Adult Probation and Parole Officer

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The Wyoming Department of Corrections – Field Services Division is seeking a motivated and dedicated Probation and Parole Agent to join our team in Rawlins. This full‑time position offers a dynamic and rewarding career where no two days are the same. You’ll play a key role in community supervision and case management, working directly with individuals on probation and parole as they work toward positive change.

As part of a progressive department, you’ll be challenged and supported in helping individuals successfully reintegrate into their communities as law‑abiding citizens. This is meaningful, hands‑on work that combines accountability with opportunity—using evidence‑based practices to assess risk and needs, develop effective case plans, provide impactful interventions, reinforce positive behavior, and take corrective action when necessary.

If you’re looking for a career that is both exciting and purpose‑driven—where your work directly contributes to safer communities and second chances—this is your opportunity to make a lasting difference.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid vacation, sick leave, FMLA, and holidays
• Retirement - Pension and 457B plans that help you build a secure future
• Flexible schedules and work‑life balance options
• Meaningful work that makes a difference for Wyoming communities and much more

• Create a positive and collaborative environment for clients to gain the confidence to change their behavior in the long term.
• Maintain supervision of a caseload of adult probationers and parolees, which includes supervision of misdemeanor and felony cases, including but not limited to alcohol or drug offenses, sex offenses, domestic violence, theft, burglary, and clients determined not guilty by reason of mental illness.
• Utilization and analysis of validated risk and needs assessments to determine appropriate supervision levels to aid in developing individual case planning goals.
• Collaboration between government and private entities to enhance case management and support and enhance client behavior for long‑term change.
• Identify external and internal motivators of change through motivational interviewing and additional interviewing techniques to assist in case plan development.
• Understanding of intervention, incentives, and sanctions within the criminal justice system.
• Provides and utilizes appropriate intervention, incentives, and sanctions to achieve desired behaviors.
• Facilitate cognitive intervention groups with clients and alternative evidence‑based cognitive interventions to provide knowledge and enhance client motivation.
• Maintain supervision standards to provide public safety and help offenders re‑socialize and reintegrate into the community as law‑abiding citizens.
• Maintain documentation of all case management collaborative efforts in a case management system
• Conduct visits with clients in the office, in their homes, and places of employment, or in other locations to verify compliance and support positive behavior.
• Maintain supervision standards to include documentation, collateral contacts to promote public safety, and client accountability.
• Collaboration with the Prison Division to investigate and offer guidance for a positive and effective reentry plan for inmates soon released into the community.
• Write reports to the Parole Board, Courts, or other stakeholders. These reports will require investigation, insight, and analysis with the assistance of various agencies, individuals, and assessments to determine the risk level and appropriateness of supervision and various other recommendations.
• Interview, evaluate, and investigate the offender's background and criminal history to determine their risks and needs.
• Interview the victim for the purposes of presentence investigation reports, determining restitution, and recommendations to the Court. Additionally, contact victims for educational and safety purposes throughout the client's supervision. Creating a collaborative and trusting environment is essential.

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in Social Work, Counseling, Sociology, Psychology,…