Salary: $70,075.20 – $103,750.40 Annually
Position Summary:
Under close or general supervision or direction, performs a variety of professional peace officer duties in the field of adult and juvenile community corrections and juvenile residential corrections; conducts investigations and monitoring of adult or juvenile offenders in a community setting and may provide custody, security, and programming of juveniles in an institutional setting; provides pre-trial, pre-sentence and post-sentence recommendations to the court; caseload management, support, and guidance to alleged and convicted offenders; and performs related duties as assigned.
Essential Functions:
- Performs the full range of responsibilities as a California Peace Officer as identified in PC 830.5.
- Maintains communication and liaison with families, law enforcement, social services, educators, and other community resource agencies.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
- Performs case management services while ensuring adherence to conditions of probation and facilitating rehabilitation by supervising, counseling, and monitoring clients on probation.
- Interviews probationers, families, and other individuals using evidence-based practices to investigate and assess probationer criminal and social history, risks, and needs and to determine how each case is to be treated; develops and implements case plans based on probationer’s history and needs.
- Prepares various court reports including assessments, case plans, petitions, discovery, and related legal and case documents; provides court with a sentencing recommendation.
- Conducts investigations and field searches using accepted data collection methods to establish facts and draw valid conclusions; analyzes data including, but not limited to medical, social history, and legal reports, as well as other documents.
- Effectively makes arrests of violators, serves warrants, and issues citations.
- Represents the department at various court proceedings and/or testifies in court and other hearings regarding sentencing recommendations, probation violations and termination, revocation hearings, probation modifications, case disposition, and case related issues.
- Requests evaluations, refers, and coordinates and monitors participation in mental health, medical, substance abuse, community service, and related treatment and rehabilitation programs.
- Intervenes in crisis situations, counsels individuals and families, and makes referrals.
- Works closely with schools, courts, community agencies, law enforcement, District Attorney and staff, client attorneys, other legal representation, and others during the course of client’s probation including attending various meetings.
- Coordinates ongoing activities of various probation programs including but not limited to work release, home supervision/electronic monitoring, and community service.
- Prepares and maintains a variety of reports, files, legal documents, correspondence, and records.
- Transports probationers to custodial facilities and court hearings.
- Attends meetings and participates in training; stays abreast of new trends, new legislation, court decisions and innovations in the field of probation.
Requirements:
- Deputy Probation Officer I: Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in criminal justice, social science, behavioral science, or a closely related field; OR Equivalent to an associate’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in criminal justice, social science, behavioral science, or a closely related field; AND Two (2) years of experience working with members of the public, keeping records, interpreting and applying laws and regulations, and working with people from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- Deputy Probation Officer II: In addition to the qualifications listed above, one (1) year of experience at a level equivalent to the County’s class of Deputy Probation Officer I, including the required Probation Officer and/or Juvenile Corrections Officer CORE training, depending upon assignment, 832 PC training, and CPR/First Aid training.
- Deputy Probation Officer III: In addition to the qualifications listed in Deputy Probation Officer I, two (2) years of experience at a level equivalent to the County’s class of Deputy Probation Officer II.
- Must possess a valid US driver’s license upon date of application. Must obtain California driver’s license following hire date per California DMV regulations.
- A Standards and Training Probation Officer and/or Juvenile Corrections Officer CORE certificate certified by the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC)
- A certificate of completion of Penal Code 832 Course in Arrest, Search and Seizure issued by California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.; and
- A CPR/First Aid certification by the authority of the Board of State and Community Corrections Training Manual.
