Council of Europe HELP-vodcast complete series is online

The Council of Europe (CoE) Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) aims at supporting CoE Member States in implementing European human rights standards (CoE and EU) at national level, by raising the capacities of legal professionals to apply those instruments in their daily work. The HELP Project ‘Radicalisation Prevention, Judicial Response to Terrorism & International Cooperation in Criminal Matters’ (HELP RP-TERR-ICCM) is funded by the European Union and implemented by the Council of Europe through its HELP Programme in partnership with the Confederation of European Probation (CEP).

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A day in the life of a probation officer from Romania

Hello! We are Raluca, Dalina and Sabrina. We graduated from the same university, are the same age and were employed at the same time by the same probation service. Our enthusiasm and the fact that we face the same challenges are what connected us. The tasks at Arad Probation Service are the same as those of other Probation Services, and yet, our work days and cases aren’t the same.

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A day in the Life of Probation Officer from Malta during Covid 19

Nothing can alter my perception that working as a Probation Officer makes a person unique and interesting but it also brings a lot of stress. This job is very various which at times can take its toll on us. Our main task is to deal with offenders who are given another opportunity in the community to change their lives. Some of them do, others progress is slow, and some is nothing at all.

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