CORRECTIONAL PROBATION SENIOR OFFICER - 70018563

State of Florida•Town "n" Country, FL

20d

About The Position

The Correctional Probation Senior Officer supervises, surveils, and maintains a specialized caseload that may include youthful offenders, drug offender probation cases, community controlees, pre-trial intervention offenders, and offender releases. Depending on workload, the officer may supervise other offender classifications. The position may also perform intake, court liaison, training, and electronic monitoring installation duties. It may direct and supervise a correctional probation officer at a probation and restitution center, monitor a residential treatment facility, and serve as the on-site departmental representative supervising program participants. This is an internal promotional opportunity for current Florida Department of Corrections employees. Probationary Correctional Probation Officers may also apply and be considered. The vacancy is at Circuit 13 Probation and Parole in Hillsborough County, Florida. The minimum annual salary is $54,202.72; salary will be determined in accordance with current pay procedures. Applicants must apply electronically through the People First system and provide complete employment, training, and education information in their applicant profile.

Requirements

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.
Applicants must be current FDC employees; probationary Correctional Probation Officers may apply and be considered.
Applicants must submit an electronic application through People First and complete their profile with current and previous employment, training, and education information.

Responsibilities

Encourage and foster offender compliance with supervision orders through guidance, goal setting, behavior monitoring, and community supervision.
Conduct field and office supervision visits using personal, collateral/community, surveillance, telephone, and electronic contacts.
Respond appropriately and promptly to the needs, concerns, and complaints of the public and victims.
Assess or assist in assessing offender needs, treatment options, and supervision objectives; make referrals and establish and monitor structured treatment and other improvement programs.
Develop offender payment plans for 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 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 supervision, revocation, diversion, or incarceration.
Represent the department appropriately, attend hearings or testify, report non-compliance, and prepare and forward violation and other required reports.
Maintain liaison with judiciary, prosecutors, public defenders, law enforcement, treatment providers, service agencies, governmental agencies, department facilities and offices, and other criminal justice representatives; develop partnerships with local law enforcement.
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 when necessary to protect the community.
Develop and maintain resources for placement of offenders in public service assignments as 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.
Perform administrative duties and assist supervisors in their absence as assigned.
Serve on teams, committees, or task forces addressing issues, practices, programs, procedures, and 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 perform intake officer, court liaison officer, trainer, or electronic monitoring device installer duties.
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.