CORRECTIONAL PROBATION SENIOR OFFICER - 70025723

State of Florida•Pensacola, FL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The incumbent supervises, surveils, and maintains a specialized caseload that may include youthful offenders, drug offender probation, community controlees, pre-trial intervention offenders, offender releases, or a combination of these groups. As workload demands require, the incumbent may supervise other types or classifications of offenders. The role may also include intake, court liaison, training, and electronic monitoring device installation duties. The incumbent 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. The vacancy is at the Pensacola West Probation and Parole Office in Pensacola, Florida. Applicants must apply electronically through the People First system; incomplete applicant profiles will not be considered.

Requirements

Current Florida Department of Corrections employee, because this is an internal promotional opportunity.
Certified 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 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 visits through personal, collateral, community, surveillance, telephone, and electronic contacts.
Respond appropriately to public and victim needs, concerns, and complaints.
Assess or help assess offender needs, treatment options, and supervision objectives; make referrals and establish and document structured programs and plans.
Develop offender payment plans for monetary obligations, enforce compliance, and maintain electronic and hard-copy case records.
Take digitized photographs of offenders for placement on a website.
Conduct pre-sentence, pre-trial, post-sentence, interstate compact, sentencing-guidelines, and other required investigations.
Make recommendations to sentencing or releasing authorities concerning continued supervision, revocation, diversion, and incarceration.
Attend hearings or appear as a witness, report non-compliance, and prepare and forward violation and other required reports.
Maintain liaison with judicial, legal, law enforcement, treatment, nonprofit, governmental, correctional, and other criminal justice partners; develop local law-enforcement partnerships to foster public safety.
Conduct individual and group counseling and interview offenders to gather information relating 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 contacts with resources for offender public-service assignments.
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 a day-to-day training officer for a correctional probation officer.