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Delivered in Birmingham and Leicester the Degree in Community and Criminal Justice is provided by the Faculty of Health and Community Studies at De Montfort University, Leicester. It is a distance learning programme. |
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Becoming a Probation Officer:
About the training programme |
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The Diploma in Probation Studies (DipPS) is the qualification needed to work as a Probation Officer. It is a two year programme.
The programme combines: |
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a (BA Hons) degree in Community and Criminal Justice |
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a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) in Community Justice at Level Four |
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The DipPS is only available to those appointed as Trainee Probation Officers, employed full time by probation areas.
This year's intake will start the programme Monday 6 October 2008. |
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For further details about the Diploma in Probation Studies (DipPS):
Download PDF (100k) : Download DOC (44k)
The Midlands Consortium covers the nine probation areas across the midlands.
Skills For Justice is the national body which awards the diploma.
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To read documents in PDF format, you will need a copy of the Adobe Acrobat reader. This is available for free from the Adobe website.
To read documents in Word DOC format, you will need a copy of Microsoft Word.
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