About the qualification
Qualification Number: 610/2081/3
SFJ Awards Level 5 Diploma in Probation Practice (610/2081/3)
Operational Start Date: 1 February 2023
Total Qualification Time: 460 hours
Guided Learning: 98 hours
Objective
The main objective of this qualification is to allow Probation Services Officers to develop the skills required for the role of a Probation Officer.
What are the pre-entry requirements for the Level 5 Diploma in Probation Practice?
To undertake this qualification learners are likely to be working as Probation Services Officers or in equivalent roles in order to be suitably experienced. Learners will need to have been accepted onto the National Probation Service’s Professional Qualification in Probation (PQIP) programme.
Further information relating to PQIP can be found on the Train to be a Probation Officer website.
Download specificationSFJ Awards Level 5 Diploma in Probation Practice (601/8688/4)
Qualification Withdrawal
This qualification is now being withdrawn as it has been replaced by the SFJ Awards Level 5 Diploma in Probation Practice (610/2081/3). No further learners can be registered on the Level 5 Diploma in Probation Practice (601/8688/4) after 31 October 2023. All certifications of learners already registered on the qualification must be complete by 31 October 2025.
Operational Start Date: 1 May 2016
Total Qualification Time: 460 hours
Guided Learning: 98 hours
For more information, download the Qualification Handbook here:
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