CORRECTIONAL PROBATION SPECIALIST - 70015582

State of Florida•Ocala, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Correctional Probation Specialist supervises, surveils, and maintains a specialized caseload of extremely high-risk offenders, sex offenders, or both. Many offenders on the caseload have diagnosed severe mental health conditions. The position may also include training duties. The specialist promotes offender compliance and public safety through community and office supervision, monitoring, investigations, counseling, referrals, searches, and enforcement of supervision requirements. Duties include applying Florida statutes and supervision conditions for sex offenders and sexual predators; maintaining case records and payment plans; coordinating with courts, law enforcement, treatment providers, and community agencies; and reporting violations to the appropriate authority. The position may attend hearings, testify, provide or attend training, and assist supervisors as assigned. This is an internal promotional opportunity for current Florida Department of Corrections employees. The vacancy is located at the Ocala East Probation and Parole Office in Ocala, Florida.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
Certification in accordance with Florida Statutes 943.13.
Valid driver’s license as a condition of employment, in accordance with Florida Administrative Code 33-208.402 and Section 322.03(3), Florida Statutes.
Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work.
Ability to interview and counsel.
Ability to review and analyze data.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to work independently and/or under stressful conditions.
Knowledge of probation and parole and/or corrections principles, and Florida law and rules of criminal procedure.
Knowledge of techniques for advising, interviewing, and counseling.
Skill in utilizing an offender database system.
Ability to manage offenders, prepare reports, assist offenders in solving problems, and conduct investigations.
Ability to describe facts and events accurately and apply applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
Applicants must be current Florida Department of Corrections employees; this is an internal promotional opportunity.

Responsibilities

Supervise, surveil, and maintain a specialized caseload of extremely high-risk offenders, sex offenders, or both.
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.
Conduct pre-sentence, post-sentence, interstate compact, sentencing guidelines, and other offender investigations.
Make recommendations to sentencing authorities regarding continued supervision, revocation, diversion, and incarceration.
Conduct background investigations on prospective employees.
Respond appropriately to public and victim needs, concerns, and complaints; conduct victim interviews and make treatment referrals.
Conduct searches, make arrests of offenders, and respond to collateral inquiries.
Provide investigative and intelligence assistance to law enforcement concerning offender profiles related to pedophilia and child pornography.
Enforce Florida statutes and supervision conditions for sex offenders and sexual predators, including registration requirements and restrictions involving polygraphs, driving, residences, employment, victim and child contact, curfews, pornography, and DNA submissions.
Assess offender needs and treatment options, refer offenders to qualified therapists, and establish and monitor treatment and self-improvement programs.
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 photographs of offenders for placement on a website.
Attend hearings or testify in proceedings, report non-compliance, and prepare and submit violation and other required reports by prescribed deadlines.
Maintain liaison with the judiciary, prosecutors, public defenders, law enforcement, treatment providers, community agencies, and criminal justice representatives.
Conduct 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 needed for community protection.
Develop and maintain contacts with resources for offender public service placements.
Handle administrative duties and assist supervisors in their absence as assigned.
Serve on teams, committees, and task forces; attend and deliver training; and potentially act as the day-to-day training officer for a correctional probation officer.