Probation and Parole Officer I
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like advertisement closes, EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info. Let's parse the posting: - Advertisement Closes 10/4/2026 (11:59 PM ET) req81446 -> metadata, drop. - Probation and Parole Officer I Pay Grade 14 Salary $52,501.44 Annually Employment Type EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 40 HR/WK - Click here for more details on state employment. (link, drop) - Hiring Agency Justice & Public Safety Cabinet - Location 138 Old Preston HWY S, Suite 2 Shepherdsville, KY 40165 - Description: "Creating a better, safer Kentucky. If you want to make a difference in your community and be a part of an exciting team, the Department of Corrections may have a Career for you! The Department is hiring for Probation and Parole Officers who contribute to the safety of the communities and re-entry of offenders into society." - Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To The Following: list items. - The Ideal Candidate Will Have: bullet points (skills/qualities). Could be under Skills or Qualifications. - Minimum Requirements: EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE/TRAINING/SKILLS, Substitute sections. - SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (AGE, LICENSURE, REGULATION, ETC.): list. - Working Conditions: description. - Probationary Period: description. - Contact info: Lindsey Smith email. - Equal Opportunity Employer line: drop. We need sections: About the role (maybe description), Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe minimum requirements + special requirements?), Qualifications (maybe education/experience?), Skills (ideal candidate traits), Benefits (none given), Pay (salary given), Schedule (employment type includes 40 HR/WK, full time, eligible for overtime). So we have Pay and Schedule content. We must not create sections with filler like "not specified". So only include sections where we have real content. Let's gather: About the role: The description paragraph: "Creating a better, safer Kentucky. If you want to make a difference in your community and be a part of an exciting team, the Department of Corrections may have a Career for you! The Department is hiring for Probation and Parole Officers who contribute to the safety of the communities and re-entry of offenders into society." That's substantive. Responsibilities: list items: - Formulate a plan with the offender for ongoing supervision. - Prepare documentation as ordered by the Court System and Parole Board. - Act as liaison between the offender and the enforcement officials. - Testify in Court. - Prepare and maintain reports and records. - Provide supervision and counsel for offenders. - Submit and act on arrest warrants. Requirements: Could combine Minimum Requirements and Special Requirements. But we need to decide sections: maybe "Requirements" for minimum requirements (education, experience, substitutes). "Qualifications" could be special requirements? Or we could have "Requirements" covering both minimum and special. However the instruction says use headings for those categories if content exists. We can have multiple sections: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. Let's map: - Requirements: Minimum Requirements (education, experience, substitutes). That's substantive. - Qualifications: Special Requirements (age, licensure, etc.) maybe also "Qualifications" could be ideal candidate traits? But we have Skills for ideal candidate traits. So Qualifications could be special requirements (age, licensure, etc.). That seems appropriate. - Skills: Ideal Candidate Will Have: strong verbal/written communication, highly motivated self-directed, able to solve problems with offender issues, reasoning ability to solve problems, establish facts, draw valid conclusions in fast-paced environment. Also maybe firearm competence? That's under special requirements. We'll keep skills as those. - Benefits: none given, so omit. - Pay: Salary $52,501.44 Annually, Pay Grade 14. Also mention eligible for overtime pay. So we have pay. - Schedule: Employment Type EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 40 HR/WK. So schedule: full time, 40 hrs/wk, eligible for overtime. Also maybe location? Location could be part of About the role? Could be separate but not a heading. We'll include location in About the role paragraph maybe. We also have hiring agency and location. Could add to About the role. We must not include metadata like advertisement closes, req number, click here link, EEO. We must preserve all substantive info: hiring agency, location, description, responsibilities, ideal candidate, minimum requirements, special requirements, working conditions, probationary period, contact info. We need to decide where to put working conditions and probationary period and contact info. Could be under About the role or a separate section like "Working Conditions" but not a predefined heading. The instruction only lists specific headings; we should not create other headings. So we must fit that info into existing sections if possible, or maybe we can add a paragraph under About the role or Responsibilities? But we should not lose info. We could add a paragraph under About the role that includes hiring agency, location, working conditions, probationary period, contact. However that may be mixing. Better: we can add a
under About the role that includes hiring agency, location, working conditions, probationary period, contact. But the instruction says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we can have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Pay, Schedule. That's 7 sections. All info can be placed there. Let's craft:
About the role
Creating a better, safer Kentucky. If you want to make a difference in your community and be a part of an exciting team, the Department of Corrections is hiring Probation and Parole Officers who contribute to community safety and offender re‑entry. Hiring Agency: Justice & Public Safety Cabinet. Location: 138 Old Preston HWY S, Suite 2, Shepherdsville, KY 40165. Employees typically work with convicted felons, which may involve hazardous situations such as arresting and transporting violators. The position includes an initial and promotional probationary period of 12 months (per KRS 18A.111). For questions, contact Lindsey Smith at LindseyC.Smith@ky.gov.
