What’s new on the Hub

New on the Probation Hub

HMPPS PS — Harmonisation Opt-in exercise: Implementation
22 December 2022/by Annie Macnamara

PQIP Branding November 2022 v2-03 — POSTPONED: PQiP14 recruitment campaign and webinars
7 December 2022/by Annie Macnamara

tiny-house-travels-map2 — Fancy a fresh start in Kent or Surrey with help covering relocation costs?
29 November 2022/by Annie Macnamara

Workload measurement tool
Changes are being made to the workload measurement tool in January 2023
24 November 2022/by Paul Darby

SEEDS2 — SEEDS champions reflective practice
18 November 2022/by Annie Macnamara

Learning-strategy-colour-and-light-grey-font — The best learning & development experience for employees
14 November 2022/by Annie Macnamara

SENTENCE MANAGEMENT VIS MAP EXPRESS thumbnail — sentence management – visual map
A visual map explaining the key points on the supervision journey is now available
10 November 2022/by Paul Darby

mentoring — Veteran & Volunteer Peer Mentor program – spotlight on South Central
31 October 2022/by Annie Macnamara

We-Need-You copy — New university contracts awarded to support trainee probation officer learning
26 October 2022/by Annie Macnamara

Probation Officer with Service User — Commissioned Rehabilitative Services Grant Scheme
4 October 2022/by Paul Darby

latestupdate — Decommissioning senior attendance centres
28 September 2022/by Annie Macnamara

In case you missed them, here’s the recent updates to the Probation Hub in the last month.

31 May New Pre-Intervention Module
A tool is now available (6 June) to help practitioners structure conversations with people on probation about taking part in Structured Interventions.

30 May Prioritising Probation Update
All the latest on the Prioritisation Framework, undergraduate recruitment campaign and efforts to join up recruitment better

5 May 2022: All about EQuiP
Easy access, view latest changes, attend training

4 May 2022: Business changes outlined by role
Upcoming business changes by role

3 May 2022: Harmonisation update
Update on the progress of the harmonisation negotiations currently underway between HMPPS and the 3 recognised Trade Unions; NAPO, UNISON and GMB SCOOP.

19 April 2022: Next PQiP recruitment campaign
Are you interested in training to become a Probation Officer?

19 April 2022: Learning by roles
This page provide a list of Probation Service roles and the learning required for that role.

23 March 2022: Create and Vary a Licence (CVL) Service
Create and vary a licence is a new digital service that allows probation practitioners to create licences for prison leavers, prisons to approve, print and share the licences, and probation practitioners to vary active licences (with PDU Heads approving the variations) for those already released

17 February 2022: Effective Proposal Framework (EPF2)
All you need to know about the digital tool that helps create shortlists of interventions and licence conditions to assist the pre-release planning process.

9 February 2022: Prioritising Probation initiative - latest update
Including latest news the prioritisation framework and targeted recruitment

27 January 2022: Understanding the changes - latest change map available
The Probation Change Map is one of the tools developed to help you understand the changes that will affect you and when you can expect them.

It provides a forward look into the coming months, as well as a section that shows changes that have already taken place.

New version now available including easy read Jan-June what’s changing section

26 January 2022: Prioritising Probation initiative - latest update
Including latest news on vetting support and the launch of a new prioritisation framework

17 January 2022: Mixed Caseloads
Latest on Mixed Caseloads

13 January 2022: Unpaid Work Assessment
It is important that people on unpaid work are allocated to the most suitable unpaid work project or placement for them, taking account of their risks and needs. There are currently a variety of ways this is done across England and Wales. To support doing it more effectively and consistently the new digital unpaid work assessment is being launched.

12 January 2022: Prioritising Probation initiative - latest update
The Prioritising Probation project has been motoring along, check out the initial changes you’ll see that will make your working day a little bit easier

9 January 2022: JitBit - The new admin tasks tool
JitBit is a commercially available ‘ticket management’ system for prioritising work tasks. We have configured it to fit the needs of Probation staff in requesting and managing core administration tasks, such as recall letters. JitBit enables tasks to be categorised and given a priority setting to ensure the important stuff gets done first!

9 December 2021: Prioritising Probation
A new action-focussed initiative to identify and bring together what can be done over the next three months to ease the pressures on the front line

Update 17 November

Going Forward into Employment (GFiE) scheme
Referring people on probation to this employment scheme or putting forward job vacancies that could be filled by people on probation.

