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Hello and welcome back to 
Probation Perspectives, Insights

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into Community Justice. 
I'm Megan Thomas. 

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And I'm Kerry Halfpenny, we're 
really pleased to be back for 

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Series 2. 
If you joined us for series one,

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you'll know this podcast is all 
about bringing together voices 

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from practise, research and 
lived experience to explore the 

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realities of probation and 
community justice. 

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In our first series, we focused 
on the values and skills that 

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underpin good probation work, 
exploring how practitioners stay

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professionally curious, work in 
trauma informed ways, and 

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support meaningful 
rehabilitation in complex and 

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sometimes challenging 
circumstances. 

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We've had some brilliant guests 
and the feedback we have 

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received showed how much people 
value having space to pause and 

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reflect on their practise, to 
think about what good probation 

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work really looks like in 
action. 

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Exactly, and that's something 
we're continuing with this new 

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series, keeping that reflective 
practise based focus, but also 

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widening the lens to look at 
some of the current debates and 

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developments shaping probation 
today. 

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This season, we'll be asking 
some big questions about how 

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probation itself might be 
rehabilitated, how technology 

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and AI are influencing the 
field, the value of lived 

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experience in shaping 
professional identity, and how 

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the service learns and grows 
from serious incidents and 

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public protection work. 
AI is an opportunity to also 

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just be more supportive for new 
staff, but help learn about a 

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topic, reflect on a topic, not 
simply regurgitate an answer to 

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help staff have better a 
reflective processes to go about

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learning a thing. 
But there are risks though I 

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think it's worth lagging. 
Ultimately, this is a new 

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technology. 
We've got another fantastic line

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up of guests joining us 
including Professor Matthew 

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Millings, Dr Matt Tidmarsh 
Lewis, All Good Doctor Mike 

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Nellis, Andy Brierley, Emeritus 
Professor Mike Nash, Doctor Andy

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Williams and Professor Dominic 
Pearson, with more guests still 

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to be confirmed. 
Matthew started off as an answer

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by talking about profound 
organisational change in 

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probation. 
And in a way I think that puts 

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it mildly in sort of the 
destruction, I think in other 

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words, that's been enacted on 
the service in recent years. 

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And I think that's what Matthew 
and his colleagues work does so 

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well, is to show really how 
profound that change has been. 

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Each episode offers a fresh 
perspective, inviting us to 

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think about where probation has 
come from, where it is now, and 

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where it might be heading next. 
And as always, we aim to 

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createspace for thoughtful, 
honest dialogue, connecting 

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research, practise and 
experience to help us to keep 

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learning together. 
So whether you're working in 

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probation, teaching, studying, 
or simply interested in 

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community justice, we'd love you
to join us for Series 2. 

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You can find probation 
perspectives, insights into 

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community justice wherever you 
get your podcasts. 

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We're really excited about 
what's coming up and we can't 

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wait to share these 
conversations with you. 

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See you soon.