Probation and Parole Officer

State of Oklahoma•Enid, OK

5d•$48,045 - $54,701•Onsite

About The Position

The Probation and Parole Officer performs professional social-service and law-enforcement duties focused on assessing criminogenic needs, designing transition plans, referring offenders to treatment, and monitoring behavior. The position supervises adult felons in the community, including probationers, parolees, and people in re-entry programs, with the goal of improving public safety by reducing future criminal behavior. The role has three levels. Level I performs entry-level supervision duties. Level II performs the full range of professional duties and may train or guide others on routine assignments. Level III is a specialist role that serves as a subject matter expert in an evidence-based practice area, provides cognitive programming, and supervises offenders with complex behavioral-management needs. The position is full-time, regular, and on-site in Probation and Parole Region II; remote work is not available. Applicants must upload a transcript, hold a valid driver’s license, and be willing and able to complete job-related travel. Applicants are subject to drug testing and must meet the statutory training and qualification requirements for peace officers, including any required psychological or physical testing. The posting specifies eligibility restrictions relating to certain criminal convictions, sex-offender registration requirements, domestic-violence convictions or restraining orders, and dishonorable military discharge. The listed non-negotiable annual compensation is $48,044.52 for Level I, $50,834.80 for Level II, and $54,700.76 for Level III.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, including at least 24 semester hours in any combination of psychology, sociology, social work, criminology, education, criminal justice administration, penology, or police science.
Level II additionally requires two years of correctional social-casework experience involving classification, assessment, or field supervision of probationers, parolees, or inmates. A master’s degree in the listed fields may substitute for one year of the required work experience.
Level III additionally requires four years of correctional social-casework experience involving classification, assessment, or field supervision of probationers, parolees, or inmates. A master’s degree in the listed fields may substitute for one year of the required work experience.
Valid driver’s license and willingness and ability to perform job-related travel.
Meet peace-officer training and qualification requirements under Section 3311 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, including applicable psychological or physical testing.
Applicants are subject to drug testing.
Must meet the posting’s eligibility rules regarding specified felony or other convictions, sex-offender registration offenses, misdemeanor domestic-violence convictions or certain restraining orders, and dishonorable military discharge.
Knowledge of applicable laws, rules, regulations, legislation, policies, and procedures; evidence-based offender supervision practices; community resources; re-entry and transitional services; report writing; investigation techniques; law-enforcement practices; counseling and motivational interviewing; and substance testing and collection methods.
Ability to build effective working relationships with communities, families, service agencies, and other support systems; locate suitable employment for community-based offenders; motivate behavior change; manage substantial caseloads; testify in court; communicate orally and in writing; apply evidence-based supervision practices; and use electronic technology to supervise offenders and manage offender information.
Level III additionally requires knowledge of a specific evidence-based-practice area and the ability to provide consultation, training, mentoring, and oversight to other staff.

Responsibilities

Manage a caseload of adult felons using motivational interviewing and scientific assessment of criminogenic risk and needs, including determining each offender’s stage of change.
Refer offenders to treatment or programs addressing their primary criminogenic needs.
Monitor offenders’ activities and compliance with transition-plan action steps and conditions imposed by the releasing authority.
Assist offenders in obtaining and maintaining employment and in identifying pro-social family, friends, community support networks, interests, and activities.
Conduct investigations, including pre-sentence, interstate, pre-pardon, and pre-parole investigations.
Prepare reports on offender activities and recommendations for the releasing authority.
Maintain physical and electronic documentation related to offender caseload management.
Monitor payment of financial obligations ordered by the releasing authority, and collect and document offender payments.
Assist with security operations during prison riots or disturbances, and arrest and transport offenders when required.
Conduct periodic screening of offenders for drug and alcohol use.
At Level II, may provide training and guidance to others on routine assignments.
At Level III, provide direct cognitive programming, serve as an evidence-based-practice subject matter expert, and provide consultation, training, mentoring, and oversight to staff in the area of expertise.