Guidance

Probation Professional Register interim 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 interim policy framework sets out the rules and guidance for probation qualified staff around professional registration, probation professional standards and loss of authority to practice.

The requirements relating to professional registration will not be mandatory in its first year, and in its initial phase, the register will only capture those probation officers who are in roles that essentially require the probation qualification as defined in the statutory guidance. Work is ongoing on subsequent phasing of the register.

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.

This policy will be reviewed by the end of October 2023.

Published 28 April 2023