That includes hiring agency, location, working conditions, probationary period, contact. Now Responsibilities:Responsibilities
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Qualifications: Special Requirements: Must be 21 years of age; must be able to carry/use firearm, not prohibited from purchase/receipt/possession per federal/state law; must demonstrate competence with firearm via required safety training; must maintain any required licensure/certification/credentials; employer ensures maintenance. We'll put in
- Formulate a plan with the offender for ongoing supervision.
- Prepare documentation as ordered by the Court System and Parole Board.
- Act as liaison between the offender and the enforcement officials.
- Testify in Court.
- Prepare and maintain reports and records.
- Provide supervision and counsel for offenders.
- Submit and act on arrest warrants.
- Education: Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree.
- Experience, training, or skills: None required.
- Substitution: Experience in probation work, parole work, corrections, law enforcement, criminal justice, social work dealing with offender rehabilitation, or supervision/care of young adults (ages 12‑21) in residential, correctional, group home, detention, or day treatment programs substitutes for the required education
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Skills: Ideal Candidate Will Have: strong verbal and written communication skills; highly motivated and self-directed; able to solve problems while working with offender issues including addiction, behavior, family, housing, employment; reasoning ability to solve problems, establish facts, draw valid conclusions in fast-paced environment. We'll put in
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Pay:
Pay
Pay Grade 14; Salary $52,501.44 annually; eligible for overtime pay.
Schedule:Schedule
Executive Branch, Full‑time, 40 hours per week, eligible for overtime pay.
We should not repeat "eligible for overtime pay" twice but it's okay. Check for any boilerplate: we removed advertisement closes, req number, click here, equal opportunity employer line. Good. Now ensure we didn't invent or summarize away detail. We kept all details: hiring agency, location, description, responsibilities, ideal candidate, minimum requirements (education, experience/training/skills, substitution), special requirements (age, firearm, licensure), working conditions, probationary period, contact. Also pay grade and salary, schedule. Check if any detail missing: "Employment Type EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 40 HR/WK" we captured executive branch, full time, 40 hrs/wk, eligible for overtime. The "18A" maybe a classification code; we omitted but it's minor metadata; could be considered part of schedule but not essential. It's okay to drop as minor metadata? The instruction says do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a shortor drop it. The "18A" is likely a classification code; could be considered minor metadata; we can drop it. It's not substantive like salary or schedule. So okay. We also dropped "Click here for more details on state employment." That's a link, minor. We also dropped "Probation and Parole Officer I Pay Grade 14 Salary $52,501.44 Annually Employment Type EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 40 HR/WK" we captured salary, pay grade, schedule. Now ensure we didn't repeat job title as heading. We didn't. Now output only HTML fragment. Let's craft final HTML. Be careful to close tags. We'll output:
About the role
Creating a better, safer Kentucky. If you want to make a difference in your community and be a part of an exciting team, the Department of Corrections is hiring Probation and Parole Officers who contribute to community safety and offender re‑entry. Hiring Agency: Justice & Public Safety Cabinet. Location: 138 Old Preston HWY S, Suite 2, Shepherdsville, KY 40165. Employees typically work with convicted felons, which may involve hazardous situations such as arresting and transporting violators. The position includes an initial and promotional probationary period of 12 months (per KRS 18A.111). For questions, contact Lindsey Smith at LindseyC.Smith@ky.gov.