Update 21 October

Key Worker Housing
Schemes for frontline Probation Service colleagues

Update 27 January 2022

Understanding the changes - latest change map available
The Probation Change Map is one of the tools developed to help you understand the changes that will affect you and when you can expect them.

It provides a forward look into the coming months, as well as a section that shows changes that have already taken place.

New version now available including easy read Jan-June what’s changing section

Update 26 January 2022

Prioritising Probation initiative - latest update
Including latest news on vetting support and the launch of a new prioritisation framework

Update 17 January 2022

Mixed Caseloads
Latest on Mixed Caseloads

Update 13 January 2022

Unpaid Work Assessment
It is important that people on unpaid work are allocated to the most suitable unpaid work project or placement for them, taking account of their risks and needs. There are currently a variety of ways this is done across England and Wales. To support doing it more effectively and consistently the new digital unpaid work assessment is being launched.

Update 12 January 2022

Prioritising Probation initiative - latest update
The Prioritising Probation project has been motoring along, check out the initial changes you’ll see that will make your working day a little bit easier

Update 9 January 2022

JitBit - The new admin tasks tool
JitBit is a commercially available ‘ticket management’ system for prioritising work tasks. We have configured it to fit the needs of Probation staff in requesting and managing core administration tasks, such as recall letters. JitBit enables tasks to be categorised and given a priority setting to ensure the important stuff gets done first!

Update 9 December

Prioritising Probation
A new action-focussed initiative to identify and bring together what can be done over the next three months to ease the pressures on the front line

Update 17 November

Going Forward into Employment (GFiE) scheme
Referring people on probation to this employment scheme or putting forward job vacancies that could be filled by people on probation.

Update 21 October

Key Worker Housing
Schemes for frontline Probation Service colleagues

Update 27 January 2022

Understanding the changes - latest change map available
The Probation Change Map is one of the tools developed to help you understand the changes that will affect you and when you can expect them.

It provides a forward look into the coming months, as well as a section that shows changes that have already taken place.

New version now available including easy read Jan-June what’s changing section

Update 26 January 2022

Prioritising Probation initiative - latest update
Including latest news on vetting support and the launch of a new prioritisation framework

Update 17 January 2022

Mixed Caseloads
Latest on Mixed Caseloads

Update 13 January 2022

Unpaid Work Assessment
It is important that people on unpaid work are allocated to the most suitable unpaid work project or placement for them, taking account of their risks and needs. There are currently a variety of ways this is done across England and Wales. To support doing it more effectively and consistently the new digital unpaid work assessment is being launched.

Update 12 January 2022

Prioritising Probation initiative - latest update
The Prioritising Probation project has been motoring along, check out the initial changes you’ll see that will make your working day a little bit easier

Update 9 January 2022

JitBit - The new admin tasks tool
JitBit is a commercially available ‘ticket management’ system for prioritising work tasks. We have configured it to fit the needs of Probation staff in requesting and managing core administration tasks, such as recall letters. JitBit enables tasks to be categorised and given a priority setting to ensure the important stuff gets done first!

Update 9 December

Prioritising Probation
A new action-focussed initiative to identify and bring together what can be done over the next three months to ease the pressures on the front line

Update 17 November

Going Forward into Employment (GFiE) scheme
Referring people on probation to this employment scheme or putting forward job vacancies that could be filled by people on probation.

Update 21 October

Key Worker Housing
Schemes for frontline Probation Service colleagues

Update 14 October

Update 6 October

Update 28 September 2021

Update 10 September 2021

Update 3 September 2021

Update 27 August 2021

Update 14 July 2021

Update 24 June 2021

Update 18 June 2021

Update 11 June 2021

Update 4 June 2021

Update 20 May 2021

Update 13 May 2021

Update 7 May 2021

Update 23 April 2021

Updates 10 April 2021

Updates: 30 March 2021

Update 26 March 2021

New updates: 23 March 2021

New updates: 11 March 2021

New on the Probation Hub

Harmonisation Opt-in exercise: Implementation

POSTPONED: PQiP14 recruitment campaign and webinars

Fancy a fresh start in Kent or Surrey with help covering relocation costs?

Workload measurement tool

The best learning & development experience for employees

sentence management – visual map

Veteran & Volunteer Peer Mentor program – spotlight on South Central

Harmonisation opt-in – next steps & letters

New university contracts awarded to support trainee probation officer learning

Commissioned Rehabilitative Services Grant Scheme

Decommissioning senior attendance centres