Guidance

Probation Professional Register policy framework

Rules and guidance for probation qualified staff around professional registration, probation professional standards and loss of authority to practice.

Applies to England and Wales

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This policy framework sets out the requirements and guidance for probation qualified staff around professional registration, probation professional registration standards and loss of authority to practice.

If you are employed in a role where there is an essential requirement to have the probation officer qualification as set out in your job description you are required to maintain and renew your registration.

The provisions around loss of authority to practice as a probation officer are mandatory, in so much as this policy framework replaces Probation Instruction 31/2014.

Updates to this page

Published 28 April 2023
Last updated 30 September 2024 + show all updates
  1. Updated Probation Professional Register policy framework.

  2. Updated Probation Professional Register interim policy framework document. While this remains an interim policy, changes have been made to bring into scope those in roles where there is an essential requirement to hold the probation officer qualification as part of their job description and for whom registration will be mandatory on full implementation.

  3. First published.

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