Welcome

WELCOME TO WARWICKSHIRE PROBATION AREA

Welcome to the website of Warwickshire Probation Area, part of the National Probation Service for England and Wales which comes under the direction of the Ministry of Justice.

The site aims to directly inform you about the organisation, role and work of the Probation Services in Warwickshire and to provide links to other Probation Areas and other organisations with whom we work closely.

We hope to explain clearly how the Probation Service in Warwickshire aims to achieve its mission to protect the public through reducing reoffending. For those of you who may be considering a career in Probation, we will provide information on the types of employment we provide and how to apply to join the service.

In order to be successful, we work with all the local authorities in Warwickshire to ensure that measures to reduce reoffending are agreed and incorporate in all Local Area Agreements. We work in partnership with voluntary and commercial organisations to deliver our wide range of service.

The overall responsibility for the Probation Service in Warwickshire is vested in the Warwickshire Probation Trust, made up of a Chair and Non Executives, who reside in the County and have been selected for their experience and commitment to improving our community, and the Chief Executive. The Trust Board meets two monthly and dates and locations of meeting can be found on this website.

The Probation and Prison Services are now part of a new National Offender Management Service (NOMS) and work much closer together. The Criminal Justice Act of 2007, allowed Probation Services to change to Probation Trusts, with more local autonomy over the management and delivery of service, and also for more services to be provided by the private and voluntary sector. These changes will present both challenges and opportunities for the service in Warwickshire. We hope you will bookmark our site and become a regular visitor so we can keep you updated on what this new future holds, and to seek your opinions on how we should proceed.

Robin Verso - Probation Trust Chair

Liz Stafford - Chief Executive