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Probation Professional Register policy framework

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

Updates to this page

From:
Ministry of Justice and HM Prison and Probation Service
Published:
28 April 2023
Last updated:
1 October 2026
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  1. Framework updated.

  2. Framework updated.

  3. Updated Probation Professional Register policy framework.

  4. 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.

  5. First published.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Probation Professional Register policy framework

PDF, 541 KB, 27 pages

Details

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 or a probation services officers employed by HMPPS working in sentence management, court or approved premises and have completed a recognised qualification or qualification alignment process set out in Statutory Guidance, you are required to maintain and renew your registration.

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

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