Job Description Summary

Assists staff with the assessment and management of cases with complex needs and special issues, such as defendants that may benefit from supportive services to help reduce barriers to pretrial success related to drug/alcohol and/or behavioral/mental health concerns and/or individuals who have demonstrated an elevated risk for failing to appear in court. The incumbent will support pretrial services administration in the development of best practices in pretrial justice prior to and after initial appearance hearings. May include assignment to either pre-initial appearance screening, pretrial diversion, and/or supervised release programs. Helps ensure individuals placed any specialized screening or programs are effectively screened and referred when appropriate for assessment to determine treatment needs or educational programming. This would include any recovery support services, including peer support, as needed. If assigned to diversion, the incumbent will support pretrial services administration, in its collaboration with the County Attorney’s Office, to administer this pretrial diversion (deferred prosecution) program in conformity with A.R.S. § 11-362.

Job Description

Starting Salary: $54,900.35 Annual, $26.39 Hourly

Please upload your resume and cover letter with the application (REQUIRED).

Distinguishing Characteristics:  

This is a classified position that reports to Supervisor, Pretrial Services. The incumbent performs under general direction from established goals, has no supervisory responsibilities but may act as a lead on work projects. 

Minimum Qualifications: 

A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and one year of experience as a Pretrial Services Officer, or six months of work experience in the aforementioned positions and six months work experience working for or directly with community services providers.  Preference may be given to those with direct or lived experience with the criminal justice system.  Or any equivalent combination of experience, training and/or education approved by Human Resources.   

Important Notice Regarding Multiple Applications:

Once a candidate formally accepts a job offer with Superior Court, Juvenile Court, or Justice Court (Tucson and Ajo), all other active applications they may have submitted for different roles within these courts will be inactivated. This ensures clarity in our hiring process and allows us to focus on onboarding and supporting the candidate in their new role.

We appreciate your interest in joining our team.

Essential Duties & Functions:  

• Assists in the assignment of individuals to appropriate diversion or release plans and helps determine whether the person should be connected to additional supportive services, will advise the court in the setting of bail conditions for these individuals. 

• Oversees the administration of an evidence-based screening process to determine the treatment needs, or lack thereof, of individuals assigned to release plans monitored by Pretrial Services. 

• Facilities the timely transportation of individuals to a clinician for evaluation and referral to an appropriate level of assessment and/or treatment.   

• Acts as a resource for individuals monitored by Pretrial Services and Pretrial Services staff for a variety of specialized areas such as, but not limited to a pretrial diversion program, drug and alcohol treatment, behavioral/mental health treatment, location monitoring, educational programming and other internal and external resources aimed at successful completion of their release plan(s).   

• Acts as a resource for pretrial services officers in helping promote success wit