What would you do as a Probation officer?
Probation officers
- usually work regular business hours but may work shifts, including weekends
- usually work in prisons, courts and in the community and may travel locally
- need to be responsible, communicate well and work well under pressure
Tasks
- help people released from prison re-enter society
- find educational and work opportunities for people
- supervise offenders doing community service
- monitor people’s health and behaviour
- counsel people with substance abuse issues
- arrange physical and mental health support services
- collect client information
- maintain records
- recommend legal actions
- interview people to understand their background
How can you become a Probation officer?
You need to do training to become a probation officer and a qualification may be useful.
You need
- a driver licence
- to pass a police check
You may need
- a relevant tertiary qualification in psychology studies, society and culture studies, human society, human welfare or a similar area
If you're in school
You usually need NCEA Level 3 to do the study or training for this job.
