CORRECTIONAL PROBATION SENIOR OFFICER - 70018380 1

State of Florida•Gainesville, FL

5d•Onsite

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, or offender releases. Depending on workload demands, the incumbent may also supervise other offender classifications. Duties may include serving as an intake officer, court liaison officer, trainer, or electronic monitoring device installer. The role may also involve directing and supervising a correctional probation officer at a probation and restitution center, monitoring a residential treatment facility, and representing the department on site while supervising program participants. This is an internal promotional opportunity for current Florida Department of Corrections employees. The position is located at the Gainesville Main Probation and Parole Office in Gainesville, Florida. Applicants must apply electronically through the People First system; incomplete applicant profiles will not be considered.

Requirements

Current Florida Department of Corrections employee; this is an internal promotional opportunity.
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.

Responsibilities

Encourage offender compliance with supervision orders through guidance, goal setting, monitoring behavior, and community supervision.
Conduct field and office supervision contacts, including 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 referrals as appropriate.
Establish and record treatment programs, client management classifications, pre-trial contracts, and other improvement plans, and ensure offenders adhere to them.
Develop payment plans for monetary obligations and enforce compliance with those plans.
Maintain electronic and hard-copy case records documenting offender backgrounds, legal histories, 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, or incarceration.
Attend hearings or testify in proceedings concerning offenders under supervision, report non-compliance, and prepare and forward violation and other required reports.
Maintain liaison with judicial, legal, law enforcement, treatment, nonprofit, governmental, departmental, and other criminal justice representatives; develop local law enforcement partnerships to support public safety.
Conduct individual and group counseling and interview offenders to obtain information related 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 offender public service assignments as directed by sentencing or releasing authorities.
Search for 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; attend and deliver job-related and career-development training; and potentially act as the day-to-day training officer for a correctional probation officer.