Probation Board for Northern Ireland
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The role of Probation in Northern Ireland is to change lives for safer communities. This Twitter account is not monitored 24/7 Contact PBNI on 028 9052 2522 www.pbni.org.uk
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Asst Dir Emer Loughran was at UK Policy Awards with colleagues of One Team (part of EPPOC). Over 100 submissions to the Awards & One Team got shortlisted to the final 2! 🎉Congratulations 🎉
PBNI's Aspire & Engage projects are part of the EPPOC programme.
👉Find out more at pbni.org.uk/problem-solv...
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Watch Martina talk about her experience delivering Enhanced Combination Orders and the impact this type of sentence makes.
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Probation had a number of key achievements during the 2023-2026 Corporate Plan. Read them in our draft Corporate Plan 2026-29.
We are consulting on the draft Corporate Plan now and we would like your views on it.
👉Go to pbni.org.uk/publication/... and take part now.
Graphic of key achievements during the 2023-2026 Corporate Plan. Graphic of key achievements during the 2023-2026 Corporate Plan.
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📢REMINDER📢
This Monday 06 October is the deadline for applications to be a Counsellor with Probation Board for Northern Ireland.
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📢JOB VACANCY📢
We are recruiting for Counsellors.
🖥️Go to pbni.org.uk/vacancies
📩Application deadline 06 October 2025.
👉Share with your colleagues and friends.
#NIJobs #NIJobFinder #Probation
Graphic showing Probation Board for Northern Ireland job advertisement for a Counsellor in the Belfast and Greater Belfast area.
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📢REMINDER📢
This Monday 06 October is the deadline for applications to be a Probation Service Officer with Probation Board for Northern Ireland.
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📢JOB VACANCY📢
We are recruiting for Probation Service Officers.
🖥️Go to pbni.org.uk/vacancies
📩Application deadline 06 October 2025.
👉Share with your colleagues and friends.
#NIJobs #NIJobFinder #Probation
Graphic showing Probation Board for Northern Ireland job advertisement for Probation Service Officers in the Belfast and Greater Belfast area.
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Area Manager Denise Stewart and some of her staff recently attended the Limavady High School careers event to promote #probation as a career path to 6th form students.
Probation staff and sixth form students standing in front of probation Board for Northern Ireland pop-up
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A great consultation event with statutory partners. The feedback on our Corporate Plan was incredibly helpful.
Chair Glenn Houston & Dir of Ops Gillian Montgomery set the scene while Head of Comms Gail McGreevy guided the discussion.
🖥️Give your views at pbni.org.uk/publication/...
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Ready to go on day 4 Statutory partners looking forward to another morning of useful discussions.
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A great event with deep discussion from #CVS on our Corporate Plan in Clifton House, Belfast.
Chair Glenn Houston & CEO Amanda Stewart set out the context with Head of Comms Gail McGreevy guiding the feedback.
Thank you to all who attended!
🖥️Give your views at pbni.org.uk/publication/...
Probation Board Chair Glenn Houston standing and talking in front of a powerpoint presentation to attendees of the consultation event who are sitting at tables. Photo of the corporate plan on a table with people discussing it. No faces shown. Probation Chief Executive Amanda Stewart standing and talking in front of a powerpoint presentation to attendees of the consultation event who are sitting at tables.
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We held a Corporate Plan consultation for staff in Malone House today. Board Chair Glenn Houston & Director of Operations Stephen Hamilton setout the context while Head of Communications Gail McGreevy guided the roundtable discussion.
🖥️Give your views today at pbni.org.uk/publication/...
Probation Board Chair Glenn Houston standing and talking in front of a powerpoint presentation to attendees of the consultation event who are sitting at tables. Probation Director of Operations Stephen Hamilton standing and talking in front of a powerpoint presentation to attendees of the consultation event who are sitting at tables. Probation Head of Communications Gail McGreevy standing and talking in front of a powerpoint presentation to attendees of the consultation event who are sitting at tables.
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Listen to first of a number of #podcasts about taking a trauma informed approach.
Head of Comms Gail McGreevey is joined by PBNI's Trauma Informed Coordinator Kirsten McFarland & SBNI Trauma Practice Manager Marian Molloy to talk about it.
📻Listen on open.spotify.com/episode/2UOG...
Graphic with microphone and words saying Probation Matters Podcast "Taking a Trauma Informed Approach in Probation" - listen on Spotify.
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We held a successful Corporate Plan consultation for staff in Ballymena. Board Chair Glenn Houston & CEO Amanda Stewart set the context while Head of Comms Gail McGreevy led the discussion with great feedback
🖥️Consultation ends 16 Dec. Give your views at pbni.org.uk/publication/...
Probation Board Chair Glenn Houston standing and talking in front of a powerpoint presentation to attendees of the consultation event who are sitting at tables. Probation Chief Executive Amanda Stewart standing and talking in front of a powerpoint presentation to attendees of the consultation event who are sitting at tables. Probation Head of Probation Gail McGreevy standing and talking in front of a powerpoint presentation to attendees of the consultation event who are sitting at tables.
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Ready for the first staff consultation in the development of our Corporate Plan 2026-29. Looking forward to discussions and engagement in Ballymena today. Respond to our consultation at www.pbni.org.uk/publication/...
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We were delighted to have Justice Minister Naomi Long present #HiddenHeroes certificates to Paul Best, Community Service Supervisor and Carol Taylor, Probation Service Officer, recognising their dedication to making communities safer every day. 👏
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Watch: 👏On Hidden Heroes Day @justice-ni.bsky.social Minister @naomilong.bsky.social pays tribute to those working in @youthjusticeagency.bsky.social @niprisons.bsky.social and @pbninews.bsky.social to keep our communities safe. #HiddenHeroes
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Board Chair Glenn Houston and Chief Executive Amanda Stewart attended a meeting of PBNI Area Managers to consult on our Corporate Plan. There was great discussion and excellent feedback to shape the future of probation.
📩Consultation closes 16 Dec.
🖥️Tell us your views pbni.org.uk/publication/...
Chief Executive Amanda Stewart standing and talking in front of a powerpoint presentation Probation Board Chair Glenn Houston standing and talking in front of a powerpoint presentation with some Assistant Directors in shot sitting at a table.
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📢CONSULTATION 📢

