Juvenile Probation Officer 1 / 2 (PCN 063556)

State of Alaska•Juneau, AK

31d•Onsite

About The Position

As a juvenile probation officer (JPO) you will be working to positively influence, motivate, and steer young offenders toward community restoration and developing competencies to lead a productive and crime free life. JPOs are asked to set high expectations for themselves as well as the youth they work with. The supervision and accountability-based services you provide are designed to promote notable, long-term, positive benefits to the families, youth, and communities that we serve. Our Organization, Mission, and Culture Through restorative justice, we hold juvenile offenders accountable for their behaviors, promote the safety and restoration of victims and communities, and assist offenders and their families in developing the skills to prevent crime. Our core values include: Prioritizing Safety - of our youth, staff, families, and communities. Responsiveness - providing timely response to youth, families, victims, staff, and justice partners. Professional Relationships - recognizing that successful efforts with our clients, coworkers, victims, and others rely on positive, respectful, and collaborative relationships and a spirit of inclusiveness. Dedication - doing the right things for the right reasons and modeling integrity and leadership. Respect - for the inherent value of each person's unique strengths and individual differences. We are a small, close-knit, dedicated team with long-term tenancy and close ties in the communities we serve. We take pride in working well with local entities including law enforcement agencies, the court system, tribal partners, the district attorney's office, school districts, and residential and community-based treatment providers. Our care and dedication to achieving the best outcome for the youth, victim(s), and community is recognized throughout our area. Joining our team gives one the opportunity to have a significant positive impact on the youth, their families, and the communities that we serve. We believe in enhancing strengths in our staff by promoting training and professional development. This position is conveniently located in the capitol city of Juneau, AK at the Johnson Youth Center, 3252 Hospital Drive. Ample parking and an individual private office are provided to juvenile probation officers. While most of the work is local to Juneau, supervising our probationers does require travel to other communities, working a variety of hours, and sharing on-call responsibilities with other staff. In addition to Juneau, we supervise youth in Gustavus, Haines, Hoonah, Skagway, and Yakutat. This is a flexibly staffed position at the JPO 1 or 2 level, a full-time position of 37.5 hours per week, Monday through Friday. This position requires the ability to assume on-call duties on a rotating basis, after hours in the evenings and on weekends. Supervision of probationers also requires travel to outlying communities. In addition to the Minimum Qualifications below, we are looking for a candidate with the following competencies: Teamwork: Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals. Self-Management: Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior. Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: Uses a logical, systematic, and sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one's knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary. Stress Management: Deals calmly and effectively with high stress situations (for example, tight deadlines, hostile individuals, emergency, or dangerous situations that require quick, sensible, and defensible decisions). Written Communication: Writes in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the intended audience. Please Note: This position requires frequent escort travel within the State for detaining youth in addition to the rural villages and 20 hours of annual one-on-one control tactics training.

Requirements

Psychology: Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of human behavior and performance in various contexts, mental processes, or the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Integrity/Honesty: Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization, self, and others; is trustworthy.
Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
Adaptability: Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.
Training in juvenile justice, criminal justice, criminology, sociology, social work, psychology, guidance and counseling, the behavioral sciences, or a closely related field and/or experience providing juvenile justice probation, adult probation, adult protection services, child protection services, or supervision of juvenile offenders in a juvenile justice facility; or providing care or service to delinquent juveniles.
Successful candidates are subject to a background investigation, criminal record check, fingerprinting, and must complete a medical examination to determine the essential duties of the position can be safely performed.
A valid Alaska driver's license is required at the time of appointment.
Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
Teamwork: Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals.
Self-Management: Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.
Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: Uses a logical, systematic, and sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one's knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
Stress Management: Deals calmly and effectively with high stress situations (for example, tight deadlines, hostile individuals, emergency, or dangerous situations that require quick, sensible, and defensible decisions).
Written Communication: Writes in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the intended audience.
frequent escort travel within the State for detaining youth in addition to the rural villages and 20 hours of annual one-on-one control tactics training.

Benefits

Health insurance, which includes employer contributions toward medical/vision/dental
Employer paid Basic Life insurance with additional coverage available (amount depends on Bargaining Unit)
Group-based insurance premiums for
Term life (employee, spouse or qualified same sex partner, and dependents)
Long-term and short-term disability
Accidental Death and Dismemberment
Long-term care (self and eligible family members)
Supplemental Survivor Benefits
Employee-funded flexible spending accounts for tax savings on eligible health care or dependent care expenses
Membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/Teachers' Retirement System (TRS)
Matching employer contribution into a defined contribution program (new employees)
Employer contribution into a defined benefit or defined contribution program (current employees)
Contributions to the Alaska Supplemental Annuity Plan in lieu of contributions to Social Security
Option to enroll in the Alaska Deferred Compensation Program
Personal leave with an accrual rate increase based on time served
Twelve (12) paid holidays a year