Probation Assistant

sjgov•Stockton, CA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

This recruitment is being conducted to fill multiple part-time opportunities in the San Joaquin County Probation Department, and to establish a referral pool which may be used to fill future part-time opportunities. Probation Assistants will support Probation Officers assigned to programs that provide services for adult and juvenile probationers and/or at-risk youth and may work nights and weekends, depending on the nature of the assignment. All qualified candidates must participate in a mandatory orientation and complete the Personal History Statement (PHS), which will be provided at the mandatory orientation. To review the PHS, click on the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), Form 2-255 Personal History Statement. Pre-Employment Drug Screening and Background: Potential new hires into this classification are required to successfully pass a pre-employment drug screen and a background investigation as a condition of employment. Final appointment cannot be made unless the eligible has passed the drug screen and successfully completed the background process. The County pays for the initial drug screen. NOTE: All correspondences relating to this recruitment will be delivered via e-mail. The e-mail account used will be the one provided on your employment application during time of submittal. Please be sure to check your e-mail often for updates. If you do not have an e-mail account on file, Human Resources will send you correspondences via US Mail.

Requirements

30 semester units from an accredited college or university preferably in administration of justice or other social or behavioral science.
Possession of a valid California driver’s license.
Principles of written and oral communication, including thorough knowledge of language mechanics, syntax, and composition; interviewing techniques; principles and methods of logic and data organization; sociology and psychology, particularly as related to personality development, behavior patterns, motivation, and group and family dynamics; some knowledge of casework practice, crisis intervention, treatment modalities, educational norms, philosophy of law, probation, courts, basic physiology, mathematics, research, and basic statistics.
Interact with students and teachers as a support team; establish rapport with children and adults; recognize emotional and behavioral problems; express self clearly, orally and in writing; follow written and oral instructions and procedures; work well with others.
Frequent standing, walking, stooping, bending, climbing stairs, driving; constant use of a computer; Able to lift 50 pounds; Constant overall vision; constant color perception, constant eye-hand coordination; constant depth perception; frequent reading/close-up work; constant field of vision/peripheral; Frequent repetitive motion and reaching; Constant requirement to hear normal speech; constant hearing on telephone; ability to hear faint sounds; constant talking on telephone; Potential contact with hostile individuals; exposure to emergency situations; may be exposed to trauma, grief and death; frequent public contact; decision-making and concentration; Some assignments may require working weekends, nights, and/or occasional overtime; Occasional exposure to varied weather conditions.

Responsibilities

Keeps youth in school by helping them with positive decision-making.
Helps provide a safe school environment.
Checks with teachers to clear absences and makes daily telephone calls and/or home visits to ensure school attendance.
Participates in incentive trips.
Provides monthly statistical information to program coordinator.
Signs students up for Project 654.
Team member for Juvenile Drug Court Program–KADAP, Family Assistance Team, and/or Crossroads Team.
Assists Probation Officers with caseload management.