CORRECTIONAL PROBATION SENIOR OFFICER - 70018343

State of Florida•Tallahassee, FL

4d•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 serving as an intake officer, court liaison, trainer, and electronic monitoring device installer. The position may direct and supervise a correctional probation officer at a probation and restitution center or monitor a residential treatment facility as the department’s on-site representative. The officer promotes offender compliance with supervision orders through guidance, goal setting, behavior monitoring, and community supervision. The role includes office and field contacts, investigation and reporting, offender needs assessment and referrals, counseling, substance testing, payment-plan enforcement, maintaining case records, and making recommendations to sentencing or releasing authorities. The officer also works with courts, law enforcement, treatment providers, and other criminal justice partners; may conduct searches and arrests; and may install and maintain electronic monitoring equipment. The position includes administrative, training, and program-development duties as assigned. This is an internal promotional opportunity for current Florida Department of Corrections employees. The vacancy is at the Tallahassee Intake Probation and Parole Office in Tallahassee, Florida. Applications must be submitted electronically through People First; incomplete applicant profiles will not be considered. Salary is determined under current pay procedures, with a stated minimum annual salary of $54,202.72.

Requirements

Must be a current Florida Department of Corrections employee; this is an internal promotional opportunity only.
Must be certified in accordance with Florida Statutes 943.13.
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
Must possess a valid driver’s license as a condition of employment, in accordance with 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 an assigned specialized offender caseload, and supervise other classifications as workload requires.
Encourage offender compliance through guidance, goal setting, behavior monitoring, and community supervision.
Conduct field and office supervision visits through personal, collateral, community, surveillance, telephone, and electronic contacts.
Address public and victim needs, concerns, and complaints with appropriate and prompt action.
Assess or assist in assessing offender needs, treatment options, and supervision objectives; make referrals and establish structured programs and plans.
Use the information management system to develop 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 placement on a website.
Conduct pre-sentence, pre-trial, post-sentence, interstate compact, sentencing guidelines, and other required investigations.
Recommend continued supervision, revocation, diversion, or incarceration to sentencing or releasing authorities.
Attend hearings or testify in proceedings and report non-compliance; prepare and forward violation and other required reports.
Maintain liaison with courts, prosecutors, public defenders, law enforcement, treatment providers, community organizations, government agencies, and criminal justice partners.
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 necessary for community protection.
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 monitoring data to document compliance.
Handle administrative duties and assist supervisors in their absence as assigned.
Serve on teams, committees, and task forces to address issues, improve practices, develop programs or procedures, and implement policies.
Attend and deliver job-related and career-development training; may serve as the day-to-day training officer for a correctional probation officer.
May serve as an intake officer, court liaison, trainer, electronic monitoring device installer, or on-site departmental representative at a residential treatment facility.
May direct and supervise a correctional probation officer at a probation and restitution center.