CORRECTIONAL PROBATION SENIOR OFFICER - 70012772

State of Florida•Key West, FL

24d•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 offender releases. As workload requires, the officer may supervise other offender classifications. Additional duties may include serving as an intake officer, court liaison officer, trainer, or electronic monitoring device installer. The position may also involve directing and supervising a correctional probation officer at a probation and restitution center, monitoring a residential treatment facility, and serving as the on-site departmental representative overseeing program participants. The role promotes offender compliance with supervision orders through guidance, goal setting, behavioral monitoring, and community supervision. Officers conduct investigations, assess offender needs, arrange referrals and treatment plans, maintain case records, monitor compliance and payments, and make recommendations to sentencing or releasing authorities. They also coordinate with courts, law enforcement, treatment providers, and other criminal justice and community organizations. The position is an internal promotional opportunity for current Florida Department of Corrections employees. The vacancy is at the Key West Probation and Parole Office in Key West, Florida.

Requirements

Certification 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.
Applicants must be current Florida Department of Corrections employees; probationary Correctional Probation Officers may apply and may be considered.
Applicants must submit an application through the People First system and provide complete profile information covering current and previous employment, training, and education.

Responsibilities

Supervise, surveil, and maintain an assigned specialized caseload, and supervise other offender classifications as workload demands require.
Encourage offenders to comply with supervision orders through guidance, goal setting, monitoring, and community supervision.
Conduct field and office 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, establish supervision objectives, make referrals, and create or record structured treatment and other improvement programs.
Use the information management system to develop and enforce offender payment plans for court-ordered monetary obligations.
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 continued supervision, revocation, diversion, and incarceration.
Attend hearings and appear as a witness; report non-compliance and prepare and forward violation and other required reports.
Maintain liaison with judicial, legal, law enforcement, treatment, governmental, nonprofit, correctional, and criminal justice organizations, and develop local law enforcement partnerships.
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 needed for community protection.
Develop and maintain resources for offender public service assignments.
Search and arrest offenders under supervision.
Install and maintain electronic and radio monitoring equipment, including GPS systems, and interpret collected data to document compliance.
Perform administrative duties and assist supervisors in their absence as assigned.
Serve on teams, committees, and task forces addressing issues, practices, programs, procedures, and policies.
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 and monitor a residential treatment facility as the on-site departmental representative.