CORRECTIONAL PROBATION SENIOR OFFICER - 70012851

State of Florida•Pensacola, FL

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Correctional Probation Senior Officer supervises, surveils, and maintains a specialized caseload that may include youthful offenders, drug offender probation, community controlees, pre-trial intervention offenders, and offender releases. Depending on workload, the officer may supervise other offender classifications. Additional duties may include serving as an intake officer, court liaison, trainer, or electronic monitoring device installer. The position may also include directing and supervising a correctional probation officer at a probation and restitution center, monitoring a residential treatment facility, and serving as the department’s on-site representative supervising program participants. This is an internal promotional opportunity open only to current Florida Department of Corrections employees. The vacancy is at the Pensacola North Probation and Parole Office in Pensacola, Florida. Applicants must apply electronically through People First; paper applications are not accepted. Applicant profiles must include current and previous employment, training, and education. Incomplete profiles will not be considered.

Requirements

Must be a current Florida Department of Corrections employee; the vacancy is an internal promotional opportunity only.
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 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

Encourage offender compliance with supervision orders through guidance, goal setting, behavioral monitoring, 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 offender needs and treatment options; establish supervision objectives and structured treatment, client management, pre-trial, and related plans; make referrals and monitor adherence.
Develop offender payment plans for monetary obligations, enforce compliance, and maintain electronic and hard-copy case records documenting 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 concerning continued supervision, revocation, diversion, or incarceration.
Attend hearings and appear as a witness; report non-compliance and prepare and forward violation and other required reports.
Maintain liaison with courts, prosecutors, public defenders, law enforcement, treatment providers, service agencies, department offices, and other criminal justice representatives; develop local law enforcement partnerships.
Provide individual and group counseling and interview offenders to obtain information relating to supervision or investigations.
Monitor and test offenders for controlled substances and alcohol as directed or as necessary to protect the community.
Develop and maintain resources for public-service placements for offenders.
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 when assigned, including in a supervisor’s absence.
Serve on teams, committees, and task forces addressing issues, practices, programs, procedures, or policies.
Attend and deliver job-related and career-development training; may serve as the day-to-day training officer for a correctional probation officer.