Job Posting Title

Probation and Parole Officer

Agency

131 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Supervisory Organization

DOC P&P Region II

Job Posting End Date (Continuous if Blank)

August 15, 2024

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

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

Job Description

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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 ongoing 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 Descriptors

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.

Education and Experience

Level I:

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of the statutory requirements of Title 57 O.S. Section 515: A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university including at least twenty-four semester hours in any combination of psychology, sociology, social work, criminology, education, criminal justice administration, penology or police science.

Level II:

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of the statutory requirements of Title 57 O.S. Section 515: A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university including at least twenty-four semester hours in any combination of psychology, sociology, social work, criminology, education, criminal justice administration, penology or police science plus two years of correctional experience in social casework which involved the classification, assessment or field supervision of probationers and parole