INSTITUTIONAL PROBATION/PAROLE SPECIALIST-SCCF - 07072026-78966

Overview

This is the working level classification in the Institutional Prob/Par Specialist series. An employee in this classification acts as a liaison in an institutional prison/jail between the Department of Correction and the Board of Parole for the purpose of ensuring that the information necessary for parole hearings is provided to the Board of Parole timely and efficiently. This position works in an institutional setting to facilitate parole hearings and handle confidential and restricted information to include medical and mental health information. The Institutional Prob/Par Specialist is not a commissioned position. This classification differs from the Institutional Prob/Par Supervisor classification in that the incumbent of the latter supervises one or a set of Institutional Prob/Par Specialists.

Responsibilities

• Ensures appropriate coordination of Parole Grant and Revocation hearings and ensuring components necessary for efficient hearings are in place and available to the hearing official, limiting disruption and delay in the hearing process.
• Reviews parole dockets, notifies prison wardens and staff about upcoming hearings; executes and deliver parole-related notifications to inmates in accordance with TDOC policies and procedures to ensure offenders are informed about the events in the parole process and are ready for release in a timely manner.
• Holds pre-hearing classes for inmates according to policy.
• Serves, scans, and mails the notification letters of the parole board's final decision.
• Maintains certificate log by entering program projected completion dates, requesting rescission hearings, and updates any program changes.
• Serves parole notice of charges and waivers on violators in the institution and handles all release plan information for inmates.

Competencies (KSA's)

• Demonstrates Self Awareness
• Manages Conflict
• Plans and Aligns
• Communicates Effectively
• Instills Trust

Knowledge

• Clerical
• Customer and Personal Service
• English Language
• Law and Government
• Public Safety and Security

Skills

• Active Learning and Listening
• Coordination
• Instructing
• Judgment and Decision Making
• Monitoring Abilities
• Deductive Reasoning
• Inductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Speech Recognition
• Problem Sensitivity

Tools & Equipment

• Computer
• Telephone
• Fax Machine
• Scanner
• Video Equipment