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Probation officers supervise people serving community and prison sentences and help them to stay away from crime.
You can do a foundation degree, higher national diploma or degree in:
Other subjects may be acceptable. Once you complete your course you can apply for the Professional Qualification in Probation training programme. You'll usually need 1 or 2 A-Levels, or equivalent, for a foundation degree or higher national diploma. You'll need 2 to 3 A-Levels, or equivalent, for a degree.
You may be able to do a probation officer degree apprenticeship. You'll usually need 4 or 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C) and A-Levels, or equivalent, for a degree apprenticeship.
You could start as a probation services officer, then:
Volunteering
You'll be expected to have paid or voluntary experience of working with vulnerable people or people with challenging behaviour before you apply for training.
You may be able to apply for probation jobs if you already hold a Level 5 or equivalent qualification approved by HM Prison & Probation Service. For example, a social work degree that includes a probation option. It will help if you have some knowledge of how the criminal justice and rehabilitation systems work.
You can join the Probation Institute for professional development opportunities.
You'll need:
In this role you could:
With experience you could become a senior probation officer. With further training you could specialise in working with particular groups, like high-risk or sexual offenders. Further promotion usually means moving into management and away from working with offenders. You could become an area manager.
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