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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 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 Officer
- 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 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 “Probation Officer”
- Administer drug and alcohol tests, including random drug screens of offenders, to verify compliance with substance abuse treatment programs.
- Write reports describing offenders' progress.
- Develop and prepare packets containing information about social service agencies, assistance organizations, and programs that might be useful for inmates or offenders.
- 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.
- Inform offenders or inmates of requirements of conditional release, such as office visits, restitution payments, or educational and employment stipulations.
- Conduct prehearing and presentencing investigations and testify in court regarding offenders' backgrounds and recommended sentences and sentencing conditions.
- Prepare and maintain case folder for each assigned inmate or offender.
- Gather information about offenders' backgrounds by talking to offenders, their families and friends, and other people who have relevant information.
- Assess the suitability of penitentiary inmates for release under parole and statutory release programs and submit recommendations to parole boards.
- Provide offenders or inmates with assistance in matters concerning detainers, sentences in other jurisdictions, writs, and applications for social assistance.
- Recommend appropriate penitentiary for initial placement of an offender.
- Investigate alleged parole violations, using interviews, surveillance, and search and seizure.
- 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.
- Arrange for medical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment services according to individual needs or court orders.
- Develop rehabilitation programs for assigned offenders or inmates, establishing rules of conduct, goals, and objectives.
- Arrange for postrelease services, such as employment, housing, counseling, education, and social activities.
- Interview probationers and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress in accomplishing goals and maintaining the terms specified in their probation contracts and rehabilitation plans.
- Participate in decisions about whether cases should go before courts and which court should hear them.
- Recommend remedial action or initiate court action in response to noncompliance with terms of probation or parole.
- Identify and approve work placements for offenders with community service sentences.
- 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
- Passenger cars
- Protective body armor
- Mobile radios
- Laptop computers
- Photocopying equipment
- Plastic handcuffs
- Multiline telephone systems
- Tablet computers
- Metal handcuffs
- Desktop computers
- Law enforcement handguns
- Breathalyzers
- Electronic tracking devices
- Urine testing kits
- Side-handle batons
- Drug testing kits
- Upper body restraints
- Videoconferencing equipment
- Laser facsimile machines
- Dictating equipment
- Personal computers
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Office
- Email software
- Electronic tracking device software
- Appointment scheduling software
- Tyler Technologies Odyssey Case Manager
- Case management software
- Speech recognition software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
- Web browser software
- Court records databases