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US
Company size
11-50 employees
Job sector
Law, Public Safety, & Security
occupation category
Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers
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Contract
Work environment
In person
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- Prioritizes tasks, allocates limited resources, and manages time by considering supervisee risk level
- Monitors payment orders of the court, e.g., restitution, fines, and support orders
- Conducts various investigations including, but not limited to, pre-sentence, interstate, pre-pardon and pre-parole
- Oversees vocational placements including contacting employers monthly to monitor work performance
- Oversees educational placements including scheduling of contacts and monitoring school performance through appropriate procedures
- Coaches supervisees to engage in problem solving and make pro-social decisions
- Anticipates potential obstacles to supervision and devises strategies to address them
- Responds to supervisee resistance with composure and resolve to guide change
- Crafts presentence reports that facilitate appropriate services while incarcerated and successful transition to the community after a period of incarceration
- Establishes a working communicative relationship with probationers in order to carry out the orders of the court
- Manages a caseload of adult felons by employing motivational interviewing skills to complete a scientific assessment of criminogenic risk/need and to determine the offender's stage of change for each identified need area; criminogenic needs of each offender
- Studies inmates’ past behavior, behavior while incarcerated, and psychological issues and writing case plans used in parole hearings or for referral to counseling or other therapies
- Refers to mental health professionals to Provide family/marital counseling for residents/significant others
- Teaches skills for post-supervision success in the community
- Observes court rules, procedures, and etiquette
- Documents facts and testifies in court with respect to the probationer's activities, behavior and quality of adjustment while under supervision
- Informs offenders or inmates of requirements of conditional release, such as office visits, restitution payments, or educational and employment stipulations
- Supervises people on community-based sentences, such as electronically monitored home detention, and provides field supervision of probationers by conducting curfew checks or visits to home, work, or school
- Conducts prehearing and presentencing investigations and testify in court regarding offenders' backgrounds and recommended sentences and sentencing conditions
- Reports sentencing recommendations with supporting justification grounded in relevant factors
- Develops and maintains community contacts so appropriate referrals can be made to community service organizations
- Evaluates probationers and parolees to determine the best course of rehabilitation
- Performs various public relations activities, such as addressing community groups, participating in conferences, and meeting with agencies or the public on behalf of the Chief Probation Officer and/or the Trial Court
- Leads supervisees to understand available options and the consequences of their decisions
- Understands the mission and function of probation and pretrial services within the larger criminal justice system
- Identifies sources for collateral investigation
- Assists residents with locating appropriate housing prior to leaving the Center
- Performs community supervision during or after hours as necessary, developing and conducting programs for rehabilitation in accordance with established standards
- Incorporates reentry planning throughout the life of the case, including at the pretrial phase
- Responds to violations of release conditions quickly and proportionately with consideration for the community as well as for the individual characteristics of the supervisee
- Develops and prepare packets containing information about social service agencies, assistance organizations, and programs that might be useful for inmates or offenders
- Administers drug and alcohol tests, including random drug screens of offenders, to verify compliance with substance abuse treatment programs
- Recommends appropriate penitentiary for initial placement of an offender
- Provides offenders or inmates with assistance in matters concerning detainers, sentences in other jurisdictions, writs, and applications for social assistance
- Conducts counseling interviews for assigned cases according to approved counseling techniques in order to identify and clarify any probationer problems
- Shows enthusiasm for positive change in supervisee behavior
- Demonstrates commitment to the equal administration of justice
- Prepares and submits monthly statistical and performance reports on the status of individual caseload
- Gathers and evaluates background information and any data pertinent to individual cases in connection with both investigation and supervision
- Creates and executes a plan to obtain missing information
- Considers the impact of supervision and sentencing recommendations on the community as well as the supervisee
- Adjusts supervision plan to accommodate new information
- Identifies and attributes the source of information in reports
- Provides probationers and parolees with resources, such as job training
- Assesses pretrial risk and post-conviction risk/needs
- Understands the applications and limitations of different risk assessment instruments
- Conducts substance abuse tests in accordance with Trial Court Substance Abuse Tests Protocols either during or after hours
- Follows departmental policy and legal guidelines regarding the use of race and ethnicity to make decisions
- Uses a deliberate interviewing structure to obtain useful information and guide change
- Uses positive reinforcement, disapproval, and authority effectively
- Listens actively to supervisees and maintains empathetic patience
- Participates in courtroom presentations
- Develops liaisons and networks with other parole officers, community agencies, correctional institutions, psychiatric facilities, and aftercare agencies to plan for helping offenders with life adjustments
- Participates in decisions about whether cases should go before courts and which court should hear them
- Maintains continuous and collaborative working relationships with agencies
- Refers probationers to community agencies that offer specialized services that are required for a particular individual's needs following a thorough and complete evaluation
- Collaborates with other law enforcement officials regarding the processing of warrants
- Assists residents with formulation and presentation of proposals concerning special individual/group needs and activities
- Crafts pretrial recommendations, supervision plan, and presentence report with an eye toward community reentry.
