Probation and Parole Officer

About the role

This job family supervises probationers, parolees, and inmates in re-entry programs. Duties include assessing criminogenic needs, designing transition plans, referring offenders to appropriate treatment, monitoring activities, and engaging ongoing support.

Responsibilities

• Employ 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.
• Refer offenders to appropriate treatment and programs to target the offender’s primary criminogenic needs.
• Maintain documentation, in physical and electronic format, relating to management of offender caseload.
• Monitor payment of financial obligations ordered by the releasing authority.
• Afford assistance with employment and compliance with the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Registration Act and Sex Offender Registration, if applicable.

Requirements

• Knowledge of laws, rules, regulations, legislation, policies and procedures as they pertain to offenders and the Department of Corrections.
• Knowledge of community resources; public and private re-entry and transitional services; report writing; basic investigation techniques; law enforcement practices; counseling techniques and motivational interviewing; and substance testing and collection methods.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, including at least twenty-four semester hours in any combination of psychology, sociology, social work, criminology, education, criminal justice administration, penology or police science.
• Experience: Five (5) years of experience in one or more of the building trades or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Skills

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with communities, families, service agencies, and other support systems.
• Locate suitable employment for community-based offenders.
• Motivate clients to change antisocial behaviors.
• Manage substantial caseloads.
• Give courtroom testimony.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Understand and implement evidence-based practices relative to community supervision of offenders.
• Use electronic technology in the supervision of offenders and in the management of offender-related information.

Benefits

• Not specified.

Pay

• Level I: $48,044.52 Level II: $50,834.80 Level III: $54,700.76

Schedule

• Full time.