CORRECTIONAL PROBATION SENIOR OFFICER - 70018511

State of Florida•Sebring, FL

3d•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. As workload demands require, the officer may supervise other offender classifications and perform duties as an intake officer, court liaison officer, trainer, or electronic monitoring device installer. The position may also involve 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 for current Florida Department of Corrections employees. The vacancy is at the Bradenton Probation and Parole Office in Manatee County, Florida. Applicants must apply through the People First system; paper applications are not accepted. Applicants are responsible for completing their profiles with current and previous employment, training, and education information.

Requirements

Must be a 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, as required 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

Promote offender compliance with supervision orders through guidance, goal setting, behavior 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, treatment options, and supervision objectives; make referrals and establish treatment programs, classifications, contracts, and other improvement plans; and monitor adherence.
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.
Represent the department at hearings and other proceedings, report supervision non-compliance, and prepare and forward violation and other required reports.
Maintain liaison with judicial, legal, law enforcement, treatment, community, governmental, departmental, and other criminal justice representatives; develop partnerships with local law enforcement.
Conduct individual and group counseling and interview offenders to obtain supervision or investigation information.
Monitor and test offenders for controlled substance and alcohol use as directed or as necessary for community protection.
Develop and maintain contacts with resources for offender public service assignments.
Search and arrest 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, solve problems, 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.