CORRECTIONAL PROBATION SENIOR OFFICER - 70018407

State of Florida•Spring Hill, FL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Correctional Probation Senior Officer supervises, surveils, and maintains a specialized caseload that may include youthful offenders, drug offender probationers, community controlees, pre-trial intervention offenders, and released offenders. Depending on workload, the officer may supervise other offender classifications. Duties may also include intake, court liaison work, training, installing electronic monitoring devices, directing and supervising a correctional probation officer at a probation and restitution center, and serving as the on-site departmental representative at a residential treatment facility. The role encourages offender compliance with supervision orders through guidance, monitoring, community supervision, and referrals to appropriate services. It involves conducting investigations, counseling, monitoring substance use, maintaining case records, enforcing financial obligations, preparing reports and recommendations, appearing in proceedings, and coordinating with judicial, law enforcement, treatment, and community partners. The officer may search and arrest offenders under supervision and install and maintain electronic monitoring equipment. This is an internal promotional opportunity open only to current Florida Department of Corrections employees. The vacancy is in Citrus County, Florida. Applicants must apply electronically through the People First system and provide complete employment, training, and education information in their applicant profile.

Requirements

Current Florida Department of Corrections employee; the promotional opportunity is internal only.
Certified in accordance with Florida Statutes 943.13.
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
Valid driver’s license required as a condition of employment under Florida Administrative Code 33-208.402 and Florida Statutes Section 322.03(3).
Ability to work independently and/or under stressful conditions.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Knowledge of techniques for advising, interviewing, and counseling.
Ability to review and analyze data.
Ability to assist offenders in solving problems.
Ability to conduct investigations.
Ability to apply laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments.

Responsibilities

Supervise, surveil, and maintain specialized offender caseloads, and supervise other offender classifications as workload requires.
Encourage compliance with supervision orders through guidance, goal setting, behavior monitoring, and community supervision.
Conduct field and office supervision visits using personal, collateral, community, surveillance, telephone, and electronic contacts.
Respond appropriately to public and victim needs, concerns, and complaints.
Assess offender needs and treatment options, set supervision objectives, make referrals, establish treatment and client-management plans, and monitor adherence.
Develop offender payment plans for court-ordered monetary obligations and enforce compliance.
Maintain electronic and hard-copy case records documenting offender background, legal history, treatment, and progress; take digitized offender photographs for website placement.
Conduct pre-sentence, pre-trial, post-sentence, interstate compact, sentencing-guidelines, and other required investigations.
Make recommendations to sentencing or releasing authorities regarding supervision, revocation, diversion, and incarceration.
Attend hearings and appear as a witness; report noncompliance and prepare violation and other required reports for the appropriate authority.
Maintain liaison with judiciary, prosecutors, public defenders, law enforcement, treatment providers, service agencies, government agencies, department facilities and offices, and other criminal justice representatives.
Develop partnerships with local law enforcement to foster public safety.
Conduct individual and group counseling and interview offenders for supervision or investigation purposes.
Monitor and test offenders for controlled substances and alcohol as directed or as needed to protect the community.
Develop and maintain resources for offender public-service placements when directed.
Conduct searches and make arrests of offenders under supervision.
Install and maintain electronic and radio monitoring equipment, including GPS systems, and interpret collected data to document compliance.
Handle administrative duties and assist supervisors in their absence as assigned.
Serve on teams, committees, and task forces; attend and deliver job-related and career-development training.
May act as the day-to-day training officer for a correctional probation officer.
May perform intake officer, court liaison, trainer, or electronic monitoring device installer duties.
May direct and supervise a correctional probation officer at a probation and restitution center or monitor a residential treatment facility as the departmental representative.