Your induction – Probation Hub

Your induction to the Probation Service

We are aware that we have a range of colleagues who will be joining our new Probation Service. Some of you are existing NPS staff, others will be transferring in from CRCs, parent organisations and supply chain organisations and will have previously worked in the Civil Service. For others, joining the Civil Service will be a completely new experience.

As well as the different groups of people coming together to form our new Probation Service, we are also conscious of everyone’s busy personal and work lives, and we want to be sensitive and considerate of this. For all these reasons, a one-size fits all ‘induction’ won’t be appropriate.

View your induction checklist

The four layers of ‘induction’ available to you:

There are four layers of induction available to you and you can choose which parts interest you most and browse through them. There are a small number of mandatory elements, these will be called out below.

An induction checklist is now available to help you understand what actions you need to complete before and after day 1.

Your Probation Service Induction

The Welcome Hub is the main part of your Probation Service Induction. It contains information about what you need to do as well as information that you need to know about the transfer and our new organisation. It will be continually updated ahead of your transition. You want might to look at these sections but there are many other pages that you can browse through:

There are some parts of your Probation Service induction that we are unable to host on the Welcome Hub (due to it being in the public domain). This information will be available to you once you have access to your MOJ workplace technology and can access MoJ’s internal intranets and other guidance channels. This includes:

- Links to policies and guidance
- Learning to use SOP (our single operating platform) that we use to complete HR, procurement, finance and payroll transactions and is where you view your payslips
- Induction materials for line managers

These materials will be made available to you in a checklist (including links to relevant pages on the MOJ intranet in April / May).

Your regional induction

- Whilst some information will be coming to you centrally through the Welcome Hub, if you are aligned to a region, then your region will also be providing you with a regional induction post transfer.
- The regional induction experience will vary between regions and you should expect to hear from your region just before or just after your transition.
- Each region has published a welcome message and information about their induction on the Our New Regions pages of the Hub.

Some of you may not be aligned to a region as you may be moving in to an Probation Service National role or a role within the wider organisation. In this case you won’t receive a regional induction.

Your MOJ induction

The Probation Service is a service that sits within HMPPS – Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service. HMPPS is an Agency of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

Some of you will be aligned to a team within the MOJ and others will be interested to learn more about the organisation.

If you are aligned to a team within the MOJ then you can take a look at your team induction pack here.
To learn more about MOJ you can take a look at MOJ corporate induction guide. These materials have not been tailored for those working in the Probation Service so some of the information may not be relevant to you but is useful insight into the wider organisation.
When you have access to your MOJ technology, you can browse the information on the corporate induction pages here: https://intranet.justice.gov.uk/guidance/hr/induction/

Your Civil Service Induction

As part of joining the Civil Service there are useful materials to help you understand what it means to be a Civil Servant, including the civil service code.

After you transition to the Probation Service, you will be able to access the Civil Service Induction portal using the link and log in details found on the MOJ Corporate Induction page. There is a video on the Civil Service Induction home page that you may find it useful to watch.
In addition, there are some essential pieces of Civil Service learning that you will need to complete within the first 3 months post transition. You will receive more information about this after you transition.

We hope these induction layers provide you with the information you need to help you to feel supported, welcomed and prepared to join the new Probation Service.