Skill Audit of Probation Officer: Strengths and Weaknesses

Seeing Crime and
Justice

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK ..............................................................................................................................................3
Skill Audit...................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Skill audit is an assessment through which all the research and knowledge are covered in
a systematic manner. It helps in providing the developing competence through which all the
close analysis is managed and identified. Probation officer is a supervisor who seeks all the
meetings and the supervision in probation period through which all the officials are
managed(Kend and Nguyen, 2020). This report will cover a skill audit of a probation officer
about all the analysis and their working strengthen and weakness.
TASK
Probation Officer is an important positioned officer who use to manage and supervise all
the offenders and their concerns and desires. It focus on managing all the concerned areas as
being the productive members in the community. It involves criminal justice system through
which all the critical analysis and the community is protected. As for being the probation officer
there are some important skills which are required they are like:
 Communication skill which is mainly the interaction between the individuals and their
effectively transmitting the ideas either in oral and written manner. This provides all the
interactions between the supervisors and the criminals regarding their needs and other
effect(Khalid, Haron and Masron, 2018).
 Research skill- This is mainly the skill in which all the collections of evidence and
records with relevant information is made.
 Counselling and techniques- This skill is mainly where the supervisor guides or
provide effective suggestion to the person regarding the work and also manages to
provide all techniques and ideas through work and management(Tang, Norman and
Vendrzyk, 2017).
 Strong writing and Computer techniques- The probation officer should have all the
knowledge about IT and general computer work and management.
 Interpersonal skill- This is mainly the decision making, problem solving and all the
critically evaluating skill that helps in managing all the effective strategy for the
probation officer while dealing with the criminals(Armitage, 2018).