In 2016 the Confederation of European Probation established a Probation Awards Scheme to celebrate outstanding contributions to Probation. Awards would be presented at each General Assembly – the first edition took place at the General Assembly in Bucharest in October 2016.
Objectives
The awards scheme reflects CEP’s vision: To contribute to safer communities by rehabilitating and reintegrating offenders and providing the best possible interventions to reduce re-offending and the impact of crime.
The Award Scheme aims to:
- Celebrate and recognise outstanding achievement in a range of probation settings
- Promote professionalism and excellence
- Foster good practice through dissemination of information about award winners
- Improve awareness of probation and stimulate publicity
- Encourage leadership and partnership
- Promote research and the sharing of professional knowledge
- Promote CEP values, and a commitment to diversity and human rights
Categories
The CEP awards distinguish the following 3 categories:
- Rehabilitation and social inclusion (The Sue Hall Award) – an award for effective rehabilitation and work which promotes social inclusion of probation clients.
- Enhancing the profile of probation and promoting professionalisation An award for work raising the profile and public awareness of probation and for promoting the development of probation practice through the development of skills and training.
- Probation Research – An award for research which has had a demonstrable impact on probation practice and/or policy within the last five years.