Adult Probation Officer​/2B; PCN

Adult Probation Officer 1/2B

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions is recruiting for an Adult Probation Officer 1/2B for the Central Classification and Community Placement Unit, located in Anchorage, Alaska.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Supervise offenders on furlough status at Community Residential Centers (CRCs) and treatment centers as well as assisting with offenders serving their term of imprisonment on Electronic Monitoring and/or confined at the CRCs.
• Provide case management to assist offenders in their reentry efforts while balancing public safety.
• Collaborate with treatment providers, case managers, and reentry services on the successful transition of offenders back to the community.
• Conduct office visits, risk/needs assessments, classifications, furlough conversions, searches/shakedowns, report writing, service referrals, victim notification and release planning.

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:

The Alaska Department of Corrections provides secure confinement, reformative programs, and a process of supervised community reintegration to enhance the safety of our communities.

We are trained professionals committed to a safe, open and respectful organization. We are dedicated to public safety and will always respect the rights and dignity of victims of crime.

Our unit's goal is to promote public safety through supervision of offenders who are transitioning from prison to the community while placed at CRCs, treatment centers, or on Electronic Monitoring.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

Our small and dynamic unit contributes to the safety and protection of the community by supervising offenders through reentry at CRCs, treatment centers, and on Electronic Monitoring. This unit offers flexible work schedules and the ability to cross-train within the unit. Promotional opportunities exist within our unit and division.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

The unit offices are located at the Anchorage Correctional Complex with additional space located in the local CRCs which allows for independent work as well as interaction with co-workers.

The dynamic of this fast-paced unit is such that cross-training and assisting each other regularly is an expectation.

Who We Are Looking For:

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• 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.
• Computer
  
  Skills:
  
  Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.
• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: uses a logical, systematic, 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.
• Oral and Written Communication:
  Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cue, and responds appropriately.
• Flexibility:
  Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with uncertainty.

PJ04A 1 –Adult Probation Officer 1

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in any field.

Or substitution:

Four years of paraprofessional experience in probation, parole, pretrial, criminal justice, juvenile justice, social services, corrections, criminal investigation, public safety or law enforcement.

Or substitution:

Four years in any combination of postsecondary education from an accredited college and paraprofessional experience in…