Probation Parole Sergeant

Job Description - Probation Parole Sergeant )

Position Title:

PROBATION & PAROLE SERGEANT

PROBATION & PAROLE

BILLINGS, MT

The
Montana Department of Corrections (DOC)is creating a safer Montana through Accountability, Rehabilitation and Empowerment. If you want to work making positive changes in your community, the Montana Department of Corrections is the place for you!

The
Public Safety Division
operates Montana’s prisons safely and securely and provides supervision and support for offenders in the community through its Probation and Parole Bureau. The work performed in this division is integral to the department’s mission to create a safer Montana through accountability, rehabilitation, and empowerment. Make a difference! Join us today!

The
Probation and Parole Sergeant
position, guided by the Department of Corrections (DOC) mission, plays a central role in managing the correctional population, promoting public safety and encouraging offenders to make positive life changing decisions for their future.

Sergeants are also called upon to:

• Arrest, detain violators, and testify in district court information hearings relative to sentencing or revocation of client’s probation or parole status.
• Officers are trained to handle situations if probation & parole offenders or inmates become hostile & pose a physical threat. This requires the use of Oleoresin Capsicum “O.C. Spray” and firearms and carrying handcuffs.
• May be called back to work at any hour of the day and an officer may need to physically make an arrest, engage in forced entry and either employ or be in proximity of firearms or other dangerous weapons and access closed or hazardous areas.
• Must reside in area and be within a 30-minute response time to the office.
• Work is of the nature that Public Safety Officers may work varying schedules to include nights and week-end hours and that the Officer may be called back to work at any hour of the day or night and be available 24/7 when called upon to assist any Department of Corrections Facility or Law Enforcement Agency. The Officer needs to physically make an arrest, defend selves, in high-risk volatile scenarios in and away from the office.
• Travel is required.

Personnel

• Complete performance evaluations on POs;
• Approve and submit time sheets.
• Provides guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
• Provides coaching, mentoring, and discipline as needed to ensure professional growth of staff.
• Identifies developmental training needs of employees to assist in continued growth of knowledge and skills.
• Offer specific training programs to help staff maintain or improve job skills.
• Schedules and facilitates regular staff meetings with Probation and Parole staff.
• Reviews Reports of Violation written by Probation and Parole Officers prior to the report being submitted to the revoking authority.
• Oversees the issue of equipment for Probation and Parole staff, including firearms and state vehicles.
• Oversees the evidence room and assist assigned Probation and Parole Officers on proper storage as per policy.
• Screens, trains, evaluates, and supervises college interns/citizen volunteers and/or coordinates their internship/volunteer work with the assistance of Probation and Parole staff.
• Conducts regular case management audits as required per policy.

Program

• In the absence of the Captain, Sergeants must perform all duties of the Captain
• Assists in the planning of Community Corrections Facilities, Regional Prisons and Intensive Supervision Programs.
• May assist with screening for community placement of those offenders that are in a secure facility such as a regional prison.
• Supervises the Intensive Supervision Program as assigned.
• Authorizes the placement of DOC committed offenders.
• Coordinates and facilitates transfers of in-state offenders when requested by another office.
• Assigns cases accordingly for offenders requesting to transfer their supervision.
• May serve as a liaison with various outside agencies, including but not limited to; local law enforcement, the Court system, county jail, Department of Health and Human Services, and chemical dependency treatment providers.
• Performs public…