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Probation Matters

Probation Matters

By: Probation Board for Northern Ireland
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The Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI) is a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) of the Department of Justice. Probation’s aim is ‘Changing Lives for Safer Communities’ and it does this by tackling the root causes of offending behaviour and rehabilitating people to protect the public from harm and reduce the number of victims of crime.

The work probation does to protect the public from harm and rehabilitate people who have offended is vitally important given 21.5% of crime is re-offending. Working to address the many underlying causes of offending behaviour that the criminal justice system exists to tackle, Probation ensures that the public is better protected, crime is reduced with better outcomes for people on probation and fewer people become victims.

This podcast examines the work of Probation.

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Episodes
  • Practice Performance and Research Unit: Improving Probation Practice Quality and Outcomes.
    Nov 12 2025

    The Probation Board for Northern Ireland is committed to continual improvement in its practice delivery to help change lives for safer communities. One way of guiding continual improvement for better outcomes is the Practice Performance and Research Unit (PPRU).

    In this episode of Probation Matters, Deputy Head of Communications Lisa Maginnis talks to PPRU Manager Claire Taylor about PPRU, what it is, why it is important to Probation, how it maintains and improves standards and how it encourages quality and innovation within probation work.

    Probation can also be found on X and Facebook as @PBNINews; on Instagram at @PBNI.News; and on YouTube at @ProbationBoardNI.

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    10 mins
  • Probation Matters - Taking a Trauma Informed Approach in Probation
    Sep 24 2025

    The Probation Board for Northern Ireland is committed to becoming a trauma informed organisation, aiming to achieve compassionate, nurturing, relationship-based practice, and build strong, resilient, healthy, and productive communities. Taking a trauma informed approach is important for both staff and the people probation comes into contact with. But what does taking a trauma informed approach mean for the organisation, staff, service users and the public?

    This is the first of a number of Probation Matters episodes about being trauma informed and in this excellent introductory episode, Head of Communications Gail McGreevy talks to Probation's Trauma & Resilience Implementation Coordinator Kirsten McFarland and Safeguard Board NI's Trauma Informed Practice Implementation Manager Marian Molloy about Probation becoming a trauma informed organisation, how that can be implemented and how it is more natural to do than people think.

    Probation can also be found on X and Facebook as @PBNINews; on Instagram at @PBNI.News; and on YouTube at @ProbationBoardNI.

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    26 mins
  • "I Believe People Can Change" - Probation's work in a Prison environment
    Oct 18 2024

    Prisons Week takes place every year in October to raise awareness and generates prayer. It motivates volunteers to step forward and give their time and gifts, in prisons and in their own communities. It provides an annual focus and reason to work together, building capacity and motivation to make a difference for people who are out of sight and often out of mind.

    In this episode of Probation Matters, Probation's Deputy Head of Communications Lisa Maginnis talks to Clare, one of our Prison based Area Managers based in Hydebank. She talks to Lisa about the issues, challenges, and the belief she has for people, even after committing crime, have the potential to change their lives for safer communities.

    Probation can also be found on X(Twitter) and Facebook as @PBNINews; on Instagram at @PBNI.News; and on YouTube at @ProbationBoardNI.

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    15 mins
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