Probation and Parole Officer

About the role

Positions in this job family are responsible for performing routine professional social service and law enforcement duties in the areas of assessment of criminogenic need, transition plan design, treatment referral and ongoing monitoring of offender behavior. Supervision services are provided in the community for probationers, parolees and inmates in re-entry programs for the purpose of increasing public safety through the reduction of future criminal behavior.

Responsibilities

• 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; referring offenders to appropriate treatment and/or programs to target the offender’s primary criminogenic needs; monitoring activities of offenders to ensure adherence to action steps negotiated through transition planning and to conditions ordered by releasing authority; assisting offenders in obtaining and maintaining employment; engaging on-going support for the offender in the community by assisting the offender in identifying a network of family and friends with a pro-social orientation; and identifying pro-social interests and activities that are geared toward improving bonds and ties to pro-social community members.
• Conducts various investigations including, but not limited to, pre-sentence, interstate, pre-pardon and pre-parole.
• Prepare reports concerning activities of offenders and provide recommendations for the use of the releasing authority.
• Maintain documentation, physical and electronic, relating to management of offender caseload.
• Monitor payment of financial obligations ordered by the releasing authority; collect and document offender payments.
• Affords assistance in security operations in the event of a prison riot or disturbance; and arrests and transports offenders when required.
• Conduct periodic screening for drug and alcohol use by offenders.

Requirements

• Required: Please upload transcript

Qualifications

• Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of the statutory requirements of Title 57 O.S. Section 515: A 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.

Skills

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

Benefits

No benefits are mentioned in the job posting.

Pay

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

Schedule

No schedule is mentioned in the job posting.