CORRECTIONAL PROBATION SENIOR OFFICER - 70007085

State of Florida•DADE CITY, FL

1d•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. Depending on workload demands, 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 direct and supervise a correctional probation officer at a probation and restitution center or monitor a residential treatment facility as the on-site departmental representative supervising program participants. This is an internal promotional opportunity for current Florida Department of Corrections employees. The position is located at the Dade City Probation and Parole Office in Pasco County, Florida. Applications must be submitted electronically through the People First system; paper applications are not accepted.

Requirements

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, in accordance with Florida Administrative Code 33-208.402 and Florida Statutes Section 322.03(3).
Be able to work independently and/or under stressful conditions.
Be able to communicate effectively.
Have knowledge of techniques for advising, interviewing, and counseling.
Be able to review and analyze data.
Be able to assist offenders in solving problems.
Be able to conduct investigations.
Be able to apply laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
Be able to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments.
Be a current Florida Department of Corrections employee; this is an internal promotional opportunity.

Responsibilities

Encourage offender compliance with supervision orders through guidance, goal setting, behavior monitoring, and community supervision.
Conduct field and office supervision visits through personal, collateral and community, surveillance, telephone, and electronic contacts.
Respond appropriately to public and victim needs, concerns, and complaints.
Assess or assist in assessing offender needs, treatment options, and supervision objectives; make referrals and establish structured treatment and other improvement programs.
Develop payment plans for court-ordered 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 of offenders for website placement.
Conduct pre-sentence, pre-trial, post-sentence, interstate compact, sentencing-guideline, and other required investigations.
Make recommendations to sentencing or releasing authorities regarding continued supervision, revocation, diversion, and incarceration.
Attend hearings or appear as a witness; report non-compliance and prepare violation and other required reports for the appropriate authority.
Maintain liaison with the judiciary, prosecutors, public defenders, law enforcement, treatment providers, service agencies, governmental agencies, and criminal justice representatives; develop local law-enforcement partnerships.
Conduct formal and informal 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 necessary for community protection.
Develop and maintain resources for offender public-service placements when directed.
Search and arrest 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 to study issues, solve problems, refine 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.