Probation Services Officer

We understand it might feel a bit daunting, thinking about your time in the Armed Forces coming to an end and what you might want to do next. That’s why we’ll do whatever we can to help support your transition into civilian working life. We offer roles you can feel at home in, too.

Working with HMPPS, you’ll still feel a sense of purpose and belonging. You can bring the skills, experience and resilience you’ve built over your military service, and start a new career that will be just as rewarding.

Advance into Justice is open to Armed Forces Service Leavers, Veterans, Spouses and Reservists.

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.

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.