Central Council of Probation and After-Care Committees

The Central Council of Probation and After-Care Committees was the body which co-ordinated probation services (which were generally organised on a county basis) in England and Wales and acted as their central representative to the UK Government.[1] It was one of the founder members of the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work in 1971.[2]

In 1978 it produced briefing papers for local Probation and After-Care Committees on the Royal Commission on Criminal Procedure (Philips Commission), and the diminished use of probation orders.[3]

In the 1981 Birthday Honours John Patrick Marland, Chairman of the Council was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[4]

It was succeeded by the Probation Boards Association.[5]

Its records are held in the Home Office archives.[6]

Footnotes

1. Abstract of Annual Report, 1982–83
2. Jones, David (January 2018). "Regulation of Social Work and Social Workers in the United Kingdom" (PDF). BASW. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
3. "Minutes of the Gloucestershire Probation and After Care Committee, 3 December 1973- 24 August 1979". Gloucestershire Archives. 1979. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
4. "Supplement" (PDF). London Gazette. 13 June 1981. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
5. Gelsthorpe, Loraine; Morgan, Rod (2013). Handbook of Probation. Routledge. p. 52. ISBN 9781134014910. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
6. "The National Archives". National archives. Retrieved 5 December 2018.