Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a probation officer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a probation officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Probation officers supervise offenders after their release, or who were sentenced to penalties outside of incarceration. They write reports providing advice on the offender's sentence and analysis concerning possibilities of reoffense. They aid the offenders during the rehabilitation and reintegration process and ensure the offenders carry out their community service sentence when necessary.

Also known as probation services officer, parole officer, prison department social worker.

Professionals 29 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: prosecutor, 34%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
prosecutor 34% covered juvenile correctional officer 33% covered prison instructor 29% covered coroner 27% covered court jury coordinator 27% covered probation officer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from probation officer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a probation officer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A probation officer needs 11 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • identify available services assisting and caring
  • enable access to services assisting and caring
  • assess offenders' risk behaviour information skills
  • ensure sentence execution communication, collaboration and creativity
  • reinforce positive behaviour communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • advise on legal decisions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • apply knowledge of human behaviour communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain relationship with suppliers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • mentor individuals communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a probation officer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Probation officer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a probation officer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.