We want to hear your views on our draft Corporate Plan 2026-29. The consultation is open now until 16 December.

🖥️ You can find the consultation document & information on how to respond at: pbni.org.uk/publication/...
Graphic saying we value your feedback. There is a QR code to the right side for people to scan that will bring them to the PBNI online consultation. To the left of the graphic is the PBNI logo to the top left and the PBNI corporate colours of purple, blue, green and yellow. It says the Probation Board for Northern Ireland is seeking the public’s views on how to help shape the future of probation services in Northern Ireland. A public consultation is now open for 12 weeks as part of the development of the Board’s Corporate Plan for 2026 - 29 which will set out the strategic direction of the organisation over the next three years. The consultation is open until 16 December 2025.
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📢JOB VACANCY📢
We are recruiting for Probation Service Officers.
🖥️Go to pbni.org.uk/vacancies
📩Application deadline 06 October 2025.
👉Share with your colleagues and friends.
#NIJobs #NIJobFinder #Probation
Graphic showing Probation Board for Northern Ireland job advertisement for Probation Service Officers in the Belfast and Greater Belfast area.
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📢JOB VACANCY📢
We are recruiting for Counsellors.
🖥️Go to pbni.org.uk/vacancies
📩Application deadline 06 October 2025.
👉Share with your colleagues and friends.
#NIJobs #NIJobFinder #Probation
Graphic showing Probation Board for Northern Ireland job advertisement for a Counsellor in the Belfast and Greater Belfast area.
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📢 CONSULTATION 📢

We want to hear your views on our draft Corporate Plan 2026-29.

The consultation is open now until 16 December.

🖥️ You can find the consultation document & information on how to respond at:
www.pbni.org.uk/publication/...
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In the run up to launching a consultation on our Corporate Plan 2026-29, we wanted to reflect on work in the past year. On 31 March 25, more than a 1/3 of individuals we supervise were between the ages of 30 and 39.
Find out about Probation's work at pbni.org.uk
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The Board met today to discuss the latest issues affecting probation & oversee the work carried out to change lives & protect the public. Also in attendance was CEO Amanda Stewart & Senior Leadership Team members to update the Board on achievements & challenges since last update.
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CEO Amanda Stewart along with Head of HR Catherine Sweeney hosted senior leaders from organisations & sectors across UK & Ireland on a @CommonPurposeUK
programme. They discussed how complex & uncertain environments help create new opportunities & inspire new thinking.
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We will soon be launching a consultation on our new Corporate plan for 2026-29. We just wanted to reflect on our work over the past year.
During 2024-25, we had 387 new victims of crime register with our Victim Information Unit.
Find out more at pbni.org.uk/victim-infor...
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We will soon be launching a consultation on our new Corporate plan for 2026-29. We just wanted to reflect on our work over the past year.

As at 31 March 2025, we were supervising 4,107 individuals totalling 5,743 orders/licences.
Find out about Probation – pbni.org.uk