Court Services Officer​/Court Services Officer Bilingual; Criminal Division - Pretrial Services

Pretrial Services Program Position

The Mercer Vicinage is seeking an individual to join the vicinage Pretrial Services Program. The selected candidate must possess excellent interpersonal, organizational, and case management skills in order to perform the duties required of this position.

The selected candidate will regularly interact with pretrial defendants, judges, prosecutors, public defenders, the county jail, local law enforcement, the private bar, and the public. This position will be responsible for researching criminal case histories, conducting pretrial risk assessments, preparing reports, meeting with defendants, making recommendations to judges regarding conditions of pretrial release for pretrial defendants and staffing first appearance/Central Judicial Processing hearings and pretrial detention hearings.

In addition, the selected candidate will be required to monitor the conditions of pretrial release primarily for higher risk pretrial defendants, assist pretrial defendants in attaining specific goals to ensure their appearance in court and the safety of the public during the defendant's pretrial release, and report the defendant's non-compliance with conditions of release to the court. The selected candidate will provide guidance to clients with specific needs, including but not limited to social, emotional and rehabilitative concerns.

This position will make recommendations and/or referrals for social services, testing, treatment and/or counseling and will monitor clients' treatment progress.

In addition, the position would be responsible for assisting supervisors with training and mentoring of Pretrial Services staff and assisting with stakeholder and community outreach related to the Pretrial Services Program. The selected candidate will be required to work a non-traditional work week, which may include weekends, holidays and after hours on-call responsibilities. Perform other related duties as required.

Note:

This position will primarily handle monitoring duties. Experience with pretrial services programs is helpful. The selected candidate may be required to work Monday through Friday or Tuesday through Saturday schedules. REMOTE WORK:
The Judiciary currently offers a hybrid work schedule, and this position may qualify for up to 2 days of remote work outside of Judiciary buildings.