probation Officers in 2007 is £17,191 - £18,406 (under review)
The full time salary for a trained Probation Officer starts at £26,229 (under review)
The working week is normally 37 hours
Trainees are entitled to a minimum of 26 days leave a year, plus 8 days public holiday
For a quick overview of the justice system we recommend you visit the Home Office Justice & Prisons website
Working for Probation
 Visit the National Probation Service's website page dedicated to Joining us
UK Criminal Justice Weblog
The latest news about criminal justice issues from around the UK, drawn from media websites, government sources and criminal justice organisations. |
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What a trainee Probation Officer does |
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Trainee Probation Officers:
- learn to work effectively with offenders in a range of settings, with their employing probation area
- work to achieve the NVQ level 4 in Community Justice
- undertake degree level study with De Montfort University, delivered in Birmingham and Leicester -depending on which probation area the trainee is based. This is via distance and block learning with the employing probation area
- are supervised throughout their training by a Practice Development Assessor, as well as other probation managers.
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| For a full outline, and rationale, behind current ways of working with offenders visit What Works to Reduce Offending. This includes more about offending behaviour programmes. |
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