Adult Probation Officer 1/2A (PCN 20-6458)

Posting number: 54631

Department: Corrections

Division: Institutions

Job classification: Adult Probation Officer 1

Posting type: Open & Promotional

Categories: Corrections, Law Enforcement, Probation

Summary

What You Will Be Doing:

• Provide supervision and case management for adult offenders who have been remanded into the custody of the Department of Corrections at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center.
• Daily interaction with offenders, conduct investigations, evaluate and assess offender needs and risk level, develop and recommend release plans, classification actions, referrals to programs, Parole Board Packets, and life skills and rehabilitation of prisoners prior to the release in the community.
• Provide documentation, reports, and written recommendations requiring professional level assessment.

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:

The Alaska Department of Corrections enhances the safety of our communities. We provide secure confinement, reformative programs, and a process of supervised community reintegration.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:
Hiland Mountain Correctional Center is an ideal opportunity to start a rewarding career with room for advancement and personal growth. After the initial training period, alternate work weeks schedules are possible providing flexibility in the work/life balance. For those who start the Adult Probation Officer 1 level, once APSC Certification is achieved, the individual will advance to the higher level of Adult Probation Officer 2 and receive a substantial increase of pay.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

You will work in a professional office environment, interacting with the Superior Court, District Attorney’s Office, local law enforcement, and inmates. You will be required to attend training from time to time, which may or may not be at your worksite.

Who We Are Looking For:
We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Complies with established control systems and rules.
• Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Problem Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary

Examples of duties

PJ04A1 –Adult Probation Officer 1 
A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in any field.
Or substitution:
Four years of paraprofessional experience in probation, parole, pretrial, criminal justice, juvenile justice, social services, corrections, criminal investigation, public safety or law enforcement.
 
Or substitution:
Four years in any combination of postsecondary education from an accredited college and paraprofessional experience in probation, parole, pre