- Maintains constitutional rights during emergencies
- Identifies prosocial interests and activities that are geared toward improving bonds and ties to prosocial community members
- Arranges for post release services, such as employment, housing, counseling, education, and social activities
- Develops with the resident a suitable parole plan
- Recommends remedial action or initiate court action in response to noncompliance with terms of probation or parole
- Identifies specific drivers of dynamic risk factors and develops strategies to address them
- Evaluates information for its accuracy, reliability, and relevance
- Assists in security operations in the event of a prison riot or disturbance; and arrests and transports offenders when required
- Maintains accurate and up-to-date case records in a neat and legible prescribed form
- Arranges for medical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment services according to individual needs or court orders
- Draws conclusions and crafts plans based on evaluation of available information
- Prepares a written investigation report so that the report accurately reflects the investigative findings, is concise, expresses the investigator’s opinion, and meets the needs or requirements of the intended audience(s)
- Utilizes available printed material, such as previous case files, telephone directories, and reference books
- Develops with residents a reasonable and objective contract describing what the resident will accomplish while in the Center program with associated time requirements
- Plans for reentry by preserving positive community connections, preparing supervisees for incarceration (when appropriate), and planning early for transition following a period of incarceration
- Contacts public and private community groups and agencies to obtain their cooperation in attempting to address probationer needs
- Gathers reports/records so that all gathered documents are appropriate to the investigation, complete and authentic, and the chain of custody is maintained
- Gathers information about offenders' backgrounds by talking to offenders, their families and friends, and other people who have relevant information
- Evaluates, analyzes, and correlates interview information to determine if the information is corroborative or conflictive in nature, and develop new investigative leads
- Examines information to determine its accuracy, veracity, quality, and value to the court
- Follows established legal procedures brings alleged violations of the probationer to the attention of the court and/or brings a probationer before the court as required
- Writes presentence reports with an eye toward their multiple possible uses after sentencing
- Investigates alleged parole violations, using interviews, surveillance, and search and seizure
- Communicates officer role, expectations, supervision plan, court process, to supervisees
- Writes reports describing offenders' progress
- Exhibits fluency in the ethical canons in the Code of Conduct for Judicial Employees
- Identifies and approves work placements for offenders with community service sentences
- Recognizes the officer's role in influencing supervisee behavior
- Recognizes the individual officer's role in the organization and considers how that role impacts the district and broader community
- Prepares reports concerning activities of offenders and provides recommendations for the use of the releasing authority
- Monitors resident activities in the community via resident agendas, sign in/out procedures, and pass check systems
- Engages ongoing support for the offender in the community by assisting the offender in identifying a network of family and friends with a prosocial orientation
- Interviews probationers and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress in accomplishing goals and maintaining the terms specified in their probation contracts and rehabilitation plans
- Establishes supervisee goals on a case-by-case basis
- Helps soon-to-be-released inmates acquire jobs skills, find employment, or enroll in educational programs
- Assists offenders in obtaining and maintaining employment
- Participates in the development of supervision plans in coordination with the Trial Court Office of Community Corrections to meet the needs of probationers
- Plans office activities, conferences, and field visits in connection with investigation and supervision functions
- Conducts release-based pretrial interviewing
