CORRECTIONAL PROBATION SENIOR OFFICER - 70012827

State of Florida•West Vero Corridor, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Correctional Probation Senior Officer supervises, surveils, and maintains a specialized caseload that may include youthful offenders, drug offender probationers, community controlees, pre-trial intervention offenders, or released offenders. 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; directing and supervising a correctional probation officer at a probation and restitution center; and monitoring a residential treatment facility as the department’s on-site representative. The position promotes offender compliance with supervision orders through guidance, goal setting, monitoring, community supervision, investigation, counseling, referrals, and enforcement. The officer maintains case records, conducts investigations and hearings-related duties, coordinates with justice-system and community partners, and may conduct searches and arrests. This is an internal promotional opportunity for current Florida Department of Corrections employees, located at the Vero Beach Probation and Parole Office in Indian River County, Florida.

Requirements

Current Florida Department of Corrections employee; 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, required as a condition of employment under the cited Florida Administrative Code and statute.
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.
Complete applicant profile information covering current and previous employment, training, and education; incomplete profiles will not be considered.

Responsibilities

Supervise, surveil, and maintain a specialized offender caseload; 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 the needs, concerns, and complaints of the public and victims.
Assess offender needs and treatment options, establish supervision objectives, make referrals, and establish and monitor structured treatment and client-management plans.
Develop offender payment plans for monetary obligations and enforce compliance.
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, and incarceration.
Attend hearings or appear as a witness; report non-compliance and prepare violation and other required reports.
Maintain liaison with courts, prosecutors, public defenders, law enforcement, treatment providers, nonprofit service agencies, governmental agencies, department facilities and offices, and other criminal justice representatives.
Develop partnerships with local law enforcement to foster public safety.
Provide individual and group counseling and interview offenders for supervision or investigation purposes.
Monitor and test offenders for controlled substances and alcohol as directed or as necessary for community protection.
Develop and maintain contacts with resources for offender public-service assignments.
Conduct searches and make arrests of 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.
May perform intake officer, court liaison, 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 on-site departmental representative.