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Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

Description
Provide social services to assist in rehabilitation of law offenders in custody or on probation or parole. Make recommendations for actions involving formulation of rehabilitation plan and treatment of offender, including conditional release and education and employment stipulations.

Experience
Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Education
Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some may require a bachelor's degree.

Training
Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers.

Tasks
  • Counsels offender and refers offender to social resources of community for assistance.
  • Provides guidance to inmates or offenders, such as development of vocational and educational plans and available social services.
  • Interviews offender or inmate to determine social progress, individual problems, needs, interests, and attitude.
  • Conducts follow-up interview with offender or inmate to ascertain progress made.
  • Reviews and evaluates legal and social history and progress of offender or inmate.
  • Determines nature and extent of inmate's or offender's criminal record and current and prospective social problems.
  • Conducts prehearing or presentencing investigations and testifies in court.
  • Prepares and maintains case folder for each assigned inmate or offender.
  • Develops and prepares informational packets of social agencies and assistance organizations and programs, for inmate or offender.
  • Assists offender or inmate with matters concerning detainers, sentences in other jurisdictions, writs, and applications for social assistance.
  • Makes recommendations concerning conditional release or institutionalization of offender or inmate.
  • Confers with inmate's or offender's family to identify needs and problems and to ensure that family and business are attended to.
  • Informs offender or inmate of requirements of conditional release, such as office visits, restitution payments, or educational and employment stipulations.
  • Consults with attorneys, judges, and institution personnel to evaluate inmate's social progress.
  • Formulates rehabilitation plan for each assigned offender or inmate.
National Average Salary
$41,070.00/year

Important Abilities
   1. Oral Expression
   2. Oral Comprehension
   3. Written Comprehension
   4. Problem Sensitivity
   5. Written Expression

General Work Activities
   1. Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
   2. Judging Qualities of Things, Service, People
   3. Making Decisions and Solving Problems
   4. Communicating With Persons Outside Organization
   5. Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

Important Skills
   1. Active Listening
   2. Speaking
   3. Judgment and Decision Making
   4. Service Orientation
   5. Information Gathering

Frequent Work Context
   1. Job-Required Social Interaction
   2. Objective or Subjective Information
   3. Consequence of Error
   4. Persuade Someone to a Course of Action
   5. Deal With External Customers

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