Probation Officer application 2020

I had my assessment centre on the 18th but in Buckingham. I haven’t heard back yet but hopefully I’m not waiting too much longer 😌 congratulations too!!

I wouldn't worry too much, they seem to be all over the place with alerts and messages at the moment, I was sent the same message about 4 times in one day 😂 I also think that now other assesments are being postponed they may be holding off on any other offers until they can finish assesments but it would be nice of them to let everyone know. I know I'm incredibly anxious now waiting for the pre employment checks to be completed...this is the most nervous I have been!! I will try and keep this updated with anymore messages or alerts I recieve to indicate to people what to maybe expect 😊

I wouldn't worry too much, they seem to be all over the place with alerts and messages at the moment, I was sent the same message about 4 times in one day 😂 I also think that now other assesments are being postponed they may be holding off on any other offers until they can finish assesments but it would be nice of them to let everyone know. I know I'm incredibly anxious now waiting for the pre employment checks to be completed...this is the most nervous I have been!! I will try and keep this updated with anymore messages or alerts I recieve to indicate to people what to maybe expect 😊

Can I be cheeky and ask what score you got and what area you are going for?

Yeah I think things are a bit up in the air at the moment but would be nice for those who have had there assessment centre to know if they are successful or not 😅 but yeah if you could update as much as you can that would be appreciated because I haven’t received a single email about anything 😅

Of course 😂 I got 82% and have applied for midlands either derby or nottingham. I was very doubtful that I did well in everything but it just shows that less is more in terms of the written assesment and interview! I finished about 5 mins before exam ended and actually sat there crapping myself because everyone was still writing and I had only written a page and a half for each question lol how did you do and where did you apply for?

I didn't finish my written test and wrote about 5 pages all in, I was panicking awhen they said 5 minutes remaining!
Interview I used the total time
Role play I finished both in about 4 minutes each

I got 88% and applied for Birmingham or Derby.

I really don't know what they are looking for as everyone seems to have had a completely different experience! But Yayyy to us & good luck to everyone else too :-)

When did you have your assessment centre? I’ve applied for Leicester and Derby! Congratulations on being successful!! 😌

I'm unsure, I think I did well on the written as I actually finished it and the others on the day said they ran out of time. Not sure with the role plays or interview to be honest. Hope we hear soon, Im no good at waiting!

Have you heard back yet?🙂

I got through, very happy!

Have you heard anything? I'm assuming the call centre is closed at the moment but you never know

Hi, just wanted to know about your initial application. How did you find it and what were the questions like

Yep, that's exactly it! They walk you through the types of things that you should include in the report so you should be totally fine if you read all the instructions. For the role play, they give you 5 minutes to read a little about the background of the offender you're about to talk to. Things like the relationship you have with them, the current issue they're struggling with, etc. then you're thrown in with an actor to work through it with you. Then they're just watching your responses. I'm not sure how you could prepare for it tbh other than just psyching yourself up to realise an actor is going to be blatantly hostile to your face haha.
My pleasure! Let me know if you have any other questions