CORRECTIONAL PROBATION SENIOR OFFICER - 70018563

State of Florida•Tampa, FL

About The Position

The incumbent supervises, surveils, and maintains a specialized caseload that may include youthful offenders, drug offender probationers, community controlees, pre-trial intervention offenders, and offender releases. Depending on workload demands, the incumbent may supervise other classifications of offenders. Duties may also include serving as an intake officer, court liaison officer, trainer, or electronic monitoring device installer. The position may direct and supervise a correctional probation officer at a probation and restitution center, monitor a residential treatment facility, and serve as the on-site departmental representative supervising program participants. This is an internal promotional opportunity for current Florida Department of Corrections employees. The vacancy is located in Circuit 13 (Multi-hire) Probation and Parole Office in Hillsborough County, Florida; the specific location is TBD. Applications must be submitted electronically through the People First system.

Requirements

Be a current Florida Department of Corrections employee; this is an internal promotional opportunity only.
Be certified in accordance with Florida Statutes 943.13.
Have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
Possess a valid driver's license as a condition of employment.
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

Encourage offender compliance with supervision orders through guidance, goal setting, monitoring behavior, and community supervision.
Conduct field and office supervision visits through personal, collateral, community, surveillance, telephone, and electronic contacts.
Respond appropriately and promptly to public and victim needs, concerns, and complaints.
Assess or assist in assessing offender needs, treatment options, and supervision objectives; make appropriate referrals and establish and document treatment and improvement programs.
Develop offender payment plans for monetary obligations and enforce compliance with those plans.
Maintain electronic and hard-copy case records documenting offender background, legal history, treatment, and progress; take digitized 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 concerning continued supervision, revocation, diversion, and incarceration.
Attend hearings or appear as a witness, report non-compliance, and prepare and forward violation and other required reports.
Maintain liaison with the 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 to obtain information relating to supervision or investigation.
Monitor and test offenders for controlled substances and alcohol as directed or as necessary to protect the community.
Develop and maintain contacts with resources suitable for placing offenders in public service assignments.
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; and potentially act as the day-to-day training officer for a correctional probation officer.
Potentially perform intake officer, court liaison officer, trainer, or electronic monitoring device installer duties, and direct and supervise a correctional probation officer at a probation and restitution center.