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Job Description
Provide social services to assist in rehabilitation of law offenders in custody or on probation or parole. Make recommendations for actions involving formulation of rehabilitation plan and treatment of offender, including conditional release and education and employment stipulations.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 21-1092.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 55,380.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 26.00
- Currently, there are 87,500 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists”.
Also Known As…
- Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
- Probation Officer
- Probation Counselor
- Probation and Parole Officer
- Parole Officer
- Parole Agent
- Juvenile Probation Officer
- Deputy Probation Officer (DPO)
- Deputy Juvenile Officer
- Correctional Counselor
- Adult Probation Officer
- Youth Probation Officer
- Truant Officer
- Probation Worker
- Probation and Patrol Agent
- Prisoner Classification Interviewer
- Pre-Parole Counseling Aide
- Parole Supervisor
- Offender Workforce Development Specialist (OWDS)
- Offender Job Retention Specialist
- Offender Employment Specialist (OES)
- Juvenile Detention Officer
- Juvenile Correctional Officer
- Family Preservation Officer
- Drill Instructor
- Detention Worker
- Detention Officer
- Detention Attendant
- Crime Prevention Worker
- Court Worker
- Correctional Probation Officer
- Correctional Casework Specialist
- Correctional Case Manager
- Classification Officer
- Classification Case Manager
- Chief Juvenile Probation Officer (CJPO)
- Certified Juvenile Probation Officer
- Attendance Officer
- Adult Parole Officer
Tasks for “Correctional Officer”
- Assess the suitability of penitentiary inmates for release under parole and statutory release programs and submit recommendations to parole boards.
- Develop and prepare packets containing information about social service agencies, assistance organizations, and programs that might be useful for inmates or offenders.
- Administer drug and alcohol tests, including random drug screens of offenders, to verify compliance with substance abuse treatment programs.
- Investigate alleged parole violations, using interviews, surveillance, and search and seizure.
- Interview probationers and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress in accomplishing goals and maintaining the terms specified in their probation contracts and rehabilitation plans.
- Supervise people on community-based sentences, such as electronically monitored home detention, and provide field supervision of probationers by conducting curfew checks or visits to home, work, or school.
- Participate in decisions about whether cases should go before courts and which court should hear them.
- Arrange for medical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment services according to individual needs or court orders.
- Write reports describing offenders' progress.
- Provide offenders or inmates with assistance in matters concerning detainers, sentences in other jurisdictions, writs, and applications for social assistance.
- Inform offenders or inmates of requirements of conditional release, such as office visits, restitution payments, or educational and employment stipulations.
- Gather information about offenders' backgrounds by talking to offenders, their families and friends, and other people who have relevant information.
- Identify and approve work placements for offenders with community service sentences.
- Recommend appropriate penitentiary for initial placement of an offender.
- Develop rehabilitation programs for assigned offenders or inmates, establishing rules of conduct, goals, and objectives.
- Develop liaisons and networks with other parole officers, community agencies, correctional institutions, psychiatric facilities, and aftercare agencies to plan for helping offenders with life adjustments.
- Prepare and maintain case folder for each assigned inmate or offender.
- Conduct prehearing and presentencing investigations and testify in court regarding offenders' backgrounds and recommended sentences and sentencing conditions.
- Recommend remedial action or initiate court action in response to noncompliance with terms of probation or parole.
- Arrange for postrelease services, such as employment, housing, counseling, education, and social activities.
- Discuss with offenders how such issues as drug and alcohol abuse and anger management problems might have played roles in their criminal behavior.
Related Technology & Tools
- Urine testing kits
- Passenger cars
- Videoconferencing equipment
- Desktop computers
- Breathalyzers
- Protective body armor
- Mobile radios
- Personal computers
- Law enforcement handguns
- Tablet computers
- Drug testing kits
- Upper body restraints
- Laptop computers
- Plastic handcuffs
- Photocopying equipment
- Electronic tracking devices
- Dictating equipment
- Metal handcuffs
- Laser facsimile machines
- Side-handle batons
- Multiline telephone systems
- Email software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Court records databases
- Microsoft Excel
- Case management software
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- Speech recognition software
- Electronic tracking device software
- Microsoft Access
- Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
- Tyler Technologies Odyssey Case Manager
- Web browser software
- Appointment scheduling software
- Microsoft PowerPoint