Personal stories
The Probation Service can really benefit from welcoming staff with varied life and work experiences. We talk to Jim who, after a long career outside of the Probation Service, joined us as a case administrator. Tell us a bit about …
This is not your average catering job. It’s a great chance for you to put your catering skills and qualifications into practice. From working with the team to prepare meals for the entire prison, to helping prisoners learn new skills …
Community Payback (CP) supervisors supervise groups of people on probation to do unpaid work to improve local communities and get their lives back on track. If, like Jennifer, you’re ‘not an office person’ and you’re looking for rewarding work, read …
Community Payback placement coordinators play a key role in ensuring people sentenced to Community Payback are allocated to appropriate unpaid work projects. If you have good organisational and communication skills, plus an eye for detail, read what Mia has to …
"I can’t make people change, but I can help plant the seed and support them to do so." Community Payback (CP) supervisor Jane gives us an insight into her work, the skills she brings to the role, and what she …
Working as a case administrator Are you looking for a rewarding role where you can make a difference and where your personal qualities are just as important as experience or qualifications? We spoke to Case Administrator, Emily, about her role …
Thinking about becoming a probation officer but want to know more about what it’s like working with people on probation? Bethan takes us along her journey as she describes how the trainee probation programme (PQiP) prepared her to work with …
As a probation officer, you can change people’s lives for the better. We sit with probation officer, Anna, who tells us about her time on the PQiP programme and life in the Probation Service. What made you apply to become …
A career in the Probation Service can take you in many directions. Through the PQiP programme, you will start your career as a trainee probation officer but from there it’s for you to decide which path you take. We …
Community Payback (CP) supervisors lead teams of people on probation to do unpaid work in the community and make positive changes to get their lives back on track. If you're a people person and looking for a rewarding career, find …