CORRECTIONAL PROBATION SENIOR OFFICER - 70018380

State of Florida•Gainesville, FL

8d•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. Duties may also include serving as an intake officer, court liaison, trainer, or electronic monitoring device installer. The position 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. The officer promotes compliance with supervision orders through guidance, goal-setting, and monitoring. The role includes conducting community and office contacts, assessing offender needs and treatment options, maintaining case records, conducting investigations, making recommendations to sentencing or releasing authorities, and responding to violations. The officer also works with courts, law enforcement, service providers, and other criminal justice partners; provides counseling as needed; monitors substance use; conducts searches and arrests; and installs and maintains electronic monitoring equipment. This is an internal promotional opportunity for current Florida Department of Corrections employees. The vacancy is at the Gainesville Main Probation and Parole Office in Gainesville, Florida. Applicants must apply electronically through People First; incomplete applicant profiles will not be considered. Salary is a minimum of $54,202.72 annually and will be determined under current pay procedures.

Requirements

Current Florida Department of Corrections employment; this 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 as a condition of employment, in accordance with 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

Supervise, surveil, and maintain a specialized caseload of offenders, and supervise other offender classifications as workload requires.
Encourage offender compliance 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 to public and victim needs, concerns, and complaints.
Assess offender needs, treatment options, and supervision objectives; make referrals and establish and document treatment and improvement plans.
Use the information management system to develop payment plans and enforce compliance with monetary obligations.
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 continued supervision, revocation, diversion, or incarceration.
Attend hearings or appear as a witness; report non-compliance and prepare violation and other required reports.
Maintain liaison with judiciary, prosecutors, public defenders, law enforcement, treatment providers, service agencies, department facilities, and other criminal justice representatives.
Develop partnerships with local law enforcement to foster public safety.
Conduct individual and group counseling and interview offenders as needed.
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 assignments when directed.
Conduct searches and make arrests of offenders under supervision.
Install and maintain electronic and radio equipment, including GPS systems, and interpret monitoring data to document compliance.
Perform 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.
May perform intake officer, court liaison, trainer, or electronic monitoring device installer duties; may supervise a probation officer or monitor a residential treatment facility.
May act as the day-to-day training officer for a correctional probation officer.