CORRECTIONAL PROBATION SENIOR OFFICER

Correctional Probation Senior Officer - 70028690

The Correctional Probation Senior Officer vacancy is located at: 09-4 Kissimmee Probation and Parole Office Kissimmee, Florida (Osceola County). This is an internal promotional opportunity only. Only current FDC employees will be considered. Salary will be determined in accordance with current pay procedures.

The incumbent in this position is responsible for supervising, surveilling and maintaining a specialized caseload consisting of youthful offenders, drug offender probation, community controlees, pre-trial intervention offenders, offender releases or any combination of the above. As workload demands require, this position may be required to supervise other types or classifications of offenders. The incumbent may also perform duties relating to the intake officer, court liaison officer, trainer and electronic monitoring device installer. This position may also direct and supervise a correctional probation officer at a probation and restitution center and may involve monitoring a residential treatment facility and being the on-site departmental representative supervising the program participants.

Examples of work include encouraging and fostering offender compliance with the supervision order through guidance, goal setting, monitoring of offender behavior and supervision in the community. Conducts field and office supervision visits via personal contact, collateral/community contacts, surveillance contacts, telephone contacts and electronic methods to ensure compliance with conditions of supervision and to provide assistance to offenders as appropriate.

Essential/entry level knowledge, skills, and abilities include the ability to work independently and/or under stressful conditions, ability to communicate effectively, knowledge of techniques for advising, interviewing, and counseling, ability to review and analyze data, ability to assist offenders in solving problems, ability to conduct investigations, ability to apply laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures, ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.

Licensure, certification, or registration requirements include being certified in accordance with Florida Statutes 943.13, a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, and a valid driver's license.