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Professional Registration of Probation Practitioners in a Devolved Welsh Probation Service

John Deering Orcid Logo, Martina Y. Feilzer Orcid Logo, Ella Rabaiotti Orcid Logo

Probation Journal, Volume: 72, Issue: 2, Pages: 186 - 201

Swansea University Author: Ella Rabaiotti Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1177/02645505251336647

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In this paper, we consider the newly implemented Probation Professional Register Policy Framework in the context of the intent of the Welsh Government (WG) to work towards the devolution of justice, including probation. Thus, we reflect on devolution and its potential implications, the specific form...

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Published in: Probation Journal
ISSN: 0264-5505 1741-3079
Published: SAGE Publications 2025
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69528
Abstract: In this paper, we consider the newly implemented Probation Professional Register Policy Framework in the context of the intent of the Welsh Government (WG) to work towards the devolution of justice, including probation. Thus, we reflect on devolution and its potential implications, the specific forms of partnership working and development in Wales, probation organisational culture, and questions of probation's legitimacy. We suggest that to make the most of the professional register's potential for professionalisation of probation practice, it needs to be embedded in an organisational structure and culture that fully owns and promotes the ethics and values of partnership working, taking a rights-based approach in the support for those who cause harm to victims and communities, and evidence-based practice.
Keywords: Professional registration, Welsh devolution, partnership, organisational culture, legitimacy
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Issue: 2
Start Page: 186
End Page: 201

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