JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICER - 80002508

My Florida Families; Florida; On-site; USD 39,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Florida Department of Juvenile Justice is seeking a Juvenile Probation Officer to support rehabilitation efforts for youth in custody, on probation, or parole. You will make recommendations for rehabilitation plans, treatment, and conditions of supervision, while coordinating with families, schools, victims, and law enforcement.

The role involves court appearances, risk/needs assessments, referrals to services, and continuous case management to ensure effective supervision and timely progress

Responsibilities

• Initiate contact with the youth, family, victims, and law enforcement when referrals are received by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (FDJJ).
• Conduct home and school visits as part of information gathering and family involvement.
• Obtain and review collateral information from other agencies involved with the youth/family.
• Conduct and document FDJJ screenings to identify risk/needs and need for further evaluations.
• Formulate case management strategies based on assessments and information gathered.
• Make service referrals and follow-up actions.
• Provide supervision and treatment recommendations to the State Attorney and other judicial partners.
• Complete screening instruments and reports used by the Department and/or the courts.
• Act as DJJ representative during court hearings and prepare/maintain social histories and related documents.
• Testify at hearings when appropriate and prepare affidavits for violations of probation.
• Request hearings when appropriate.
• Complete risk and needs assessments for youth under supervision.
• Conduct face-to-face contacts in homes, schools, and community settings, including non-traditional hours.
• Maintain communication with requirements for stages of youth/family involvement and identify appropriate interventions.
• Assist youth with mental health and substance abuse evaluations and arrange for testing and treatment as needed.
• Assist youth with school enrollment and monitor attendance and performance.
• Provide crisis intervention and refer to crisis resources as needed.
• Help youth set goals/plans and provide ongoing support to achieve them.
• Discuss timelines for goal completion, sanctions, and termination of supervision as ordered by the court.
• Staff cases with the unit supervisor and determine handling of violations using the Effective Response Matrix.
• Attend staffing when benchmarks are reached and coordinate transition/exit plans for youth leaving residential programs.

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Requisition No:886777

Working Title: JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICER - 80002508

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LOCATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION

STARTING SALARY: $1,765.01 bi-weekly. (In accordance with the current spending restrictions, an internal promotion into this position will be filled at the minimum of the pay grade or up to 5% of the employee's current rate, whichever is higher.)

DESCRIPTION

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Case Management, Referrals, Recommendations and Assessment

Initiate contact with the youth, family, victims, andlaw enforcement when referrals are received by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (FDJJ). Conduct home and school visits as an integral part of the information gathering process and family involvement model.

Obtain and review collateral information such as abuseand neglect history, educational, mental health, substance use, gangrelated activity and other pertinent information from other agencies involved with the youth and/or family.

Conduct and document FDJJ screening(s), to identify theyouth’s risk and needs, protective factors and/or the need for furtherevaluations, including but not limited to detention screening, intakescreening, Suicide Risk Screening Instrument, and any Department approvedrisk/needs screening and/or assessment instrument(s).

Formulate case management strategies based onassessments and/or information gathered to address the specific needs ofthe youth and family.

Make service referrals to the appropriate provider (s)and follow up actions needing to be taken.

Make supervision and treatment recommendations to theState Attorney and other judicial partners that allow the Department toprovide the most appropriate services in the least intrusive manner.

Complete the screening instruments and reports used bythe Department and/or the courts that include but are not limited to the following:

Detention Screening Risk Assessment (DRAI), SuicideRisk Screening Instrument (SRSI), Department approved risk/needsscreening/assessment instrument(s) and case plan, Pre-Post DispositionReport, Adult Sentencing Summary Report, Progress (Status) Report,Electronic Commitment Packet, and Termination of Supervision.

Court Process

Acts as the DJJ representative during court hearings tosupport the Department’s recommendation for the youth, family, andcommunity.

Prepare and maintain current social histories, courtreports, referral letters, and related correspondence.

Testify at hearings, when appropriate.

Prepare affidavits/petition for Violation of Probation for any violation that result in the filing of a delinquency petition.

Request hearings when appropriate.

Case Management, Interventions & Supervision

Complete a risk and needs assessment using theappropriate Department approved instrument(s) for all youthscreened/supervised by the department.

Conduct face-to-face contacts in the home, school andvaried community-based settings by interacting with the youth, family and community during non-traditional hours (weekends and evening hours) inaddition to business hours.

Maintain communication based on departmentalrequirements for all stages of youth and family involvement; gain firsthand knowledge of where the youth resides, the family, the youth’simmediate and extended environment by meeting in different locations, including the detention centers, schools, homes, out-of-home placements,place of employment, community sites, other agencies, treatment providersand offices.

Assist the youth with obtaining appropriate mentalhealth, substance abuse evaluations based on administered assessments, andarrange for specialized testing and treatment, as needed.

Assist youth and family with school and after schoolenrollment; maintain school contact, verifying school attendance, academic performance, and behavior.

Provide crisis intervention; assist the youth andfamily in accessing crisis intervention services/resources by makingnecessary referrals and follow-up on actions taken.

Work with the youth to establish personal goals/ plansand provide ongoing support to help youth achieve their goals andmaintain skills.

Discuss with youth and family projected timeframes forcompletion of goals, sanctions/conditions of supervision and anticipateddate for termination of supervision based on progress and as ordered bythe court.

Respond to concerns, needs, and risks as presented byyouth, family, and the community by staffing cases, plans or violationswith the unit supervisor in accordance with existing departmentalpolicies, procedures, administrative rules, and FL statutes. Determine recommended handling of law violations andprovide appropriate interventions when a youth violates the conditions ofsupervision based on the Effective Response Matrix and follow up onactions taken in response to a violation.

Conduct staffing when benchmarks occur, case milestones are achieved by the youth and or family or case is complex and in need ofadditional considerations (i.e. when youth is still securelydetained a certain number of days pre-adjudication or post disposition, or beyond a timeframe identified in statute, when youthhave completed all court ordered requirements and conditions ofsupervision, or violated supervision, and when transition and exitconferences are scheduled for a set number of days prior to the youth’srelease from residential commitment, complex cases).

Participate in transition and exit planning to finalizeplans for the youth pending release from residential programs, whichincludes referrals for post-residential services to for mental health,substance abuse, education and workforce services.

Records Management

Enter into Juvenile Justice Information System (JJIS) all case management activities, including risk/needs screening, assessmentand case planning activities related to the youth and family during youth’s involvement in the juvenile justice continuum.

Upload required forms/ documents into the JuvenileJustice Information System (JJIS) case file to ensure accurate and timelyentries, in accordance with administrative and JJIS business rules.

Community Collaboration

Ensure familiarity with community resources and provideinput to circuit management on provider community-based service delivery issues and program developments, and provide input on grant relatedproposals, if requested.

Attend and participate in professional development trainings and meetings.