Probation Aide

FINAL FILING DATE:
Friday, September 25,2026

Exam#: 26/60F02/09TH

The County of Monterey is committed to honoring the service and sacrifice of veterans and eligible military spouses and awards veterans’ preference points for this recruitment. To learn more about the eligibility requirements and the process, be sure to read the Hiring Preference for Veterans and Eligible Military Spouses section located towards the end of this job flier.

The Probation Department is a law enforcement agency within the County of Monterey, with 5 major divisions: 4 operational divisions (Adult, Juvenile, Juvenile Hall, and Youth Center), and one infrastructure division, Administration, which includes Finance, Personnel, Training, Grants and Contracts, and Technology. The Department has about 298 permanent positions (with the majority being sworn officers), in addition to temporary staff and interns.

Probation is a fast-paced environment which requires excellent customer services skills, personal initiative, adaptive thinking, strong ethics and commitment while maintaining a sense of family and camaraderie.

Probation Aides are paraprofessionals responsible for providing technical support services to Deputy Probation Officer staff with juvenile or adult probation cases. Under close supervision, Probation Aides learn to apply the principles and techniques of probation work; complete form letters and other routine correspondence; communicate and work with collaborative agencies; be able to read court documents and follow court orders.

The Eligible List generated from this examination may be used to fill current and future vacancies department-wide on a full-time, part-time, or temporary basis.

• Prepares reports and maintains records and statistics; completes forms, types form letter and other routine correspondence; inputs and accesses data using a computer
• Relieves probation officers of drug testing responsibilities; obtains and verifies urine samples; orders and maintains drug testing supplies and assists in recordkeeping of test results; follows specific procedures to preserve the chain of evidence
• Assists probation officers in obtaining or locating various required reports such as police reports, school reports and psychiatric reports
• May transport probationers; may pick up and deliver documents, reports, receipts or other probation related materials
• Conducts program orientations for probationers assigned to the Home Confine men Program; provides program related information and explains related rules and regulations to probationers; schedules orientation sessions; compiles required forms, assists probationers with completion of forms and reviews forms for completeness and accuracy
• Runs computer criminal investigation reports and Department of Motor Vehicle records checks on probationers
• Monitors juvenile probationers’ school attendance; checks school attendance rosters informs probationers’ parents of school attendance problems and encourages parents to monitor school attendance; refers cases requiring further action to a probation officer
• Assists probation officers with basic casework functions, such as reviewing and filing mail in probation reports; verifies case information submitted by probationers
• Installs home monitoring equipment on probationers’ wrists or ankles; explains to probationers how to connect the equipment to the telephone; receives, inspects and cleans returned equipment

Working Knowledge of:

• Standard office procedures, including filing, operating a computer and record keeping

• Read, understand, interpret and explain rules and regulations related to probation services
• Make oral presentations before groups of probationers
• Keep accurate and…