Juvenile Probation Officer

Juvenile Probation Officer

This is work providing social services to assist in rehabilitation of juvenile law offenders in custody or on probation or parole. Incumbents make recommendations for actions involving formulation of rehabilitation plan and treatment of offender, including conditional release and education and employment stipulations.

Location:

Probation & Community Intervention Circuit 17 - Fort Lauderdale and Margate Florida

Contact Person:
Elke Jaidane

Starting Salary: $1,765.01 bi-weekly.

This position is being re-advertised previous candidates will be considered and do not need to re-apply. This position is a pool announcement multiple positions will be hired from this announcement.

Description:

This position involves case management, referrals, recommendations, and assessment. It includes initiating contact with the youth, family, victims, and law enforcement when referrals are received by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (FDJJ). It also involves conducting home and school visits, obtaining and reviewing collateral information, conducting and documenting FDJJ screenings, formulating case management strategies, making service referrals, making supervision and treatment recommendations, completing screening instruments and reports, acting as the DJJ representative during court hearings, preparing and maintaining social histories, court reports, referral letters, and related correspondence, testifying at hearings, preparing affidavits/petition for Violation of Probation, requesting hearings, completing a risk and needs assessment, conducting face-to-face contacts, maintaining communication, providing crisis intervention, establishing personal goals/plans, discussing projected time frames, responding to concerns, needs, and risks, determining recommended handling of law violations, conducting staffing, participating in transition and exit planning, entering into Juvenile Justice Information System (JJIS) all case management activities, uploading required forms/documents into the JJIS case file, ensuring familiarity with community resources, attending professional development trainings and meetings, and following all departmental policies, procedures, and administrative rules.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of case management practices; of interviewing and counseling techniques. Knowledge of computer programs. Ability to make recommendations concerning the processing and handling of delinquent youth. Ability to develop case plans; communicate effectively. Ability to determine work priorities. Ability to establish and maintain an effective working relationship with community and judicial partners for the purpose of information sharing and collaboration to address community concerns, and promote safe and nurturing communities.

Ability to make independent decisions based on individual analysis, have strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to conduct and document interviews.

Minimum Qualifications:

Four years of experience working directly with adolescents in one or more of the following fields: criminal justice (e.g., law enforcement, courts, correction/rehabilitation facilities, or probation/parole), social services (e.g., child protective services, crisis intervention, foster care/group homes, adoption, or mental health/substance abuse treatment), or education. A valid driver's license is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Preference may be given to candidates with a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university at the time of submission of the candidate profile OR An associate degree from an accredited college or university at the time of submission of the candidate profile and two years' experience working directly…