Juvenile Probation Parole Specialist II - Barrow CSO - Winder, GA; COM

Juvenile Probation Parole Specialist II
- Barrow CSO
- Winder, GA (COM)

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Agency:
Department of Juvenile Justice

Shift: Day (United States of America)

Compensation Details: 43,050.00

Job Description:

This position is scheduled to close at 12:00 a.m. on the closing date listed above. Applications must be submitted before that time to be considered.

Job Summary:

Under general supervision, provide social services to assist in the rehabilitation of law offenders in custody or on probation. Make recommendations for actions involving the formulation of a rehabilitation plan and the treatment of the offender, including conditional release and education and employment stipulations.

Primary

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Interview probationers and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress in accomplishing goals and maintaining the terms specified in their probation contracts and rehabilitation plans.
• Recommend remedial action or initiate court action in response to non-compliance with terms of probation or parole.
• Administer drug and alcohol tests, including random drug screens of offenders, to verify compliance with substance abuse treatment programs.
• Prepare and maintain case folder for each assigned inmate or offender.
• Discuss with offenders how such issues as drug and alcohol abuse and anger management problems might have played a role in their criminal behavior.
• Conduct pre-hearing and pre-screening investigations and testify in court regarding offenders' backgrounds and recommend sentences and sentencing conditions.
• Inform offenders or inmates of requirements of conditional release, such as office visits, restitution payments, or educational and employment stipulations.
• Write reports describing offenders' progress. Investigate legal issues.
• Write reports or evaluations. Counsel clients or patients with substance abuse issues. Arrange for medical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment services according to individual needs or court orders.
• Supervise people on community-based sentences, such as electronically monitored home detention, and provide field supervision of probationers by conducting curfew checks or visits to home, work, or school.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate degree in a related field from an accredited college or university and two (2) years of job-related experience in a social services delivery setting; or four (4) years of direct case management job-related experience working with offenders and their families in a social services delivery setting; or two (2) years experience at the lower level Juv. Probation/Parole Spec 1 (SSP
  130) or position equivalent; or two (2) years of experience at the lower level Juv. Probation/Parole Spec 1 (PSP
  240) or position equivalent.
• Must possess and maintain State of Georgia P.O.S.T. certification within the first (6) months of employment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field from an accredited college or university.

Physical Agility Standards:
This position requires the ability to perform physically demanding activities associated with maintaining safety and security within our secured facilities and community settings. Candidates must be capable of meeting agency-established physical agility standards and may be required to successfully complete a validated physical agility assessment before hiring and at other intervals as required by agency policy.

The Department of Juvenile Justice reserves the right to modify physical agility…