Today, the ballots for the Probation  Service multi-year pay offer will open for members of the three Probation Service trade unions to vote on our 3 year pay offer.

The ballots will run from September 1st until September 23rd.

The offer is available to review on the HMPPS Intranet Probation Pay page.  On that page you will find a comprehensive set of information about the offer including illustrations of your potential pay journeys over the three years, general FAQs and a helpful pay calculator so you can see what the offer will mean for you over the duration of the deal. The offer will mean something different for each member of staff, so it is important you use the tools and resources made available.

Attend a pay event to learn more about what it means for you

Additionally, to help you better understand what the proposals mean for you, we are also running engagement sessions for staff which you should hopefully already have in your diaries. We are holding three MS Teams live events for any member of Probation Service staff to attend. Please note that the three all-staff live events will repeat the same content so if you have attended one, the following sessions will be the same.

There will also be daily Re-cap/Q&A sessions comprising an update and then an opportunity for you to ask questions.  Given the potential attendance numbers for staff in Bands 1-6, we are scheduling these daily recap sessions by region and they are open to all staff, regardless of specialism. Don’t worry if you can’t attend the session scheduled for your region. They are flexible and you can join any session.

Re-cap/Q&A sessions are also in place for staff in pay bands A-D.

For questions about the ballot process, please contact your trade union representative.

If you have any immediate questions which you can’t find an answer to, please either contact your TU representative or the probation pay functional mailbox at: PSpayreform-enquiries@justice.gov.uk