PAROLE/PROBATION SPECIALIST

State of Florida; Ocala (FL); On-site; USD 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Sick leave and holidays

Health insurance

Life insurance

Retirement Plans with FRS

Job summary

State of Florida invites applications for the Parole/Probation Specialist position in Ocala. This role focuses on managing offender intake and processing, ensuring accurate data entry, and maintaining comprehensive offender records in OBIS and related systems.

Responsibilities include coding sentencing documents, verifying offender data, coordinating orientations, and supporting public safety through accurate record-keeping and rehabilitative program coordination.

Qualifications

• This position requires a high school diploma and valid driver’s license.
• Experience with offender intake and data processing is a plus.
• Proficiency in maintaining detailed records in correctional databases.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day intake and processing of offenders in OBIS.
• Interpret, code, and enter sentencing documents into CDC and OBIS.
• Verify offender data and establish initial computer records for new commitments.
• Coordinate initial and pre-release orientation programs.
• Screen criminal record information via NCIC/FCIC and prepare prior records.
• Develop and monitor community service work activities and offender photographs.

Skills

Data entry

Office documentation

Education

High school diploma

Tools

OBIS

Automated Correctional Task System

Job description

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Requisition No:883302

Agency: Department of Corrections

Working Title: PAROLE/PROBATION SPECIALIST

ADVERTISING TITLE: PAROLE/PROBATION SPECIALIST

This open competitive advertisement is for a Career Service position located at Circuit 050 Ocala East.

This position supports the effective functioning of community corrections by managing the intake and processing of offenders, ensuring accurate data entry, and maintaining comprehensive offender records. This role is crucial in enhancing public safety by interpreting and coding sentencing documents, verifying offender data, and preparing detailed criminal records.

This position is not a telework position and is required to report to the FDC office in the area it serves.

JOB DUTIES:

• Be at the forefront of community corrections by managing the day-to-day intake and processing of offenders placed or released on community supervision, ensuring accurate data entry into the Offender Based Information System (OBIS).
• Play a crucial role in justice by interpreting, coding, and entering documents related to offender sentencing and monetary obligations into the CDC and OBIS databases, utilizing advanced tools like the Automated Correctional Task System and Felony Offense Coding Manual.
• Make a significant impact by obtaining, researching, interpreting, and verifying offender data to establish initial computer records for new commitments, and assist in coordinating initial and pre-release orientation programs.
• Enhance public safety by requesting and screening criminal record information through NCIC/FCIC and other criminal justice databases and preparing detailed prior records for new intakes.
• Drive offender rehabilitation by developing, coordinating, and monitoring community service work activities, assisting with job needs and program assignments, and ensuring high-quality offender photographs for the department's website.
• This is not a probation officer position.

Join us in this dynamic role where your attention to detail and dedication to public safety will make a significant difference in the community corrections system!

BENEFITS:

• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
• Comprehensive health insurance and life insurance with accidental death and dismemberment benefits.
• Supplemental Dental, Vision, Life, Disability and Hospitalization insurance.
• Tuition-Free college courses.
• Retirement Plans with the Florida Retirement System:
• Deferred Retirement Option Program (Drop)
• Deferred Compensation
• Recently Retired? Beginning July 1, 2024, there is no longer a reemployment limitation; beginning with the 7th calendar month from the member's distribution date, there are no restrictions on working for an FRS employer. You will not be required to repay any prior distributions, and you may continue receiving distributions from the Investment Plan or Pension Plan without interruption.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Please note, when submitting a college/university degree, if selected for this position official transcripts will be required.

• Must possess a high school diploma or its equivalent.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.

Support of knowledge, skills, and abilities should be demonstrated on the application, in the education, in the work experience, in the work sample, in the interview and/or during reference checks.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

BACKGROUND SCREENING REQUIREMENT:

The Florida Department of Corrections requires all job applicants and volunteers to pass a Level 2 background check as per Chapter 435, Florida Statutes. This check must be completed before they can start working or volunteering.

EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY:

The Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) only hires U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. FDC uses E-Verify to confirm an employee’s eligibility to work after completing the I‑9 form.

For online application issues, call the People First Service Center at 1-877-562-7287. Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes,candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A‑7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here . All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.

Location:

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For assistance, call the People First Service Center at [phone] Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Eastern time. Pursuant to Florida Law, 110.211 F. S., the State of Florida is an EEO employer.