Probation Officer
- Help transform lives by guiding offenders towards a better future.
- Make a positive impact on communities through rehabilitation and support.
- Unique role combining social work, law, and personal development.
💰 Earn $82K-$122K
📚 Bachelor Degree
Overview
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.Scoop
Good (Increasing by 1-5%)
Day-to-Day
- Prepare and maintain case folder for each assigned inmate or offender.
- Gather information about offenders' backgrounds by talking to offenders, their families and friends, and other people who have relevant information.
- Interview probationers and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress in accomplishing goals and maintaining the terms specified in their probation contracts and rehabilitation plans.
- Discuss with offenders how such issues as drug and alcohol abuse and anger management problems might have played roles in their criminal behavior.
- Supervise people on community-based sentences, such as electronically monitored home detention, and provide field supervision of probationers by conducting curfew checks or visits to home, work, or school.
Best For You If...
YOU Like 💕
- Influencing or leading others
- Using data or completing tasks
- Relating with or serving others
You are skilled in 💫
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
You value 🙏
- Having support
- Job security
- Personal relationships
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