Probation and Parole Officer

okgov; Missouri; On-site; USD 48,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Agency 131 Department of Corrections is hiring Probation and Parole Officers to supervise offenders in Region II. Positions involve assessment of criminogenic need and transition plan design to improve public safety.

Offenders are counseled using motivational interviewing, with referrals to treatment and community resources. Responsibilities include monitoring compliance, employment support, and documentation for release decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience applying motivational interviewing to assess criminogenic risk and need.
• Ability to manage a substantial caseload of adult offenders.
• Proficiency in report writing and documenting offender activities.
• Knowledge of laws, rules, regulations relevant to offenders and corrections.
• Ability to communicate clearly, in writing and verbally.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of adult offenders, conduct risk/need assessments.
• Refer offenders to treatment and programs targeting criminogenic needs.
• Monitor offender activities to ensure compliance with transition plans.
• Assist offenders in obtaining and maintaining employment.
• Document offender activities and prepare release recommendations.
• Conduct investigations including pre-sentence, interstate, and pre-parole.
• Monitor financial obligations and collect payments.

Skills

Motivational interviewing

Case management

Risk assessment

Criminology knowledge

Courtroom testimony

Report writing

Interagency coordination

Public safety focus

Job description

Probation and Parole Officer

Agency 131 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Supervisory Organization DOC P&P Region II

Full/Part-Time Full time

Job Type Regular

Compensation

• Level I - $48,044.52
• Level II - $50,834.80
• Level III - $54,700.76

This salary is non-negotiable.

Job Description

Location: Probation and Parole Region II

Required: Please upload transcript

Basic Purpose

Positions in this job family are responsible for performing routine professional social service and law enforcement duties in the areas of assessment of criminogenic need, transition plan design, treatment referral and on going monitoring of offender behavior. Supervision services are provided in the community for probationers, parolees and inmates in re-entry programs for the purpose of increasing public safety through the reduction of future criminal behavior.

Typical Functions

• Manages a caseload of adult felons by employing motivational interviewing skills to complete a scientific assessment of criminogenic risk/need and to determine the offender's stage of change for each identified need area;
• criminogenic needs of each offender;
• referring offenders to appropriate treatment and/or programs to target the offender's primary criminogenic needs;
• monitoring activities of offenders to ensure adherence to action steps negotiated through transition planning and to conditions ordered by releasing authority;
• assisting offenders in obtaining and maintaining employment;
• engaging on-going support for the offender in the community by assisting the offender in identifying a network of family and friends with a pro-social orientation;
• and identifying pro-social interests and activities that are geared toward improving bonds and ties to pro-social community members.
• Conducts various investigations including, but not limited to, pre-sentence, interstate, pre-pardon and pre-parole.
• Prepare reports concerning activities of offenders and provide recommendations for the use of the releasing authority.
• Maintain documentation, physical and electronic, relating to management of offender caseload.
• Monitor payment of financial obligations ordered by the releasing authority; collect and document offender payments.
• Assists in security operations in the event of a prison riot or disturbance; and arrests and transports offenders when required.
• Conduct periodic screening for drug and alcohol use by offenders.

Level Descriptor

Level I

This is the basic level where the incumbents perform entry-level duties involved in the supervision of probationers, parolees and inmates in re-entry programs.

Level II

This is the career level where incumbents perform a variety of professional probation and parole duties at the full performance level involving the supervision of probationers, parolees and of inmates in pre-entry programs. Some responsibility may also be assigned for providing training and guidance to others in completing various routine assignments.

Level III

This is the specialist level where incumbents serve as a subject matter expert in a specific area of evidence based practice such as motivational interviewing, assessment or transition planning; provide direct cognitive programming to an offender population; responsible for the supervision of offenders who present complex and difficult behavioral management issues.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Competencies

Level I

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of laws, rules, regulations, legislation, policies and procedures as they pertain to offenders and the Department of Corrections; of evidence based practices in the supervision of offenders; of community resources; of public and private re-entry and transitional services; of report writing; of basic investigation techniques; of basic law enforcement practices; of counseling techniques and motivational interviewing; and of substance testing and collection methods.

Ability is required to establish and maintain effective working relationships with community, families, service agencies, and other support systems; to locate suitable employment for community based offenders; to motivate clients to change antisocial behaviors; to manage substantial caseloads; to give courtroom testimony; to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; to understand and implement evidence-based practices relative to community supervision of offenders; and to use electronic technology in the supervision of offenders and in the management of offender-related information.

Level II

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of laws, rules, regulations, legislation, policies and procedures as they pertain to offenders an